Air Force Global Strike Command To Deter and Assure Air Force Global Strike Command
Obtained by Hans M. Kristensen Federation of American Scientists Available at http://blogs.fas.org/security
Lt Gen James M. Kowalski Commander 7 May 2013
This Briefing Is UNCLASSIFIED 1 UNCLASSIFIED National Security Focus
ICBMs / Bombers Cold War China’s GDP #2 -- Warheads 1400 Ends Surpasses Japan 14000
Total 1200 Deployed 12000 Warheads 1000 NK Nuc 10000 ICBMs Test
800 8000
600 6000 450 420 Fall of 400 Berlin Wall 4000 9/11 Bombers ~1700 200 2000 96 60 0 0 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
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Total Deployed Warheads 8000
7000 China’s GDP #2 -- Surpasses Japan NK 1st 6000 Sat . . . NK 1st NK 2nd Launch . 5000 India NK 3rd Nuclear Nuclear Nuclear Nuclear Test Test 4000 Test (x2)x22)) IRI 3rd Test . IRI 1stst IR 2nd Pakistant SatS SSat SSat 3000 Nuclear LauLaunchu LaunchLa LauLaunch Test (x2) 2000 ~1700 1550 1000
0 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 3 UNCLASSIFIED Nuclear Mission
“Make no mistake: as long as theseese weapons exist, the United States will maintain a safe, secure and effective arsenal to deter any adversary, and guarantee that defense to our allies.”
President Barack Obamaama Prague, 5 April 22009009
To Deter and Assure
UNCLASSIFIEDNCLASSIFIED ToTD Deter and dA Assure 4 US Air Force Global Strike Command UNCLASSIFIED Command Briefing (May 7, 2013) Obtained by Hans M. Kristensen Federation of American Scientists Available at http://blogs.fas.org/security Weapons Modernization Note: The Chart Includes Only Systems That Are Considered Nuclear-Capable (Note added by FAS)
MISSILE SUBMARINE CRUISE MISSILE WARHEAD 9 SS-27 Borei Bulava Yasen Kalibr KH-102 RU ICBM SSBN SLBM SSGN SLCM ALCM 9 DF-31A DF-41 Jin JL-2 CJ-20 CH ICBM ICBM SSBN SSBN ALCM
9 HATF-6 HATF-9 HATF-7 HATF-8 PK MRBM ICBM GLCM ALCM
9 AGNI V Arihant Sagurika IN ICBM SSBN SLBM
9 Musudan TD-2 KN08 KN-09 NK IRBM SLV/ICBM ICBM CDCM
UK
US 9 Triomphant M51 ASMP-A FR SSBN SLBM ALCM Fielded in last 5 years Will field in next 5 years
UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 5 UNCLASSIFIED Nuclear Mission USSTRATCOM Perspective
Tu-95 Bear Bomber Admiral Dolgorukiy SS-27 ICBM
“Deterrence planning and forces must fit today's unique global security environment…where several nuclear-armed states are modernizing both their arsenals and their delivery systems” - General Kehler, USSTRATCOM, 30 May 2012
DF-31 ICBM JIN-class Submarine H-6 Bomber
UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 6 UNCLASSIFIED Strategic Stability
Nuclear deterrence provides strategic stability with Russia and China Framework for mil-to-mil and diplomatic engagement Improves transparency and mutual confidence
Arms Control Agreements
UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 7 UNCLASSIFIED Regional Deterrence
U.S. nuclear forces are part of a regional deterrence architecture Continued provision of extended deterrence to assure allies and partners of our commitment A nuclear dimension is required as long as nuclear threats to allies and partners remain Demonstrate to adversaries that pursuit of nuclear weapons is counter to their goal of achieving military/political advantage Nuclear umbrella provided by the Triad, tactical nuclear weapons and the ability to forward deploy nuclear weapons
U.S. Nuclear and Conventional Forces Underpin Regional Security
UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 8 UNCLASSIFIED Assure Allies
Nuclear assurance supports goal of non-proliferation Credible nuclear deterrent and reinforced regional security architectures essential to assuring non-nuclear allies Assurance supports non-proliferation goals as allies and partners not compelled to seek nuclear weapons Resolve demonstrated through forward deployment of U.S. forces and provision of extended deterrence
30 Allies Protected Under U.S. Nuclear Umbrella
UNCLASSIFIEDNCLASSIFIED ToTD Deter and dA Assure 9 UNCLASSIFIED AFGSC Mission Statement
Develop and provide combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations… -- Safe -- Secure -- Effective to support the President of the United States and Combatant Commanders.
UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 10 UNCLASSIFIED Our Vision
American Airmen with special trust and responsibility for the most powerful weapons in our Nation’s arsenal … an elite, highly-disciplined team … a model command.
UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 11 UNCLASSIFIED AFGSC Organizations
Malmstrom AFB, MT 341 MW (ICBM) MinotMi t AFB, ND 5 BW (B-52) 91 MW (ICBM) 219 SFS (ANG) Otis ANG Base, Offutt AFB, NE MA FE Warren AFB, WY 102 AOG (ANG) Hill AFB, UT HQ 20th AF 625 STOS OL - J 90 MW (ICBM) Missile Engineering Org
Vandenberg AFB, CA 576 FLTS WhitemanWhitema AFB, MOO JB Langley-Eustis ABS, VA 509 BW (B-2) AFGSC Det 1 131 BW (ANG)
Barksdale AFB, LA HQ AFGSC HQ 8th AF 608 AOC Active Duty 20,249 2 BW (B-52) Civilian 2,569 307 BW (AFR) ANG/AFRC 2,353 TOTAL 25,171 Data provided by AFGSC/A1 and is current as of 24 Apr 13
UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 12 UNCLASSIFIED AFGSC Partners
Malmstrom AFB, MT 341 MW (ICBM) MinotMi t AFB, ND 5 BW (B-52) 91 MW (ICBM) 219 SFS (ANG) Otis ANG Base, MA Hill AFB, UT Offutt AFB, NE 102 AOG (ANG) Ogden Air FE Warren AFB, WY 625 STOS Wright-Patterson, OH Logistics Complex HQ 20th AF USSTRATCOM B-2 & B-52 SPO OL - J 90 MW (ICBM) Livermore, CA Missile Engineering Org Fort Belvoir, VA Washington, DC Lawrence Livermore Defense Threat Dept of Energy/NNSA Reduction Agency National Labs WhitemanWhitema AFB, MOO Dept of Navy 509 BW (B-2) JB Langley-Eustis ABS, VA Albuquerque, NM Tinker AFB, OK 131 BW (ANG) AFGSC Det 1 AF Nuclear Weapon Center OKC Air Logistics Sandia National Labs Cherry Point, NC Vandenberg AFB, CA Complex Los Alamos National Labs Naval Air Depot 576 FLTS Barksdale AFB, LA
Palmdale, CA HQ AFGSC B-2 Depot HQ 8th AF 608 AOC 2 BW (B-52) 307 BW (AFR)
UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 13 UNCLASSIFIED Today’s Fight
Regional Command USNORTHCOM 13 USSOUTHCOM 6 USAFRICOM 8 USEUCOM 15 USCENTCOM 653 USPACOM 291 USSTRATCOM Total Deployed 986 ICBM Daily Operations 1126 Data provided by AFGSC/A3. Current as of 6 May 13
UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 14 UNCLASSIFIED Command Relationships
SECAF USSTRATCOM CSAF
AFGSC
20 AF/TF214 8 AF/TF204/JFACC
ICBM Wings Alert ICBM B-2 Wings Alert B-2 Forces Forces B-52 Wings Alert B-52 Forces
UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 15 UNCLASSIFIED Eighth Air Force
B-52H Stratofortress
Carries widest variety of Airframe viable weapons beyond 2040 2d Bomb Wing Barksdale AFB Recently fielded Miniature 76 aircraft in USAF
5th Bomb Wing Air Launch Decoy (MALD) inventory Minot AFB B-2 Spirit 509th Bomb Wing Whiteman AFB
12,787 Airmen and Civilians
Long range nuclear and Only long range Combat capable until conventional strike penetrating bomber approximately 2058
3,200 sorties per year Recently fielded Massive 20 aircraft in USAF Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) inventory
UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 16 UNCLASSIFIED Long Range Strike
B-52s combat mission radius unrefueled ~4,000 NM
B-52s combat mission radius with single refueling MM-III ICBM ~8,000 NM 6,900 NM
UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 17 UNCLASSIFIED Long Range Strike Recent Operations
B-1s, B-2s, and B-52s are proven workhorses
Contributed in every major operation since end of the Cold War
UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 18 UNCLASSIFIED Operation ODYSSEY DAWN
B-2 Strike 4 x B-2 (3 x Strike, 1 x Airspare) 32.5 hour mission round trip 45 aircraft shelters destroyed Over 20 aircraft destroyed on ground
B-1 Strike First-ever CONUS based B-1 strike 21 hour mission-landed at fwd location Reloaded for return mission strike Destroyed key military facilities
Long-range bomber crews flew .3% of the combat sorties and struck 17% of the targets
UNCLASSIFIEDNCLASSIFIED ToTDt Deter and dA Assure 19 UNCLASSIFIED Twentieth Air Force
Minuteman III 450 remotely monitored ICBMs
Responsive, secure command, control, and communication
Historic 99+% alert rate
90th Missile Wing Lowest cost leg of the triad F. E. Warren AFB
91st Missile Wing Minot AFB
341st Missile Wing UH-1N Huey
Malmstrom AFB Nuclear security mission
9,265 Airmen and Civilians 24/7/365 alert with tactical response force onboard ICBM mission
Missile complexes 25 aircraft in AFGSC inventory combined equal the size of South Carolina
UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 20 UNCLASSIFIED Sustainment
B-2 B-52 Extremely High Frequency SATCOM Upgraded internal carriage LO Signature & Supportability Mods Combat Network Comm (CONECT) Defensive Management System (DMS) Advanced Extremely High Frequency Common VLF Receiver (CVR) Next generation weapons
MM-III ICBM NC3 Security enhancement POTUS communication to nuclear forces NPR & New START AFGSC is AF’s NC3 Architect ICBM fuze refurbishment NC3 Team integrates ops & sustainment Support equipment Systems face obsolescence
UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 21 UNCLASSIFIED Pursuing a Modern Force: No Safe Haven
Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Follow-on to MMIII – 2030 Completed CBA and ICD FY12 $3.1M for pre-AoA activities FY13 $11.7M and $9.4M in FY14
Long Range Strategic Bomber Long Range Stand-Off Missile Nuc-capable, long range penetrator ALCM follow-on Effects against multiple objectives Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) - FY12 4Q Necessary to defeat A2/AD AFROC/JROC - FY13 | Milestone A - FY14 FY13 - $300M | FY13 to FY17 - $6.3B Contract award - FY15
The Future is Now UNCLASSIFIEDNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 22 UNCLASSIFIED DoD Strategic Forces Funding
UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 23 DoD and DOE Strategic ForceUNCLASSIFIED Dollars as % of GDP
1.400% Development of: •B-1 •B-2 DOE WEAPONS 1.200% ACTIVITIES •MX (Peacekeeper) •Trident II / SSBN MM III REPLACE •ALCM 1.000% TRIDENT DS
NEW CRUISE MISSILE 0.800%
SSBN 0.600% O&M
0.400% INVESTMENT
NEW BOMBER 0.200%
0.000%
AFGSC product, derived from OSD-CAPE and DOE funding data UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 24 DoD and DOE Strategic ForceUNCLASSIFIED Dollars as % of GDP with OCO
1.400% Development of: •B-1 •B-2 DOE WEAPONS 1.200% ACTIVITIES •MX (Peacekeeper) Cost of •Trident II / SSBN Iraq/Afghan Wars MM III REPLACE •ALCM FY01-FY11 1.000% TRIDENT DS
NEW CRUISE MISSILE 0.800%
SSBN 0.600% O&M
0.400% INVESTMENT
NEW BOMBER 0.200%
0.000%
AFGSC product, derived from OSD-CAPE and DOE funding data UNCLASSIFIED To Deter and Assure 25 UNCLASSIFIED FY12 DoD Budget
AFGSC $4.7 B Operating Army Budget 25% <1%
Air Force Navy 27% 30%
Defense Other 18%
In FY12 the U.S. Post Office Lost $15.9 Billion
UNCLASSIFIEDNCLASSIFIED ToTD Deter and dA Assure 26 UNCLASSIFIED Challenges
Restore and sustain a culture that embraces the special trust and responsibility of nuclear weapons…
While maintaining our hard- earned conventional excellence
Sustain and enhance the current force while modernizing for the future
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Questions?
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