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Marine Corps Faces Huge Decisions In FY-12 Budget Endgame
Gates wants the review to outline “what an expeditionary force and readiness should look like in the 21st century” amid the proliferation of long-range, anti-ship missiles, he said in an Aug. 12 address. “I think this is a strategic inflection point for the service in a number of areas,” said Dakota Wood, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
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DoD Adviser: Another $20 Billion In Savings Needed
Andrew Krepinevich, president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, told the conference that "DoD will be fortunate to even get 1 percent real growth."For hardware programs, declining budgets will mean "recapitalization over modernization," or buying more of the platforms already in use instead of costly new systems."Gates may be able to hold on for a while, but once the long knives come out," the Pentagon will be forced to reduce its budgets "to address the nation's fiscal situation," said Krepinevich, who is also a Pentagon adviser.
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U.S. Deficit Panel Proposes Steep Military Cuts
The proposed cuts to procurement might be the hardest for the U.S. military, said Todd Harrison, a defense budget expert at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington. While procurement spending has increased dramatically over the past decade, the extra money has not resulted in dramatic increases in military hardware. Instead, prices have increased substantially, Harrison said. A 15 percent cut in procurement would make it very difficult for the Navy to build the 313-ship fleet it wants and for the Air Force to reduce the average age of its aircraft, he said.
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AirSea Battle Concept a Month Away
Another factor that the concept should focus on is interoperability between the two services from both an equipment and operations standpoint, according to Jan van Tol of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Interoperability is the “spine of the whole concept,” van Tol said. It “affects so many different things from command and control to communications and ISR.” It also remains to be seen whether the document will be a simple vision statement or a more concrete operational concept of how the Air Force and Navy plan to fight in a denied area scenario of the type they could face in a conflict with China, van Tol said.
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Bleak Future For Long-Range Strike
America’s ability to conduct large-scale long-range strike operations has long given it a military edge. It’s now in danger, warns Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (full report). CSBA says “the Department of Defense’s current program of record is insufficient to sustain the US military’s long-range strike strategic advantage.”
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Defense Future Uncertain As GOP Takes House
Todd Harrison, a defense analyst for the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington, says he does not see defense spending being increased beyond the Obama plan. And he says it might be cut if Congress and the White House are able to reach a comprehensive deal on deficit reduction.