...that are inefficient in accomplishing essential naval tasks (for example, the defense of sea-lanes) and that could prove escalatory on the generous assumption that they are feasible. Under current budgetary constraints, it is high time to abandon this risky and expensive approach....

...that are inefficient in accomplishing essential naval tasks (for example, the defense of sea-lanes) and that could prove escalatory on the generous assumption that they are feasible. Under current budgetary constraints, it is high time to abandon this risky and expensive approach....

...subsurface naval actions that are grossly inefficient in accomplishing essential naval tasks, like the defense of sea lanes, and that could prove escalatory on the implausibly generous assumption that they are feasible at all. A 12-carrier fleet was more than sufficient...

...units devised by the Army. Moreover, at no point in that mobilization would the ratio exceed 2-to-1. Now, all of this is really to clear the air. I don't...ahead of Soviet fighters, and no successor to the A-10 close air support aircraft designed to directly counter Soviet armor, with which most decision...