(a) Required: A long term (20 years) forward strategy of discrim- 
inate deterrence to aggression for the future U.S. security environment. 
(b) Required: A strategy synthesized by the integration of new 
technology with concerns over force structure, basing needs and mobil- 
ity, including conventional and nuclear arms. 
(c) Required: A capability for effective and discriminating 
military response to a wide range of contingencies over the full 
spectrum of conflict by engendering a mix of offensive and defensive 
systems for U.S. conventional and nuclear posture. 
(d) Required: A diversified and strengthened ability to bring 
discriminating, non-nuclear force to bear where needed in time to defeat 
aggression through exploitation of emerging technologies of precision, 
control and intelligence, thereby enabling more selective and effective 
destruction of military targets. 
(e) Required: Versatile, mobile: forces, minimally dependent on 
overseas bases, that can deliver precisely controlled strikes against 
distant military targets as a means for protecting U.S. interests and 
allies in the Third World. 
(f) Required: Continuously forward deployed U.S. forces in some 
critical, threatened areas. 
(g) Required: Future U.S. defense budgeting guided by the 
strategic priorities outlined above, permitting economies in some areas 
and providing needed enhancement in others. Given the future perils and 
uncertainties facing our nation and our allies, defense and security 
assistance budgets should grow at a rate commensurate with our growing 
economy. 
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