This volume contains justification material supporting the President's fiscal year 1987 budget presentation to Congress. Included are data pertaining to these areas: The Navy's mission in the Strategic Forces program area is to provide and undersea strategic missile launch capability which will ensure that the United States maintains a credible and survivable deterrent to nuclear war. The General Purpose Forces program aims to provide combat ready fleet forces capable of conducting strike operations to ensure control of the sea and air in the event of war. The sealift prepositioning program provides for rapid movement of supplies and equipment loaded on cargo ships and tankers to a deployment area by placing the ships in forward areas. In addition the program funds a sealift surge capability by CONUS based ships for early on-berth loadout of deploying units.


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    Title :

    Department of the Navy Justification of Estimates for Fiscal Year 1987 Submitted to Congress February 1986. Operation & Maintenance, Navy. Book 1. Budget Activity 1: Strategic Forces Budget Activity 2: General Purpose Forces Budget Activity 4: Airlift and Sealift


    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    155 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English