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... silos in hard rock and the development of mobile missiles , carried on truck , rail , or barges New ABM concepts ..... ..... $ 77 million $ 158 million ULMS -- a long range , submarine - based system , to replace the Polaris / Poseidon ...
... silos in hard rock and the development of mobile missiles , carried on truck , rail , or barges New ABM concepts ..... ..... $ 77 million $ 158 million ULMS -- a long range , submarine - based system , to replace the Polaris / Poseidon ...
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... silos . The Congressional debate on Safe- guard examined the adequacy of the U.S. nuclear deter- rent . It demonstrated that the Defense Department's case for the vulnerability of U.S. nuclear strike forces to a Soviet first strike ...
... silos . The Congressional debate on Safe- guard examined the adequacy of the U.S. nuclear deter- rent . It demonstrated that the Defense Department's case for the vulnerability of U.S. nuclear strike forces to a Soviet first strike ...
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... silo when early warning systems signal the identification of a massive attack . This is not a matter of U.S. policy specifying launch- on - warning . It is simply that Soviet planners could not be sure that the multidepth U.S. system of ...
... silo when early warning systems signal the identification of a massive attack . This is not a matter of U.S. policy specifying launch- on - warning . It is simply that Soviet planners could not be sure that the multidepth U.S. system of ...
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... silos ) then the separate warheads can each be as much as 5 megatons in weapon yield . Split - up of the single ... silo of the Minuteman type . On the other hand , the Minuteman III will have far less MIRV potency because of its lower ...
... silos ) then the separate warheads can each be as much as 5 megatons in weapon yield . Split - up of the single ... silo of the Minuteman type . On the other hand , the Minuteman III will have far less MIRV potency because of its lower ...
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... silo and determine how many MIRVs are on board each SS - 9 or Minuteman III . Almost continuous on - site inspection ... silos con- tains a Minuteman III . The U.S. Navy has eight of its Polaris submarines under conversion to a Poseidon ...
... silo and determine how many MIRVs are on board each SS - 9 or Minuteman III . Almost continuous on - site inspection ... silos con- tains a Minuteman III . The U.S. Navy has eight of its Polaris submarines under conversion to a Poseidon ...
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Page 35 - Human history becomes more and more a race between Education and Catastrophe' (HG Wells, The Outline of History (1920)).
Page 52 - Let's fund this to the optimum program now and carry it on through. gram, this up and down in funding and up and down in interest particularly more than money, interest. I think we are going to have to go on and drive this one on through now. Otherwise, I am afraid the B-52 is going to fall apart on us before we can get a replacement for it. There is a serious danger that this may happen to us. Senator SALTONSTALL.
Page 35 - ... in the future. In any event, in evaluating the adequacy of our strategic forces we must always provide for the possibility that the Soviet Union might launch a surprise attack against the United States— particularly if it might assure a more favorable outcome for them. Our strategic forces are primarily designed to deter such an attack. Thus, regardless of how we interpret Soviet intentions, we still must deal with Soviet capabilities in assessing the sufficiency of our strategic forces for...