The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans: Summary Update for Fiscal Year 2004

Abstract

Decisions about national defense that are made today can have long-lasting effects on the composition of U.S. armed forces and on the budgetary resources needed to support them. For example, programs to develop weapon systems often last a decade or more before the systems are fielded, and policy decisions about such matters as military pay and benefits can have long-term implications. In January 2003, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published a study called The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans in which it projected the resources that might be needed each year through 2020 to carry out the defense plans contained in the Bush Administration's 2003 Future Years Defense Program (FYDP). Since then, the Department of Defense (DoD) has prepared a new FYDP reflecting changes that have been made to the department's programs and priorities in the past year. This paper updates CBO's January 2003 long-term projections to be consistent with the plans contained in the 2004 FYDP.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA525402

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Organizations

  • Congressional Budget Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Federal Budgets
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Reconnaissance
  • Tactical Aircraft
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems

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  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting