Department of Defense Appropriations for ..., Part 5

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Page 906 - Group and assure its responsiveness to the needs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense for operations analysis.
Page 2 - THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE AND THE AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF...
Page 400 - With your permission, Mr. Chairman, I would like to address each of these programs in some detail, in order of budget activity. BUDGET ACTIVITY I BALLISTIC MISSILES Budget Activity I provides for the procurement of fleet ballistic missiles, ancillary checkout and support equipment and the modification and improvement of facilities required to support the delivery of these missiles to the sea-based strategic deterrent forces.
Page 400 - It has been subject to close and detailed review by the Chief of Naval Operations, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of Defense.
Page 409 - AERIAL TARGETS The aerial target program provides training assets to establish and maintain the skills of Navy personnel in the use of missiles and anti-aircraft guns and for testing of new weapon systems.
Page 409 - Navy personnel in the use of missiles and anti-aircraft guns and for testing of new weapon systems. These targets simulate a wide variety and range of air targets. The aerial target inventory has great demands placed upon it, both in numbers and in sophistication required to simulate realistic enemy threat in support of weapon evaluations and fleet training. This requirement drives the cost of individual targets beyond that of the less complex ones of only a few years ago, but these targets are vitally...
Page 205 - In multiple launches, it has successfully destroyed four targets with four PHOENIX missiles and has also successfully destroyed four targets in a firing of six PHOENIX against six separate targets. Other significant proven capabilities include the destruction of the following targets: a fighter maneuvering at short range and maximum capability; extremely low altitude targets, including a simulated cruise missile; extremely high altitude target aircraft; simulated air-to-surface missiles and targets...
Page 1221 - The Coast Guard is a branch of the Armed Forces of the United States at all times and is a service within the Department of Transportation except when operating as part of the Navy in time of war or when the President directs. The predecessor of the Coast Guard, the Revenue Marine, was established in 1 790 as a Federal maritime law enforcement agency.
Page 408 - Evaluation testing was to insure that only the highest quality weapons are procured. By subjecting the weapons under test to the most realistic operational conditions possible, we attempted to identify early in pilot production, those areas where our efforts to achieve volume production at lowest cost may result in degraded performance relative to that experienced during development.

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