A Thoroughly Efficient NavyBrookings Institution, 1987 - 130 pages |
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... increases in its budget of 3 percent for some years to come to sustain the fleet at 600 or more ships and meet these other demands . The Congressional Budget Office , for its part , calculated in 1985 that the required real increase ...
... increases in its budget of 3 percent for some years to come to sustain the fleet at 600 or more ships and meet these other demands . The Congressional Budget Office , for its part , calculated in 1985 that the required real increase ...
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... increase still more its stockpiles of war reserve materiel in the key theaters . Such an alternative has several serious drawbacks . First , there is the uncertainty of how large the stocks would have to be , combined with the cost ...
... increase still more its stockpiles of war reserve materiel in the key theaters . Such an alternative has several serious drawbacks . First , there is the uncertainty of how large the stocks would have to be , combined with the cost ...
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... increased the probability of nuclear war from , say , 5 percent to 50 percent , or even a much smaller amount . It is difficult , however , to demonstrate that the raids by themselves would increase the risk to this or any other degree ...
... increased the probability of nuclear war from , say , 5 percent to 50 percent , or even a much smaller amount . It is difficult , however , to demonstrate that the raids by themselves would increase the risk to this or any other degree ...
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Defense of the Navy | 5 |
The Maritime Strategy | 12 |
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