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Original publisher: Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2005. LC Number: KF27 .B8 2005b OCLC Number: (OCoLC)60249853 Subject: National security -- United States -- Finance. Excerpt: ... 11 Specifically, the budget reflects a growing focus on sizing and equipping the mili-tary to contend with unconventional conflicts and terrorist insurgencies. ( It remains to be seen whether this apparent bias will still be appropriate in the aftermath of the Quadrennial Defense Review ( QDR ) now underway, which will - as I understand it - examine other possibilities, including that of the emerging threat from Com-munist China. ) Of particular concern in this regard is the prospect of cutting programs that are critical to America's future ability to project power as required to implement the na-tional security policy Ronald Reagan dubbed ' ' Peace through Strength. ' ' I will have a bit more to say in a moment about the continuing decline in the size of the U.S. Navy's blue-water fleet, the sharp decline in tactical aviation and airlift, and cuts in the vital missile defense program - as well as their implications for the associated industrial bases. A general observation is in order at this point, however: Cutting money from de-fense programs essential to our ability to dominate the future battlespace against adversaries armed with sophisticated weapon systems, in the interest of making the military more responsive to lesser threats, is neither penny wise nor pound sensible. History teaches that such down-scaling of our capabilities merely emboldens pro-spective foes. Given the trends with respect to China - notably, the cumulative effect of its massive investment in advanced armaments ( an investment that may soon be made vastly more ominous if Europe begins supplying Beijing with weaponry ) and the PRC's growing appetite for the world's finite oil and gas resources - we face a serious prospect of future conflict with the Communist Chines
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