Proposed US Military Buildup - 2012-2024

JEFFHEAD.COM ^ | 19 May 2012 | Jef Head

[Jeff Head]

Proposed US Military buildup under a conservative U.S. Administration circa 2012-2024

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The following plan is based on a major US economic turnaround based on sound Free Market principles geared to US interests, energy independendece, a balanced budget, stabilization of Social Security & Medicare & eliminating unessary and wasteful entitlements & entire federal agencies. It is also based,under a conservative leadership in Washington, on adopting lower corporate and individual income taxes so the revenue to the treasury expands and increases significantly which will fuel the buildup necessary to remain technologically superior by two generations to any potential enemy on earth, and to be in a position to contain and defeat any outbreaks of agression on a minimum of two major theaters, and one minor theater simultaneously. Follow the links below to each specific area of this far reaching proposal.

[US FOREIGN POLICY] - [US NAVY] - [US AIR FORCE] - [US ARMY] - [US MARINES] - [US COAST GUARD] - [LINKS]

FORIEGN POLICY & NATIONAL SECUIRTY INITIATIVES 2014-2024: [BACK TO START]

No nuclear weapons for Iran by whatever means necessary as quickly as possible. Make officill US Policy the regime change in Iran with the express goal to a secular republican principled representative government in Iran, friendly to the US within five years. Offer whatever aide necessary to secular, republican based citizens in Iran to achieve this goal, including intelligence, reconnaisence, logistics, supplies, weapons, and special forces and air support as necessary.
Develop a land based AEGIS BMD capability using land installed 48 cell SM-3 VLS missile units to deploy, with security forces, to whichever European and Asian or other allies who desire them and are willing to pay for them and their security and upkeep, including Japan, Korea and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Urge the UK to build both of its new carriers in the CATOBAR configuration, assisting them finanacially if necessary so that F-18, F-35, E-2D and other aircraft crossdecking can occur.
Assist the Republic of China in building eight AIP SS vessels of their own to a similar design as the US NAvy will start building (see below).
Ensure that China is aware that the US Navy will enforce freedom of the seas and right of passage, right through the critical sea lanes in the China and South China Seas to our allies and will brook no bullying of Taiwan, the Philipines, South Korea, Japan or any other US ally in the region. On the other hand, ensure that the Chinese Navy (PLAN) and the PRC understand that we will cooperate with them on mutual interst against pirates, other rogue nations, and on humanitarian endeavors.
Upgrade and expand Guam's docking, repair, air field capacity, and self defense capabilities (its air defense, ballistic missile defense, and sea defenses). Forward deply a full squadron of F-22s, a full squardron of attack submarines and guided missiles destroyers and the necessary logistical assets to support them.
Become completely energy independent by 2020, and grow to be the largest next exporter of oil and energy in the world by 2025. Then inform the Middle Eastern (OPEC) and other nations who have held the US hostage to oil production whose governmental policies are an enigma to US policy that they can drink their own oil for tea and suppplant them as the oil provider to our allies for cheaper proces, and through more secure sea lane delivery.
Forge closer economic and military ties with India, assisting them to convert from older Soviet block equipment to newer western (US) technologies. Work with them on Free Trade economic initiatives with the idea of a future alliance with them, perhaps inviting them into ASEAN.
Ensure that Pakistan knows that its relationship with the US is dependent upon strengthening its civil liberties, secular republican principles, and engagement of the radcial islamics operating within its borders, helping the US achieve its goal of the elimination of Al Quida and Taliban influence there. Continuously update plans for taking down and neutralizing Pakistan's nuclear weapons should any fundamental islamic regime appear emminent.
Ensure that the Israeli government and people understand that the US policy is the protection of Israeli soveriegnty and defensible borders. That no peace with the Palestinians will be possible until the Palestinians completely repudiate Islamic terror and the destruction of Israel and until other Arabic nations (ie. Jordan, Egyt and Syria) agree to swap Gaza territories particularly for lands adjoining the West bank with their own and resettling Palestinians away from Gaza which would become soveriegn Israeli territory. In addition, Jeruselam would become the Israeli capital with the West Bank territories moved back at least 20 km away from Jerusalem.
Bring home regular US troops from foreign bases in nations that will not pay for their support and upkeep and where there is no over-riding strategic US interest in maintaining them there. For allied nations wanting our forces and willing to pay for their upkeep and stationing, and where there is a vested US interest, ensure that said basing is top notch for military and their families, and well secured with strong ROEs to ensure force and basing protection.
Station National Guard forces along the Southern US border to act in a over watch capacity, doing recon, intelligence, and, where necessary, direct interdiction of illegal aliens, and particularly drug trafficers in support of the US Border Patrol which will be strengthened, tooled up with pradator drones abd global hawk drones, and will have a double fence, with periodic observation posts and staging areas for equipment and personnel all along the border to close down illegal entry into this nation. Committ one or two divisions of troops to this activity.
Develop and build two US geosynchronous US Space stations that are joint NASA and US Military stations, with self-defense capabilities, and capable of BMD. Also capable of staging for inter-system missions to the Moon, Mars, the asteroid belts, and ultimately beyond to Saturn and Jupiter's moons. Target the completion of the 1st station by 2024 and the second by 2028. Target a permanent base on the Moon by 2028, and the first manned mission to mars by 2032.

PROPOSED US NAVY BUILDUP 2014-2024: [BACK TO START]

Keep all ten Nimitz class carriers until at least four Ford class are built, and then maintain 14 super carriers. Put our RFQs for and award a contract to a second company for a second aircraft carrier construction site, either on the west coast or the gulf coast.
Keep all eight wasp class amphibious assault ships, and continue building new America class vessels unti six have been built and maintain 14 amphibious assault groups on a go forward basis.
Build 24 each of the two LCS class vessels (Freedom and Independence) and upgrade them in a Flight II version that adds more multi-mission capability to them by adding a 16 cell MK-41 launcher, two eight cannister Harpoon launchers, and a 2nd RAM launcher to each vessel.
Continue building the new Virginia Class SSNs at a rate of two per year, and maintain a force of 60 SSN boats, decommmisionning the older Los Angeles Class as we go to maintain this force level as time goes on.
Issue and RFQ for, award, develop and begin building a force of 24 stealthy, AIP diesel electric subs for litoral waters.
Build twelve Flight III Burkes along the lines of the Korean KDX-III Aegis vessel as a stop gap until a CGX design is completed and begins building by 2018. Build a total force of 24 AEGIS cruisers in this program.
Continue building Burke Class DDGs and maintain a force of 60 of these detroyers as time goes on, decommmissioning older vessels to maintain this force level, and upgrading the DDGs with the latest threat upgrades, AEGIS upgrades, etc. as toime goes on.
Convert four more Trident Class SSBN submarines to SSGN classification for guided missile (Tomahawk) missiles by 2018. Maintian this force of eight SSGNs.
Develop and begin building a new class SSBN to begin replacing the Trrident Class SSBN vessels by 2018. Build a total of 24 of these SSBN submarines and maintian that force level.
Build a total of eight Zumwalt class destroyers instead of three.
Accelerate the F-35C JSP Program and get these aircraft aboard the carriers as soon as possible.
Develop a new longer range air superiority fighter for the US Navy along the lines of the range and carry wieght of the F-14 which is stealthy and carries a new ALRAAM long range anti-air/missile missile. Build 200 of these 5th generation aircraft for the US Navy.
Develop an AEW version of the V-22 Osprey for deployment on all Wasp and America class Amphibious assault vessels. Build enough to maintain a wing of four aircraft for each of the fourteen vessel along with training and logistics. Approximately 75 aircraft.
Develop an ASW version of the V-22 vessels for deployment on all US Nimitz and Ford class carriers, and America class vessels. Build enough to maintain a wing of four aircraft for each of the 20 vessels along with training and logistics. Approximately 120 aircraft.
Develop an aerial refueling version of the V-22 to operate inconjunction with USMC F-35B aircraft off of the Wasp and America class Amphibious assault vessels. Build enough to maintain a wing of three aircraft for each of the 14 vessels along with training and logistics. Aprroximately 50 aircraft.
Redesign, modernize and strengthen the Lockheed F-23 aircraft design into a modern, stealthy, medium to long range, 5th generation strike/attack airfraft and produce a total of 500 of these aircraft, including a naval variant, for use by US military forces - Air Force (300) and Navy (200).
Complete research, design and build UAVs for recon and ground attack missions from US aircraft carriers. The full production and capability outgrowth of the X-47B. Deploy one squardon of these for each carrier.
Full one for one replacement of P-3C ASW aircraft with the new P-8 Posioden ASW aircraft.
Develop, build and deploy a working enclosed SEAL Team submersable good for a 50 mile round trip that will deploy a full Navy SEAL Team from existing SSGN a, Sea Wolf, and Virginia Class Submarines.

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[lentulusgracchus]

Develop, build and deploy a working enclosed SEAL Team submersable good for a 50 mile round trip that will deploy a full Navy SEAL Team from existing SSGN a, Sea Wolf, and Virginia Class Submarines.

Another good reason for building diesel attack boats for that job, Jeff.

Given that the submersible is going to a) hamper the SSN in any other role (self-noise generated by turbulence around the attached submersible) and b) detach from the mothership like the Japanese Pearl Harbor midget-submarine flotilla, there's no point in tying up a full-sized, fully-fanged, super-stealthy fast-attack with the sneaky-pete mission. A Collins- or Yuushio-class boat (both have excellent endurance) would perform the mission just as well.

Deployment of numbers of diesel boats is feasible if a modest number of 25-kt, 2000- to 4000-ton submarine tenders were to be added to the OOB, to deploy with MEU's which would both screen, and be screened by, the diesel submarine flotilla. We probably still have hulls like that in the Mothball Fleet somewhere.

You also mentioned arming various small combatants with Harpoon, Standard, etc. Why would it not be preferable, when arming a ship with Harpoon, to install underwater torpedo tubes instead, and use the submarine-launched Harpoon, Exocet, Tomahawk, etc., variants? And reserve deckspace topsides for AAW systems? The new trimaran small-combatant design especially lends itself to this arrangement.

[lentulusgracchus]

Can you point us to how voting for a candidate that cannot possibly get elected will bring that about?

Oh, you mean those wacko-wingo Far Right Extremist candidates, like Ronald Reagan.

So unlike the sensible, down-to-earth candidates who have a good, strong grip on reality and what we can realistically expect from a Republican administration, and are willing to reach across the aisle and work with Democrats to help make their administration a smashing success.

Like Bob Dole, Gerry Ford, and John McCain. And Mitt Romney.

<Sarc left on for later .... still turned to "11" >

[lentulusgracchus]

But military buildup is not capable of growing the economy. It’s just as much a drag on the economy as any welfare check is. It rides the back of those that can grow the economy.

You know, you're right!

Let's all vote for Mitt Romney, so he can lay up the Navy and tell the Army to train with wooden guns.

You're hoping for a typical wooden-gun Republican of the kind that sent Warren Harding to Washington and signed the Treaty of London. We sank ships and court-martialed Billy Mitchell for telling the truth about those high-toned tax dodgers.

The men who died on Wake and Guam and the Arizona paid the price.

[lentulusgracchus]

Thank you, Jeff, and for your other kind reply.

I hope tonight finds you feeling better, and tomorrow, better still.

Best wishes!

[stevie_d_64]

You make this tin-can sailor want to re-enlist!!!

Jeff Head...(i.e.: Santa Claus!!!)

[stevie_d_64]

You have a point, but what is the point of having a “secure” economy, without the means to “secure” it???

[Jeff Head]

I know that they are using the new SSGNs to perform Littoral opertions right now...a 14,000 ton monster whose natural home is the deepest water available. But they built a huge SEAL capability into them. These DEs would be perfect for that at a lot less risk.

The SSGNs are GREAT because of their SLCM capability...but not, IMHO< a good idea for littorals.

I do indicate on those smaller vessels, inlcuding rhe LCS to install a MK-41 VLS> They are capable of it and both manufacturers have a mulit-mission version of the same craft with all of those capabilities. As they are, with the mission packs, they are, IMHO, severely underarmed when out on a miossion should they run into opposition that is not geared towards the pak they are carrying.

[Jeff Head]

Yes...lots of nice systems and capabilities here...but, IMHO, all of it is needed to keep us out in front of the ROW.

And almost all of it is already available and been prototyped and rejected or canceled.

[Bigun]

Why don’t YOU go play on the rail road tracks you JERK and leave decent people alone!

[sean327]

Rumsfeld killed Crusader. He said it was too heavy. Rumsfeld envisioned ans Army that was almost as light as the Marine Corps. He wanted to get rid of the heavy brigades. Rumsfeld was an idiot, and a majority of us on active duty at the time he left were very happy to see him go. Crusader was a hell of a gun. Alot of the technology from Crusader went into NLOS.

[EternalVigilance]

Bigun, decent people don’t tell folks to off themselves or call them names. Do they?

I’ve certainly done neither to Jeff, or you, ever.

Fact is, I agree with Mr. Head’s primary assessment, that we must have the biggest, baddest military force on the face of the planet, if we are to survive in the years ahead.

I’m betting you agree with that as well.

Where I part ways with him is in how you get it.

You don’t get it by offering political support to those with a track record of appeasement and weakness.

You don’t get it by supporting socialists who will inevitably destroy the economic foundations of a strong defense.

And you most certainly don’t get it by supporting politicians who destroy the moral foundations of the economy and the country.

That’s my opinion. This is a political discussion board. As long as our host allows me to post, I have just as much right to express it here as Jeff does to express his, or you do to express yours. If that brings me into contention with you, or with FR’s beloved Jeff Head, so be it. The subject matter is far more important than any of us individually.

[Jeff Head]

I agree EV, it is more important than any of us. And I agree with your assessments on how not to get it. I just believe that you and others are misjudging and miscalculating what Romney will be like if we deliver a strong, Tea Party oriented House and Seante...which has been my contentnion all along.

I and you both know we will not get it with Obama...in fact he is going the other way as fast as he can. Romney has committed to making our military exactly what you describe and the Congress I mentioned will have him fulfill that commitment IMHO.

That’s our difference and I respect it and understand perfecty well why you feel that way given our choices. I just believe we can make a difference and hold Romney to the fire...he is not an ideolog.

Anyhow, as always, God’s speed to you. We’ve dialogued amiably too long and supported far too many issues together over the years for this to bring us to cross purposes. We can agree on getting after that House and Senate, which I believe we both feel is absolutely necessary.

If I am wrong about Romney and the path he takes if elected, I will be the first to admit it and work four-square against him. But right now, based on his stated goals and given the other choice...I will try and help him get elected.

[Bigun]

Yes EV! only YOU have the answers according to YOU and it has always been so except that SOME of us REJECT that idea!

YOU are not now, and never have been, THE oracle of conservative truth.

[EternalVigilance]

What I say either stands up on its own or it doesn’t.

If you disagree with me on substance, tell me where, and we can hash it out.

The personal attacks aren’t worth another minute of my time, beyond what it took to type this sentence.

[EternalVigilance]

Fair enough.

[smokingfrog]

http://tiny.cc/dontwasteyourtime

[Bigun]

We’ve been all through this several times before EV and nothing has changed. YOU still don’t get it and you never will!

I’m done with you.

[EternalVigilance]

given the other choice

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[EternalVigilance]

Have a nice day.

[EternalVigilance]

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