Word: armaments
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Obviously, it makes any invasion of Cuba a tremendously difficult matter-not only because of the strength it adds to Castro's armament, but because of the possibility that an invasion might involve a major shooting war between U.S. and Russian troops. The Soviet force also frees at least some of Castro's Cubans for subversive and aggressive adventures throughout Latin America...
Diefenbaker is overestimating opposition in Canada to the use of nuclear weapons, Dupre said. Most Canadians realize that Canada would be involved in any nuclear war, and are therefore willing to try for the maximum deterrent. Several Gallup polls have indicated that opponents of nuclear armament are outnumbered by as much...
...joint North American Air Defense Command. Three and a half years ago, the Canadians also promised to provide eight jet squadrons for the NATO air shield in Europe. But Diefenbaker, fearing the opposition of Canadian ban-the-bombers, could never quite bring himself to accept the nuclear armament designed for the jets and missiles...
...seem to indicate that Kassim has little chance of withstanding them, all is not in their favor. Barzani's guerrilla tactics, which have cost the Iraqi army forty men for each Kurdish casualty, will be much less effective on the open plains before Baghdad where Kassim can bring his armament into play. Moreover, Mustafa does not have enough men to occupy any sizable towns. The Iraqi air force is taking a rising toll of women and children through its attacks on Kurdish villages, and this pressure may hamper further Kurdish advance...
...enormous armament also complicates our own approach to disarmament. We would have to do so much more disarming than the other side that ratification by the U.S. Senate begins to look like a bigger miracle than an agreement at Geneva...