U.S. Air and Ground Conventional Forces for NATO: Mobility and Logistics Issues
U.S. Air and Ground Conventional Forces for NATO: Mobility and Logistics Issues

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Published: 1978

Total Pages: 47

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The defense budget that the Congress will be considering in fiscal year 1979 places a strong emphasis on improving U.S. conventional forces for NATO. U.S. decisions concerning air and ground conventional forces for NATO are, however, tied closely to, and must be assessed in terms of, the capabilities of our NATO allies. This paper outlines the increasing importance of mobility and logistics in NATO defense. It compares U.S. and allied capabilities in those areas and presents options regarding U.S. decisions on logistics and mobility. The paper is part of a CBO series on the U.S. military role in NATO. Other papers in this series are U.S. Air and Ground Conventional Forces for NATO: Overview (January 1978), Assessing the NATO/Warsaw Pact Military Balance (December 1977), and two forthcoming background papers, Air Defense Issues and Firepower Issues. This series was under taken at the request of the Senate Budget Committee. In accordance with CBO's mandate to provide objective analysis, the study offers no recommendations.

U.S. Air and Ground Conventional Forces for NATO
U.S. Air and Ground Conventional Forces for NATO

Author: Sheila Kean Fifer

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Published: 1978

Total Pages: 43

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As the Congress makes decisions on targets for the First Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 1979, the appropriate size of the defense budget will be one of the most important issues. The principal role of a large part of the U.S. air and ground forces is to participate with U.S. allies in a defense of NATO Europe. Therefore, judgments about the requirements for that defense and the appropriate role of the United States in it will underlie Congressional budget decisions. The series of papers on U.S. forces for NATO of which this is a part is intended to lay out the current U.S. role in NATO's defense, to relate the U.S. role to the contributions of the various NATO allies, and to present a set of alternative defense programs corresponding to different conceptions of appropriate changes in the U.S. role. The other papers in this series deal at greater length with issues in the areas of firepower, air defense, and logistics. A companion piece, "Assessing the NATO/Warsaw Pact Military Balance," was published in December 1977. The series was undertaken at the request of the Senate Budget Committee.

U.S. Air and Ground Conventional Forces for NATO: Overview
U.S. Air and Ground Conventional Forces for NATO: Overview

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Published: 1978

Total Pages: 57

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As the Congress makes decisions on targets for the First Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 1979, the appropriate size of the defense budget will be one of the most important issues. The principal role of a large part of the U.S. air and ground forces is to participate with U.S. allies in a defense of NATO Europe. Therefore, judgments about the requirements for that defense and the appropriate role of the United States in it will underlie Congressional budget decisions. The series of papers on U.S. forces for NATO of which this is a part is intended to lay out the current U.S. role in NATO's defense, to relate the U.S. role to the contributions of the various NATO allies, and to present a set of alternative defense programs corresponding to different conceptions of appropriate changes in the U.S. role. The other papers in this series deal at greater length with issues in the areas of firepower, air defense, and logistics. A companion piece, "Assessing the NATO/Warsaw Pact Military Balance," was published in December 1977. The series was undertaken at the request of the Senate Budget Committee.