Chapter 1089 Ambitious
George Walker is ambitious, and he has a lot of things to do.
He not only wants to fight Afghanistan, but also wants to fight Libya, Iraq, and Persia.
He wants to show the strong military strength of the United States through war.
Even if Venezuela and Colombia continue to jump out like this, he doesn't mind sending troops to Venezuela and Colombia!
The current US military strength is not enough to show George Walker's ambition!
Therefore, the expansion of the US military has become an inevitable option.
George Walker wants to restore the US military's strength in 1991!
In 1991, the US military strength reached 1.928 million, including 766,000 army troops, organized into 7 army groups and 6 armies, with 4 armored divisions, 7 mechanized infantry divisions, 1 infantry division, 4 light infantry divisions, 1 airborne division, 1 air assault division, 30 independent brigades of various types, 12 ground-to-ground missile battalions, and 17 air defense missile battalions.
There are 1,111 M48A5 main battle tanks, 3,487 M-60A1s, 5,400 M-60A3s, and 5,994 M-1M-1A1s, totaling 15,992 main battle tanks. There are 4,883 M-2M-3 infantry fighting vehicles; 4,500 M-577 armored personnel carriers, 18,080 M-113s, and 3,900 other models, totaling 26,480 armored personnel carriers. There are 1,135 105mm towed artillery guns and 810 155mm guns, totaling 1,945 guns; 2,433 155mm self-propelled artillery guns and 1,029 203mm guns, totaling 34,227 self-propelled artillery guns and 2,670 107mm guns.
There are 109 surface-to-surface missiles, including Pershing II and 65 Spear, for a total of 174. There are 7,400 anti-tank missiles, 3,900 TOW M-901 and 7,700 Dragon, for a total of 19,000.
There are 220 35-ton towed recoilless guns, 380 20mm self-propelled guns, and 500 40mm self-propelled guns, for a total of 1,100.
There are 39 anti-aircraft missiles, 618 Chalet, 400 Hawk, 204 Patriot, 8 Sword, 3,500 each of Redeye and Stinger, for a total of 8,269.
Armed helicopters, AH-64, AH-1, OH-58 total 2250; transport helicopters, CH-46, UH-60, UH-1 total 8126; observation aircraft transport aircraft: 0-1, U-6A, C-2, C-27 total 520.
The total strength of the US Navy is 583,000, organized into 4 fleets, namely the 2nd Fleet (Atlantic), the 3rd Fleet (Pacific), the 6th Fleet (Mediterranean), and the 7th Fleet (Western Pacific).
Equipped with 9 Ohio-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines, 12 Franklin-class, 6 Lafayette-class, and 8 Madison-class, a total of 35 ballistic missile nuclear submarines; attack nuclear submarines include 31 Los Angeles-class, 37 Sturgeon-class, 13 Thresher-class, 6 Catfish-class, and 4 Ray-class. There are 2 San Juan class cruise missile nuclear submarines and 8 Pruston class cruise missile nuclear submarines, a total of 10; 2 Long-Haired Beard class conventional submarines and 1 Darter class conventional submarine, a total of 3, and 2 special submarines.
There are 5 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and 7 conventional-powered aircraft carriers, a total of 12 active aircraft carriers, which can form 12 aircraft carrier formations.
There are 2 anti-submarine aircraft carriers of the Midway class, 4 Iowa class battleships, 4 Virginia class nuclear-powered missile cruisers, 2 California class, 1 Truxton class, 1 Long Beach class, and 1 Bainbridge class nuclear-powered missile cruisers, a total of 9.
There are 14 Ticonderoga class missile cruisers, 9 Belknap class missile cruisers, and 9 Leahy class missile cruisers, a total of 32.
There are 31 Spruance class missile destroyers, 4 Kidd class missile destroyers, 10 Coontz class missile destroyers, and 23 Adams class missile destroyers, a total of 68. There are 51 Perry-class missile frigates and 46 Norsk-class missile frigates, totaling 97. There are 2 Garcia-class anti-submarine frigates, 1 Glover-class anti-submarine frigates, totaling 5; 6 Pegasus-class missile boats and 24 patrol boats.
Large amphibious ships, including amphibious assault ships, dock landing ships, amphibious transport ships, and tank landing ships, totaling 66.
The naval aviation force has 13 wings under its jurisdiction, equipped with 1,570 fixed-wing aircraft and 376 helicopters.
The Marine Corps has 195,000 people, including 3 Marine divisions and 3 flying wings, equipped with 716 tanks, 422 infantry fighting vehicles, 805 armored transport vehicles, 251 self-propelled artillery, 764 towed artillery, 400 mortars, 700 recoilless guns, 2,237 anti-tank missiles, 488 fixed-wing aircraft, and 84 helicopters.
The US Air Force has 579,000 personnel, including 6 missile wings, 21 bomber wings, and 25 fighter wings. It is equipped with 234 B-52 strategic bombers, 90 B-1Bs, a total of 324; 48 FB-111A tactical bombers, 52 F-117s, a total of 100; 677 F-4 fighters, 642 F-15s, 1,083 F16s, a total of 2,402; 219 F-111 fighter-bombers; 270 A-7 attack aircraft, 538 A-10 attack aircraft, a total of 808.
There are 97 C-5 transport planes, 249 C-141B transport planes, 534 C-130 transport planes, 7 C-135 transport planes, 7 C-137 transport planes, 20 C-9 transport planes, and 86 C-12 transport planes, totaling 990 transport planes.
There are 450 Minuteman II intercontinental missiles, 500 Minuteman III transport planes, and 50 MX transport planes, totaling 1,000 transport planes.
At that time, only the Soviet Union could compare with the United States in terms of military strength.
Throughout the 1980s, the US Navy was far ahead of the Soviet Union and ranked first in the world; the US Air Force was almost on par with the Soviet Air Force; that is, the Army was not as good as the Soviet Army.
George Walker looked down on Clinton. He felt that Clinton did not understand what hegemony was at all. What kind of hegemony is there without a strong military force?
Is it useful if the economy develops too well?
If my neighbor stores grain, I store guns. My neighbor is my granary!
Clinton did not understand such a simple truth. He still wants to compete for the best president in American history. What a dream!
When George Walton went to inspect the troops, he felt sad to see that the US military still had M-48A5 tanks. He wanted to cry when he saw those tanks and armored vehicles that had far exceeded their service life. He couldn't understand when the powerful US military fell to this point when he saw those warships that should have been retired had been in service for so many years and were rusty. He couldn't understand when the powerful US military fell to this point.
Then he saw that the United States still had so many second-generation aircraft. He was simply incredible.
So George Walton set a goal for himself last year, which was to revitalize the US military and make it strong again!
In terms of the navy, he wanted to retire those aircraft carriers that had expired, end his mission, let the US Navy have 12 Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, and promote the development of a new generation of aircraft carriers; he wanted to update those frigates, destroyers, nuclear attack submarines, and strategic nuclear submarines, retire the warships that had expired, replace them with new warships, and develop and serve a new generation of warships.
In the Air Force, the aircraft that have reached the end of their service life will be retired, more third-generation and fourth-generation aircraft will be put into service, more F-16 fighters, F-15 fighters and fourth-generation fighter F22 ‘Raptor’ fighters will be purchased, and more advanced B2 stealth bombers will be put into service.
In the Army, George Walker will eliminate those outdated tanks and armored vehicles and equip more advanced third-generation tanks and armored vehicles.
He wants the US military to have more and newer weapons and equipment, improve the combat effectiveness of the US military, and make the US military power ‘far ahead’ on the earth!
He, George Walton, wants to deploy military power around the world!