CSBA_20141202_海上和空中力量在国防部第三抵消战略中的作用.pdf

jhgfjfghjfgh DRAFT Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments 1667 K Street NW,Suite 900,Washington DC 20006 Thinking Smarter About Defense www.CSBAonline.org|202-331-7990|Fax 202-331-8019 December 2,2014 STATEMENT BEFORE THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEAPOWER AND PROJECTION FORCES ON THE ROLE OF MARITIME AND AIR POWER IN DODS THIRD OFFSET STRATEGY By Robert Martinage Senior Fellow Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments Chairman Forbes,Ranking Member McIntyre,and members of this distinguished Sub-Committee,thank you for the opportunity to share my views on the implications of a“third”offset strategy on air and maritime forces.The Sub-Committees support and oversight of this issue are crucial.The goal of my testimony today is to draw some lessons from previous offset strategies,explain why a new offset strategy is needed,outline the core elements of such a strategy,and identify near term investment options for implementing it over the coming decades.As it enters an uncertain period of fiscal austerity,the U.S.military nevertheless confronts a range of worsening security threats around the globe.Preserving U.S.security interests in the face of both exiting and