According to the Russian military news network reported on February 22, 2012 the United States launched the new version of the military doctrine of concern, especially the reasons for the birth of a new strategy and its implementation will allow the U.S. military, which change occurs. Experts believe that the U.S. military in a bid to adapt to dramatically reduce military spending requirements, adjust the priority direction of the military build-up, with a focus on response to the challenges of China in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Russian media, since the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union has disintegrated, the U.S. military has launched the Gulf War, the war in Yugoslavia, the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan and the Libyan war. The U.S. military budget continued growth in 2011 reached a record $ 708 billion. At the same time, especially after the economic crisis in 2008, the U.S. economic situation continued to deteriorate, and have a serious impact on the national budget, the Pentagon’s huge expenditures completely beyond the taxpayer’s bear range.
geopolitical factors
Russian media said that the reason why the Obama administration asked the U.S. new military strategy in early 2012, on the one hand, the reduction of the army under the compression of the background in the defense budget, and the other aspect is an attempt to maintain U.S. military strength to dominate the world. In early January, a press conference, U.S. Defense Secretary Panetta and the U.S. military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, Xidengpuxi describes some of the details of the new revolution in military affairs. From the information currently available, one of the major United States will no longer launch the same as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, large-scale expensive war. The U.S. military has officially ended the war in Iraq, is just trying to first UAV to control the situation in Iraq, the years of the war in Afghanistan, plans to end before the end of 2014. In addition, the garrison of the United States will be reduced in Europe often, two of the four brigades stationed in Europe and the United States Army will be the abolition, leaving only two brigades in Germany and Italy.
Russian media said that an important part of the U.S. military’s new strategy is to return to the Asia-Pacific region, to improve the Asia-Pacific region, especially the degree of attention in East Asia to contain China. The continued growth of China’s military strength has long been the American leaders of the extreme anxiety, it is no secret. Measures taken, including plans of the U.S. airport network in the Asia Pacific region, the construction of unmanned aerial vehicles. In addition, the U.S. military plans to keep troops in the Middle East, the ability to maintain U.S. influence in the Middle East situation. After all, the As for the other parts of the United States may continue to hold joint exercises, military advisers, to strengthen bilateral cooperation. Meanwhile, the U.S. will continue the global war on terror, the fixed point in the worldwide fight against terrorists. Prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, it is equally important for the United States.
cut military spending cuts
Russian media said that in 2012 the U.S. military and military-industrial budget allocations cut. The total appropriations for the Pentagon asked Congress for $ 670.9 billion, down $ 37 billion. Military operations in total expenditures of $ 117.6 billion, cut $ 41.5 billion, mainly because the war in Iraq has ended, the action in Afghanistan is also coming to an end. However, the U.S. military budget for the project total to $ 553.1 billion, but an increase of $ 4.2 billion, an increase of 1 percent after deducting price factors, an increase of about 0.5%. U.S. experts point out, for the protection of national security, the United States this year must be at least an additional allocation of $ 46 billion spending.
from the branches of the military construction budget allocation plan shows this year, the military services of the U.S. military to get more money, which the Navy $ 161.4 billion (155.64 billion last year), the Air Force $ 149.97 billion (143.24 billion last year), the Army $ 144.87 billion (136.76 billion last year). Defense Bureau of the funding will be $ 96.85 billion (last year $ 90.5 billion). However, the 2012 can be said that a Weapons and military equipment procurement costs this year of $ 113.01 billion (104.79 billion last year) fee of $ 75.33 billion of weapons development, testing and evaluation fee of $ 80.39 billion, weapons use and maintenance costs of $ 204.42 billion (184.49 billion last year). The Obama administration’s new military thrust of the strategy in
staff reductions at the same time, improve mobility and flexibility of the system of forces. Expected that the U.S. military will lay off about 15 percent, the Army and Marines disarmament magnitude. In the number of Army in 2015 will lay off 27,000 people, about 5%. Marines lay off 1.5 to 2 million people, accounting for 7.5-10%. The U.S. the total number of cuts in recent years to 49 million. Air Force and Navy may be job cuts, but no official news. The future Army will retain 65 of the 72 brigades, the Navy will retain 254 of 288 warships, the Air Force will retain 18 of the 20 tactical wings. To ensure that the U.S. can participate in a moderate-intensity military conflict and several peacekeeping and humanitarian operations. the
Russian media said Panetta and Dempsey refused to disclose in detail the military construction projects to adjust, but there are still some news media to master. Expected that the main measures to be taken is to extend the service period of a series of weapons and military equipment to amend the current development or preparation of the implementation project. In the area of procurement of weapons and military equipment, usually have victory and defeat, the Pentagon’s planning department needs to make relatively difficult choice in determining the priority direction of development. After all, the U.S. military to carefully count the money, weapons prices have become one of the decisive factor in whether the procurement of a product. The adjustment of the future U.S. military priorities are as follows:
Army
, due to military budget cuts, a series of Army project be affected. Congress and the Pentagon decided to stop a higher risk of new projects, and reserves the projects already executed. The former includes a new generation of communication systems, as well as R & D prospects are not particularly clear project. For example, the U.S. Army new unified mobile tactical communications systems in military bases in the state of Texas and New Mexico Missile Range test results have been subjected to the criticism of the military. Another big project is the development of uniform light tactical transport equipment, it is actually a new generation of armored vehicles, originally intended as the alternative to the legendary The requirements of the Army and Marine Corps armored vehicles of this outlook is not so consistent, so the project is in the context of military spending cuts mortality edge. 2012, the U.S. Army in
the unique challenges facing the implementation of the GCV new infantry fighting vehicles developed. This chariot should be gradually to replace the the future fate of the
Pentagon proposal to temporarily suspend production for three years, so only in 2012 will be able to save $ 1.3 billion. The manufacturer, General Dynamics Land Systems Division, discontinued the loss of M1 tanks will not only workers, could seriously damage the tank of the production chain by more than 500 companies. 2012
the Navy
the U.S. shipbuilding costs are estimated at $ 24.6 billion, including an Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, two Virginia-class nuclear submarines, four Littoral Combat Ship , a San Antonio class dock landing ships, two JHSV high-speed boats. Overall, the Navy and other services as spending cuts. One of them is retiring some of its average age has reached 20 years of warships, such as the 2013-2014 plan to retire 9 Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser and three Whidbey Island class dock landing ship. At the same time, still under discussion, to give up the possibility of expensive new projects, plans SSBNs 2012 (X) of prospects submarine manufacturing project may be stopped, then the alternative is to continue the construction of an improved Virginia class nuclear submarine. The available data indicate that Virginia improved submarine cost about $ 3.5 billion, SSBNs (X) submarines worth 50-70 billion, the largest spread nearly doubled. the
Russian media said that the U.S. aircraft carrier fleet composition will change. Mid-August 2011, there was news that the headquarters of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier number from 11 to 9. Later, this plan have been adjusted. 2012 In 2015, the first ship built by Northrop Grumman new aircraft carrier CVN – 78 U.S. plans to build 10 Ford-class aircraft carrier to replace the old The next few years plan completed three Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN-78, CVN-79 CVN-80), after the two should be in service in 2018 and 2021. Allegedly, compared with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, the new carriers to use in the 50 years period to allow the U.S. Navy savings of $ 5,000,000,000.
Air Force
Russian media said the U.S. military budget cuts also affected the Air Force. Next few years, the U.S. military prepared to de-compile the 5 A-10 attack aircraft squadron, an F-16 fighter squadron, an F-15 training fighter squadrons. Military transport aviation will have 27 C-5A, 65 C-130 and all 38 C-27 transport aircraft retired. Another measure is to extend the F-16, F/A-18, F-15 fighter aircraft service life, it remained in service until 2016-2018 years, until the F-35 new fighters a lot of equipment. U.S. Air Force also plans to invest $ 6 billion to improve the 600 F-16 fighter flying life extended from 8000 hours to 10,000 hours.
the U.S. but also the purchase of F/A-18E/F carrier-based aircraft to 28 this year from last year’s 22. Part of the reason for making this decision, the Air Force and Marine Corps, the Navy is not optimistic about the F-35 carrier aircraft to be fitted out in the process of trying to adhere to a more realistic aircraft carrier project, tend to improve active duty the F-18 aircraft carrier program.
the U.S. but also to purchase F-35 fighters, H-1 helicopters, the P-8A maritime patrol aircraft and various types of unmanned attack aircraft. In the UAV, the U.S. military in 2012 to prepare the 1395 UAV (last year only equipped with a 459), including three U.S. experts believe that the U.S. will be the purchase of a stealth unmanned attack aircraft. Not yet clear specific procurement which UAVs may be the end of last year, Iran shot down RQ-170, or the latest remodeling of the
development prospects
Russian media said, in the case of budget cuts, the U.S. military and political leaders need to develop some kind of balanced plan of action to avoid the United States into a be replaced. This is exactly the Obama administration announced new U.S. military strategy task. If this strategy continue to persist, will inevitably have an impact will the U.S. military building, and the U.S. arms industry. In short, in the next few years, the Pentagon will implement a more rational policy to achieve budget cuts and the balance between the necessary scientific and technological input to maintain an appropriate military industrial base
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