Navy Budget Issues for Fiscal Year 1980

Abstract

As the Congress decides on budget targets for the First Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 1980, the appropriate size of the Navy budget will be one of the most important issues. Decisions about the size, location, and equipment of naval forces--both ships and aircraft--will be tied to assumptions about their use, both in wartime and in peacetime. This budget issue paper devotes primary attention to the wartime missions of the general purpose Navy. (It draws upon a companion background paper that addresses the Navy's peacetime mission--overseas presence.) Responding to a joint request from the Senate Committee on the Budget and the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, this paper examines the force and budgetary implications of alternate assumptions about Navy wartime and peacetime missions, with special reference to naval operations in the Pacific theater. In accordance with CBO's mandate to provide objective analysis, the paper offers no recommendations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA606730

Entities

People

  • Dov S. Zakheim
  • Marshall Hoyler

Organizations

  • Congressional Budget Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Power
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Boats
  • Carrier Based Aircraft
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Marine Transportation
  • Military Aviation
  • Naval Aviation
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting