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1 online resource (vi, 22 pages) : illustrations. |
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CBO paper |
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CBO papers.
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Title from PDF title screen (CBO, viewed Oct. 13, 2009). |
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"Eric J. Labs ... wrote the paper"--Page [iii]. |
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"July 2009." |
| Summary |
As part of their long-term procurement strategies, the Navy and the Coast Guard are each in the process of developing and building two types of small combatants. The Navy is building two versions of its new littoral combat ship, and the Coast Guard is building replacements for its existing classes of high-endurance cutters and medium-endurance cutters. Although all four types of ship are about the same size, they are designed to perform different missions. If the Navy's and Coast Guard's plans for their small combatant programs are fully implemented, the two services combined will spend over $47 billion over the next 20 years purchasing 83 of those ships. In light of the many pressures on the budgets of the Navy and the Coast Guard, some policymakers and analysts have questioned whether the services could combine their small combatant programs in ways that still meet their requirements but save money. This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) paper, prepared at the request of the Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, examines three alternatives that might allow the Navy and the Coast Guard to consolidate their small combatant programs. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Summary and introduction -- Types of missions performed by small combatants -- The Navy's and the Coast Guard's current small combatants -- The Navy's and the Coast Guard's future small combatants -- Key characteristics of the services' small combatant programs under current acquisition plans -- Alternatives tot he services' current acquisition plans. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL star |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL pda |
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Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
United States. Navy -- Appropriations and expenditures.
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United States. Coast Guard -- Appropriations and expenditures.
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United States. Coast Guard. (OCoLC)fst00549578
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United States. Navy. (OCoLC)fst00533204
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Warships -- United States -- Design and construction.
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Government vessels -- United States.
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Ships -- Purchasing -- United States.
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Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures
(OCoLC)fst00814587
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Expenditures, Public. (OCoLC)fst00918345
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Government vessels. (OCoLC)fst00945657
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Ships -- Purchasing.
(OCoLC)fst01116563
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Warships -- Design and construction.
(OCoLC)fst01170866
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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United States. Congressional Budget Office.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Labs, Eric Jackson. Options for combining the Navy's and the Coast Guard's small combatant programs. vi, 22 p. (DLC) 2009438147 (OCoLC)435619591 |
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Online version: Labs, Eric Jackson. Options for combining the Navy's and the Coast Guard's small combatant programs. Washington, DC : Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office, [2009] (OCoLC)762726000 |
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1005-C (online) |
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Y 10.2:C 73/8 |
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