[infowar.de] US-Rüstungsschwerpunkte/Rumsfeld-Statement vor dem SASC

["Dr. Martin Kahl" <m - kahl -! - politik - uni-saarland - de>]

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Ein Überblick über die Schwerpunkte amerikanischer Rüstungsausgaben in
den nächsten Jahren (genannt sind natürlich auch direkt IT-relevante
Bereiche):

http://usinfo.state.gov/cgi-bin/washfile/display.pl?p=/products/washfile/latest&f=02020603.plt&t=/products/washfile/newsitem.shtml



                        -- Protecting the U.S. homeland and U.S. forces
abroad: The fiscal
                        year 2003 request is for $8,000 million, and
$45,000 million over five
                        years, an increase of 47 percent;

                        -- Projecting and sustaining military power in
distant regions: The FY
                        2003 request is for $7,400 million, and $53,000
million over five
                        years, an increase of 21 percent;

                        -- Denying sanctuary to an enemy [Rumsfeld
explained this in a recent
                        speech as being able to strike at enemies, no
matter how far away, nor
                        how mountainous the terrain, nor how deeply dug
into the earth]: The
                        FY 2003 request is for $3,200 million, with a
five-year outlay of
                        $16,900 million, an increase of 157 percent;

                        -- Protecting information networks from attack:
The FY 2003 request is
                        for $174 million, with a projected five-year
outlay of $773 million,
                        an increase of 28 percent;

                        -- Using information technology to link U.S.
forces in order to enable
                        them to fight jointly (as in Afghanistan): The
FY 2003 request is for
                        $2,500 million, with a total of $18,600 million
over five years, a
                        125-percent increase; and

                        -- Maintaining unhindered access to U.S. space
assets: The FY 2003
                        figure is $200 million, with a five-year outlay
of $1,500 million, an
                        increase of 145 percent.

Das passende Rumsfeld-Statement vor dem Senate Armed Services Committee
vom 5.2. gibt es unter

http://www.defenselink.mil/cgi-bin/dlprint.cgi


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