US- Work | Socialist Action 1983

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up the has been If deficiencies as wants these Deployment with the much United States tries undergoing economic mediate have used atomic If the United obtained military escalation' doubts that, they present US tage. Parallel with its nuclear arms build United States has been rapidly expanding its conventiona armed forces. In particular the US expanding the number quality forces ready for fighting foreign wars.

By 1982 the US had 543,400 troops stationed abroad. A further 440,000 are stationed in the United States but attached to the Rapid mobile armed force For interna Force highly tional emergencies'.

By the beginning of 1983 the had 1500 foreign military bases in 32 foreign counSince the late 1970s however United States forces have been systematic reorganisation. This was originally based on Carter's creation of a Rapid Deployment Force for imintervention overseas.

Under Reagan US military strategy has become based on Secretary of Defence Caspar Weinberger's doctrine of 'geographical or horizontal Under this policy the United States must prepare to rapidly expand any military confrontation with the Soviet Union into any area where it may be able to:gain advanSimultaneously US forces must be made more mobile for