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- <text id=93AC0494>
- <title>
- Summary of Major Military Forces:1980-91
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--United States Statistics
- Federal Budget & Expenditures
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Almanac</source>
- <hdr>
- Summary of Major Military Forces: 1980 - 1991
- [As of September 30.]
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <table>
- <tblhdr><cell>Category<cell>1980<cell>1985<cell>1988<cell>1991, est.
- <row><cell type=a>STRATEGIC FORCES:<cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i><cell type=i>
- <row><cell>Land-based ICMs<cell>1,054<cell>1,028<cell>1,000<cell>1,000
- <row><cell>Sea-launched BMs<cell>576<cell>648<cell>674<cell>656
- <row><cell>Strategic bombers<cell>413<cell>328<cell>423<cell>358
- <row><cell>Strategic interceptors<cell>292<cell>264<cell>252<cell>(NA)
- <row><cell>GENERAL PURPOSE FORCES (active):<cell><cell><cell><cell>
- <row><cell>Army Divisions<cell>16<cell>17<cell>18<cell>16
- <row><cell>Marine Corps Divisions<cell>3<cell>3<cell>3<cell>3
- <row><cell>Air Force Tactical Aircraft<cell>3,813<cell>4,406<cell>4,470<cell>(NA)
- <row><cell>Navy/Marine Corps Tactical Aircraft<cell>2,013<cell>1,970<cell>1,962<cell>(NA)
- <row><cell>Naval forces:<cell><cell><cell><cell>
- <row><cell>Aircraft carriers<cell>13<cell>13<cell>14<cell>14
- <row><cell>Battleships<cell>-<cell>2<cell>3<cell>2
- <row><cell>Nuclear attack submarines<cell>74<cell>96<cell>96<cell>86
- <row><cell>Other warships<cell>180<cell>204<cell>195<cell>132
- <row><cell>Amphibious assaults(1)<cell>63<cell>60<cell>62<cell>66
- <row><cell>Airlift & sealift forces:<cell><cell><cell><cell>
- <row><cell>C-5 aircraft (PAA)<cell>70<cell>70<cell>102<cell>(NA)
- <row><cell>Other Air Force aircraft (PAA)<cell>820<cell>787<cell>781<cell>(NA)
- <row><cell>Navy and Marine Corps Tactical Support Aircraft (PAA)<cell>88<cell>88<cell>87<cell>(NA)
- <row><cell>Ships (NDRF)<cell>164<cell>214<cell>209<cell>(NA)
- </table>
- <list>
- <item>NA=Not available.
- <item>- Represents zero.
- <item>1. Excludes reserve forces' amphibious ships.
- </list>
- <p>Source: The Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office; Department of Defense.
- </p>
- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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