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...rest of the Senate provided a lot more than that. Late that afternoon they gave approval of the new ten-warhead missiles by the surprisingly wide vote of 55 to 45, a crucial boost for Reagan's campaign to double the size of the nation's MX arsenal. It was a reluctant majority; although most Senators have qualms about the MX, many feared that a vote against it would jeopardize the newly restarted arms talks in Geneva. In part the vote reflected U.S. concerns that two Soviet missiles believed to be mobile, the MX-size...
...largest strategic missile in the U.S. arsenal, the MX has sparked one controversy after another over four Administrations (see box). The latest rescue effort waged in its behalf stems from a compromise reached last year with a group of House Democrats led by Les Aspin, the new (since January) chairman of the Armed Services Committee. At the time, Congress voted to set aside the $1.5 billion for production of 21 missiles but to hold the money in escrow for a year and then reconsider the project. One reason: Moscow was then boycotting arms talks with Washington, and the Administration argued...
...prone to dote on worst-case scenarios. Reagan's dream of space-based battle stations that could zap missiles out of the sky is a Soviet military planner's nightmare. In order to counter such a U.S. capability, the Soviets would have to expand and overhaul their entire offensive arsenal and probably undertake a huge defensive buildup of their own. The mega-rubles involved would have to be diverted from the nonmilitary sectors of the economy, where Gorbachev faces so many challenges...
...risks it is willing to take. This is not to say that ADL's research does not have some redeeming social value. By testing-hazardous substances, ADL is trying to develop ways to detoxify nerve gas agents and assist in the safe removal of the nation's chemical warfare arsenal. In addition, increased knowledge about chemical warfare agents has led to medical advances in treating various cancers...
...were released from the suicide pact of nuclear deterrence, they might be more likely to get into a conventional war. Since the knowledge of how to build nuclear weapons would still exist, it might then be only a matter of time before one or both superpowers rebuilt a nuclear arsenal. Finally, many students of the Soviet system and mentality believe that Kremlin leaders will never give up their ultimate weapons, since military strength is both the symbol and substance of their power, and the major compensation for their many weaknesses...