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C-MASAD-81-18 1 (1981-09-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabckw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNCLASSIFIED REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES xm~ (U)INTEGRATED APPROACH TO U.S. AIR DEFENSE OF CENTRAL EUROPE SHOULD RESULT IN MORE EFFECTIVE MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT DIGEST (U)The U.S. Army and the Air Force air defense forces stationed in central Europe share a joint mission and a combined North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) mission to defend NATO's central region airspace against an attack by the Warsaw Pact. Numerous studies have been done concerning the effectiveness of U.S./NATO forces in meeting the Warsaw Pact threat to central Europe. However, the services generally have conducted separate rather than joint stud- ies, and many studies addressed only specific portions of the air defense mission rather than the entire mission. (See pp. 4 and 10 to 15.) (U)In view of the congressional interest in this mission and the fact that virtually all Army and Air Force air defense weapons are being modified or replaced at an estimated total cost of about $59 billion, GAO focused on critical issues need- ing the Department of Defense's (DOD's) atten- tion to improve the effectiveness of joint mission capabilities. (U)GAO's review identified several critical is- sues associated with the performance of this joint mission. GAO found (U)--limited coordination within DOD .to ensure the best mix of ground and air weapons to meet joint mission needs, (U)--an inability to ensure that adequate resources are available to acquire and operate needed systems, (U)--problems in identifying aircraft in a NATO environment so that a distinction can be made between enemy forces and friendly forces, (U)--constraints on realism in air defense train- ing and exercises in a NATO environment, and UNCLASSIFIED C-MASAD-81-18 SEP 18 1981 1164C

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