(N.B. Above figures are called "National Defense" or "050" in the federal budget; they include Pentagon budget plus the intelligence budget, Department of Energy military programs and a few smaller programs.)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEW MILITARY BUDGET REQUEST

1. The President added $12.6 billion to the fiscal year (FY) 2000 budget and $112 billion over six years. $84 billion of the $112 billion is new money; $28 billion is from reapplied savings, such as lower-than-expected inflation. Republicans say they will add more.

2. In FY 2001, the Pentagon is slated to receive $300.5 billion in budget authority, a sharp increase of $19.7 billion from FY 2000.

3. Defense Secretary Cohen recently added $6.6 billion over six years for National Missile Defense deployment, bringing the total over that period to $10.5 billion -- with an anticipated deployment decision as early as June 2000.

4. The Pentagon is asking for Congress to authorize two more rounds of base closings in 2001 and 2005, even though Congress refused to approve the request the last two years. The Pentagon estimates over $20 billion in savings by 2015.

5. The new budget makes no attempt to cut back its unaffordable weapons procurement plans. Current Pentagon plans call for spending $415 billion or more for five new aircraft programs: Joint Strike Fighter ($212 billion), F-22 ($64 billion), Comanche helicopter ($48 billion), F/A-18 E/F ($46 billion) and V-22 ($45 billion) .

6. The pay increases and retirement changes will cost $36.5 billion between fiscal 2000 - 2005. $10 billion of that is for pay raises for Defense Department civilians.

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1. STRATEGIC NUCLEAR PROGRAM REQUESTS IN FY 2000 BUDGET

B-2 bomber: $375 million (to continue work on 21 planes, made in CA, WA & OH)

Trident II (D-5 missile):  $537 million (12 new missiles, made in CA)

Ballistic Missile Defense: $4.2 billion

$1,287 million - National Missile Defense

$ 612 million - THAAD (Theater High Altitude Area Defense)

$ 410 million - Patriot PAC3 theater defense

$ 323 million - Navy Area

$ 350 million - Navy theater wide defense

$ 309 million - Airborne laser

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2. MAJOR CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS REQUESTS (in millions of dollars)

FY 1999	FY 2000	WEAPONS PROGRAMS (state of prime contractors in parentheses)
$3,178.2	$3,066.3	F/A-18 E/F Navy Super Hornet - (36 planes made in MA, MO & CA)
$2,365.7	$3,074.3	F-22 Air Force advanced tactical fighter (6 planes made in GA, TX, WA and FL)
$ 923.3	$ 476.9	JSF Navy-Air Force-Marine Joint Strike Fighter
$1,060.2	$1,168.7	V-22 Osprey - (10 planes made in TX, PA and IN)
$ 364.8	$ 427.1	RAH-66 Army Comanche light helicopter (made in CT, PA, AZ, IN)
$ 630.7	$ 773.5	AH-64 Longbow Apache helicopter (made in MD and AZ)
$3,192.2	$3,561.9	C-17 Air Force airlift aircraft - (15 planes made in CA and CT)
$ 493.5	$ 42.9	C-130J cargo aircraft (0 planes made in GA and IN)
$ 663.3	$ 483.0	E-8C Joint STARS airborne radar system - (1 plane made in FL)
$ 206.6	$ 440.8	F-16 Air Force Falcon - (10 aircraft made in TX, CT and OH)
$2,353.9	$1,105.7	NSSN New Attack Submarine (0 subs made in CT and VA)
$2,899.4	$2,928.0	DDG-51 Navy Aegis destroyer - (3 destroyers made in ME and MS)
$ 638.2	$1,523.1	LPD-17 Navy transport dock ship (2 ships made in LA and ME)
$ 702.2	$ 658.3	M1 Abrams tank upgrade program (120 tanks in MI and OH)

Source: Program Acquisition Costs by Weapons System, Department of Defense Budget for Fiscal Year 2000, February 1999

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3. MOST EXPENSIVE WEAPONS SYSTEMS - TOTAL PROGRAM COSTS

$ 212.0 billion	JSF Navy-Air Force-Marine Joint Strike Fighter	3,000 planes
$ 63.8 billion	F-22 Air Force advanced tactical fighter	341 planes
$ 63.7 billion	NSSN Navy New Attack Submarine	30 submarines
$ 53.9 billion	DDG-51 Navy AEGIS destroyer	57 ships
$ 48.0 billion	RAH-66 Army Comanche helicopter	1,292 helicopters
$ 46.1 billion	F/A-18 E/F Navy Super Hornet	548 planes
$ 44.4 billion	B-2 Air Force bomber	21 planes
$ 41.2 billion	C-17 Air Force airlift aircraft	120 planes
$ 37.3 billion	V-22 Navy Osprey	458 planes
$ 27.4 billion	D-5 Navy Trident II missile	462 missiles
$ 10.0 billion	LPD-17 Navy transport dock ship	12 ships
$ 4.7 billion	CVN-77 nuclear aircraft carrier	1 ship

Source: Selected Acquisition Reports, September 30, 1998; JSF and Comanche cost estimates from CBO

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4. DOD ACTIVE DUTY, RESERVE AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL IN FISCAL 2000

1,385,000 active military personnel

865,000 selected reserve

700,000 Defense Department civilians

2,950,000 TOTAL MILITARY, RESERVE AND CIVILIANS IN FY 2000

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5. FORCE LEVELS IN FY 2000 BUDGET

10 active and 8 guard divisions (down from 18 and 10 in 1990)

3 active & 1 reserve Marine Corps divisions (no reductions)

11 active and 1 reserve aircraft carriers (down from 15 in 1990)

56 submarines (down from 93 in 1990)

116 surface combatants (down from 209 in 1990)

10 active and 1 reserve Navy carrier air wings (down from 13 and 2 in 1990)

3 active and 1 reserve Marine Corps air wings

13 active and 7.6 reserve Air Force fighter wings (down from 24 and 12 in 1990)

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8. PRIMARY CATEGORIES OF FUNCTION 050 (NATIONAL DEFENSE) OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET

FY 2000 budget authority
$267.2 billion - Pentagon
$ 13.6 billion - Department of Energy nuclear weapons activities and other
$280.8 billion

FY 2000 outlays
$260.8 billion - Pentagon
$ 13.2 billion - Department of Energy nuclear weapons activities and other
$274.1 billion

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9. OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE FISCAL 2000 BUDGET

• The fiscal 2000 - 2005 budget for the "Nunn-Lugar" Cooperative Threat Reduction program is $2.9 billion. This funding assists the former Soviet Union to dismantle nuclear weapons (there is additional funding in the Department of Energy budget)

• The budget includes $1.8 billion for U.S. troops in Bosnia, $1.1 billion for operations around Iraq and a new contingency fund. Previously, the Pentagon has asked for supplemental or emergency funds for most overseas contingencies.

• Weapons procurement funds will rise from $49 billion last year to $53 billion in FY 2000, $62 billion in FY 2001 and $75 billion in FY 2005.

• The F-22 will cost 166% more per copy compared to its predecessor, the F-15 ($120 million vs. $45 million). The newer version of the F-18 costs 55% more than its predecessor ($65 million vs. $42 million)
  (Source: Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments)

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10. POTENTIAL CUTS IN THE MILITARY BUDGET

1. Divert the $5 billion in pork spending that Members of Congress insisted on in 1998 alone.
2. Abandon the requirement to prepare for two major wars almost simultaneously.
3. Eliminate Cold War weapons, including at least one of the three new tactical aircraft programs and the New Attack Submarine.
4. Reduce the U.S. nuclear weapons force to the START III level of 2,500 or below whether or not the Russians approve START II and START III, at a Congressional Budget Office estimated savings of about $1.5 billion per year.
5. Cut force levels by at least 200,000. Between active duty, reserve and Pentagon civilians, the Pentagon will still have almost three million personnel.
6. Implement base closings more rapidly; close more bases.

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