| Description |
1 online resource (39 pages) : color illustrations, map, color portraits |
| Contents |
Executive summary. -- Introduction. -- Overview of the FY 2024 portfolio of key conventional PGMs. -- Preparing for the pacing challenge. -- Filling in the blanks: arming Ukraine and replenishing U.S. stockpiles. -- Bolstering the industrial base. -- Conclusion. -- Appendix: glossary of weapons |
| Summary |
To deter and—if deterrence fails—defeat China, the DoD needs large stockpiles of standoff missiles, maritime strike weapons, and layered air and missile defenses. This report explores whether the fiscal year (FY) 2024 U.S. defense budget request for key conventional precision-guided munitions (PGMs) aligns with the 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS) by prioritizing weapons needed for the “pacing challenge” China poses and dealing with the “acute threat” from Russia, while taking risk in lower priority areas. The FY24 presidential budget request builds on the shift that began in FY23 to support the NDS: increasing buys of key long-range and antiship missiles to prepare for a fight in the Pacific, starting to fill the cruise missile defense gap, bolstering production of the land-attack weapons needed in Europe, and test-running multiyear procurement and large lot procurement for key munitions to strengthen the defense industrial base. The war in Ukraine has demonstrated how quickly stocks of preferred munitions run dry. This has driven home the necessity of maintaining deep stockpiles that are diverse in range and delivery method. This lesson from Ukraine applies beyond Europe and is applicable to the Pacific contingency that should guide DoD planning |
| Notes |
"June 2023"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 26-39) |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover page (CNAS, viewed July 7, 2023) |
| Subject |
United States. Department of Defense -- Weapons systems -- Appropriations and expenditures
|
| SUBJECT |
United States. Department of Defense fast |
| Subject |
Precision guided munitions -- United States -- Planning
|
|
Military planning -- United States
|
|
Deterrence (Strategy)
|
|
Deterrence (Strategy)
|
|
Military planning
|
| SUBJECT |
United States -- Armed Forces -- Operational readiness -- Planning
|
| Subject |
United States
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Dennis, Hannah, author
|
|
Center for a New American Security, publisher.
|
|
