| An Analysis of the Navy's Amphibious Warfare Ships for Deploying Marines Overseas |
Nov 2011 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Eric J Labs; Raymond Hall; Christine Bogusz; CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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 | Today, the U.S. Navy's fleet numbers 284 ships, including 29 amphibious warfare ships. This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report reviews the size, missions, and use of the Navy's amphibious warfare ships and related expeditionary forces under the Navy's 2012 shipbuilding plan. The 2012 plan, the Navy's latest 30-year shipbuilding plan, has a force of 33 amphibious warfare ships as its objective. The primary purpose of those ships in wartime is ... |
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| Long-Term Implications of the Fiscal Year 2010 Defense Budget |
Jan 2010 |
41 pages |
| Authors:
Adam Talaber; Daniel Frisk; Matthew S Goldberg; David Arthur; Michael Bennett; Kevin Eveker; Alec Johnson; Bernard Kempinski; Eric J Labs; Frances Lussier; Allison Percy; Raymond Hall; David Newman; Dawn S Regan; Matthew Schmit; Jason Wheelock; Sarah Jennings; James L Wilson; CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| Over the past seven years, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has published a series of reports about its projections of the resources that could be required over the long term (typically two decades) to carry out the nation's defense plans. This report presents CBO's analysis of the Department of Defense's (DOD's) 2010 budget request, which was transmitted in 2009, including projections of resource requirements for fiscal years 20100 through 2028. ... |
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| Long-Term Implications of the Fiscal Year 2009 Future Years Defense Program |
Jan 2009 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Adam Talaber; David Arthur; Elizabeth Bass; Michael Bennett; Kevin Eveker; Daniel Frisk; Eric J Labs; Frances Lussier; Allison Percy; Raymond Hall; David Newman; Dawn S Regan; Matthew Schmit; Jason Wheelock; Kate Kelley; CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| Decisions about national defense that are made today -- whether they involve weapon systems, military compensation, or numbers of personnel -- can have long-lasting effects on the composition of the nation's armed forces and the budgetary resources needed to support them. Over the past six years, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has published a series of reports about its projections of the resources that might be needed over the long ... |
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| Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans: Summary Update for Fiscal Year 2007 |
OCT 2006 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Adam Talaber; David Arthur; Michael Bennett; Daniel Frisk; Eric J. Labs; Victoria Liu; Frances Lussier; Allison Percy; Joseph Post; Raymond Hall; CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| Decisions about national defense that are made today whether they involve weapon systems, military compensation, or numbers of personnel can have long-lasting effects on the composition of U.S. armed forces and the budgetary resources needed to support them. In the past four years, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has published a series of reports projecting the resources that might be needed over the long term to carry out the plans ... |
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| Alternatives for Future U.S. Space-Launch Capabilities |
OCT 2006 |
70 pages |
| Authors:
Paul B. Rehmus; Raymond Hall; CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| A Presidential directive issued on January 14, 2004 -- called the new Vision for Space Exploration (VSE) -- set out goals for future exploration of the solar system using manned spacecraft. Those goals included returning to the moon no later than 2020. Although sufficient capabilities exist to meet the projected needs of both the U.S. commercial sector and the government for launching unmanned payloads into space through 2020, that is ... |
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| The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans and Alternatives: Summary Update for Fiscal Year 2006 |
Oct-2005 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
Adam Talaber; Allison Percy; Frances Lussier; Joshua Lee; Eric J Labs; Daniel Frisk; David Arthur; Matthew S Goldberg; J M Gilmore; Raymond Hall; CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| What level of budgetary resources might be needed in the long term to execute the Administration's current plans for defense, and what effect on that level would alternative defense plans have? This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper addresses those questions. Prepared at the request of the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, it updates the resource projections contained in CBO's September 2004 paper The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans: ... |
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| Options for Strategic Military Transportation Systems |
Sep 2005 |
63 pages |
| Authors:
David Arthur; David Newman; Jason Wheelock; Raymond Hall; CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| Since the end of World War II, the United States has maintained the ability to project combat power rapidly around the globe. That ability has been achieved through a dual approach: forward basing units overseas in regions of particular importance and fielding long-range (strategic) transportation systems that can move forces around the world quickly, either to reinforce the forward-based units or to respond to needs that arise elsewhere. Following the ... |
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| Estimated Costs and Technical Characteristics of Selected National Missile Defense Systems |
31 JAN 2002 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
Celeste Johnson; Raymond Hall; CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| This analysis is in response to a request by the Honorable Thomas A. Daschle, Majority Leader, United States Senate, to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The analysis estimates the potential costs of several different types of national missile defense systems and components: (1) the two-site, ground-based midcourse system planned by the Clinton Administration; (2) a third ground-based site in addition to the two planned in that program; (3) an additional ... |
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| A CBO Study: Rethinking the Trident Force |
Jul-1993 |
100 pages |
| Authors:
David Mosher; Robert F Hale; R W Thomas; Raymond Hall; CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| What forces will the United States require to deter nuclear war in the post-Cold War period? A nuclear attack on this country is less likely than it has been or decades: the Soviet Union has collapsed; the chances of a major war occurring in Europe are significantly diminished; and Russia and the United States, motivated by two arms reduction treaties and several unilateral initiatives, are reducing the size and readiness ... |
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