A Rand Note, Issue 1430Rand Corporation, 1979 - Science |
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aircraft ALCMs Armed Forces Journal arms control Article Aviation Week ballistic missile Basing Approval Expected basing mode basing system billions of FY80 Carter constant FY80 dollars costs of U.S. crash deployment cruise missile carrier debate Decision Spurs Pressure defense deploy DoD budget economics of SALT extra costs follow-on force structure FORD FOUNDATION funding Harold Brown impact of SALT increase inflation International Security July June Larry Pressler launch launcher Les Aspin MINUTEMAN MINUTEMAN II MIRVed Multiple Protective Shelter MX Basing Approval MX Missile MX system Notes to Section number of warheads options percent racetrack Rand Corporation retire SALT II SALT II's SALT's scheduled Secretary Brown silo SLBM SLCM SNDVS Soviet Union Space Technology spending SSBNs strategic budget strategic nuclear target tegic Ten-year costs TITAN II Treaty trend Triad U.S. forces U.S. offensive forces U.S. programs U.S. strategic forces United verifiable weapons Week and Space wide-body cruise missile