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...last week, "Deterrence means simply this: making sure any adversary who thinks about attacking . . . concludes that the risks to him outweigh any potential gains." The President was speaking just about American deterrence of Soviet attack. "The United States does not start fights," he asserted. "We will never be an aggressor...
During 1969 and 1970, the Nixon Administration undertook painstaking studies to determine the lowest level above which a strategically significant violation could not be concealed. The culmination was the SALT agreements of 1972. These accords severely limited antiballistic missile defenses to discourage an aggressor from believing he could launch a surprise attack and then defend against a counterblow. The agreements also froze the number of offensive missiles for five years. At that point the Soviets had a numerical edge in missiles-though not nearly enough for a surprise attack with single warheads. But this advantage was counterbalanced, first...
...have to deter a potential aggressor," she said. "Weakness would tempt him. Strength stops...
...indication of China's continued restraint in dealing with the Soviets came last week. Only days after Peking sent Moscow the warm message, the Chinese called in harsh terms for the withdrawal of the U.S.S.R.'s "aggressor troops" from Afghanistan. And in a gesture apparently intended to reassure the U.S., Chinese leaders have postponed substantive talks with the Soviets until after Secretary of State George Shultz visits Peking in early February...
...know well that the imperialists cannot be talked into peace. It must be defended by relying on the invincible might of the Soviet armed forces." The speech echoed Brezhnev's last public words. Surveying a Soviet military parade three days before his death, he had promised to deal any aggressor "a crushing retaliatory strike...