Sustaining America's Strategic Deterrent Forces in the 21st Century,
Abstract
Sustainment of an effective strategic nuclear deterrent can be best summed up as follows: We are planning for small levels of real growth-less than one percent-in the defense budget, but mindful of the need to maintain a hedging fiscal posture for sustaining our existing systems; We need to leverage off of commercial and other defense investment in common industrial capabilities to sustain our strategic forces; We must focus on implementing lasting acquisition and security reforms to open the defense market to commercial technology and processes. As we move through today's agenda, I believe these points will continue to surface as recurring themes. I recognize that unique strategic systems requirements, and the defense unique industrial capabilities needed to meet these requirements, cannot be eliminated entirely. We need to work together, to minimize the disproportionate costs of defense unique solutions. In this way, we can ensure that we sustain the robust, innovative defense industrial structure needed to maintain effective strategic nuclear deterrent forces.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 26, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA339646
Entities
People
- Paul G. Kaminski
Organizations
- Office Of The Under Secretary Of Defense