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ID-79-4 1 (1979-03-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaytw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: This istan unclassified digest Aoished--inr-IM-oT a-epvreu tining classified -aufity infomaatri- COMPTROLLER GENERAL'S PEPORT TO THE CONGRESS DIGEST NATO'S NEW DEFENSE PROGRAM: K ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION .... .... A w In May 1978, NATO leaders adopted a new plan to improve alliance defense capabilitiesdur- ing the 1980s and beyond. NATO is recognized to be this country's single most important security arrangement. Its new plan, the Long Term Defense Program, reflects the alliance's most recent acknowledgement of, and effort to resolve, its well-known shortcomings and defi- ciencies in light of the buildup of the Warsaw Pact forces. The Congress needs to be fully aware of the nature and scope of the Long-Term Defense Program and the prospects for achieving its critical goals because of its importance, its potential impact on the U.S. defense budget, and changes in NATO direction implicit in some of its proposals. The plan focuses on NATO's priority defense concerns. Readiness; reinforcement; reserve forces; maritime posture; air defense; command, control and communications; electronic warfare; standardization and interoperability; consumer logis- tics; and nuclear forces. The United States will spend an estimated $40.5 billion for forces committed to NATO in fiscal year 1979, and the Secretary of Defense maintains that almost everything in the U.S. defense budget supports America's commitment to NATO. GAO'describes the new program and its objec- tives, summarizes what the NATO Defense Ministers and Heads of States agreed to do, and identifies the issues and potential implications for the Congress. C ID-79-4 iMARCH 13, 1979 00k 0oL

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