Word: 1990s
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Pentagon analysts believe that the Soviets are embarked on a decade-long strategy to reduce the vulnerability of their nearly 1,400 land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, the heart of their nuclear arsenal. By the mid-1990s, these weapons will be either ensconced in "superhardened" underground silos or based on mobile platforms that are difficult to locate and target. Even the large, multiple-warhead SS-X-24 missile, says SMP, will be deployed first on mobile rail cars, possibly by late this year. The U.S. has only been studying the possibility of developing a mobile missile, the single-warhead Midgetman...
Though there is more than enough oil available now, the leases under discussion would not come into production until the late 1990s. And while current bottom-of-the-barrel prices would make offshore recovery too expensive, oil companies must plan ahead for different market conditions. Says Lloyd Otteman, president of Shell California Production: "We're looking at eight to 15 years between lease sale and production. We can't find it and get it out any faster. The world picture has changed dramatically in the past ten years, and goodness knows what's ahead...
While the parade of speakers preached to the converted about the Soviet threat, support for the President's Strategic Defense Initiative and states' rights, the overall theme of the three-day meeting, "Looking Toward the 1990s," reflected the conservatives' robust confidence in the future of their movement. Speakers and delegates alike credited Reagan with having permanently changed the national agenda to make the conservative voice not just relevant but dominant. "The country is in an antiliberal mood," said Howard Phillips, chairman of the Conservative Caucus. "Ronald Reagan has ridden this trend." The rightward tilt of young voters, who chose Reagan...
While OPEC's woes inspire visions of energy-to-burn for U.S. consumers, petroleum experts warn that the cartel could get the upper hand again in the 1990s. By then, many alternative sources, notably Alaskan and North Sea oil fields, will be on the decline. Low crude prices could help OPEC make a comeback by discouraging exploration for new sources. Says Elihu Bergman, executive director of Americans for Energy Independence: "We shouldn't let down our guard. We should take advantage of this to prepare for the future...
...second of a 10-part lecture series on the military uses of space sponsored by the Harvard Space Research Group, Schnelzer, director of Sensors, one of the five branches of the SDIO, said that by the early 1990s the government will have enough information to decide whether to build or scrap the "Star Wars" defense system...