THE END OF the Cold War did not spell an end to world-wide hostilities, as has been demonstrated by the invasion of Kuwait and the war in Bosnia. Like it or not, the credibility of American foreign policy is directly linked to its ability to project military power in the world.
While there is still some debate over the size of the U.S. military, policy makers agree that the quality of its personnel, armament, and equipment must be second to none in a troubled world. A case in point is the Intercooled Recuperated (ICR) gas-turbine program. In the U.S. Navy-funded program, the Westinghouse/Roll-Royce ER-21ICR gas turbine will power the frigates,

冷戰(zhàn)的結(jié)束不招致對(duì)遍及全球的敵意一個(gè)結(jié)束,如同已經(jīng)被波士尼亞共和國(guó)的科威特的侵犯和戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)示范. 不管喜歡它與否,美國(guó)外交政策的可信度直接地對(duì)它的能力被聯(lián)編計(jì)畫(huà)世界的軍事力量.
雖然仍然有在美國(guó)軍隊(duì)的大小上的一些辯論,政策制定者同意它的人事，軍備和儀器的質(zhì)量一定是首屈一指的在一個(gè)混亂的世界中. 燃?xì)廨啓C(jī)計(jì)畫(huà)的埋葬點(diǎn)一個(gè)情形是被恢復(fù) (ICR)-冷卻. 在美國(guó)海軍贊助的計(jì)畫(huà),Westinghouse/卷- Royce ER-21 ICR 燃?xì)廨啓C(jī)意志力三帆快速戰(zhàn)艦，巡洋艦，水陸兩棲船和釀造后再貯藏熟成的啤酒海軍的幫助者船，像是補(bǔ)給或貨物船,進(jìn)入 21 世紀(jì)之內(nèi).