Word: attacks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their nature. The West has long insisted that any conventional-forces agreement requires the Soviets to reconfigure their troops into a defensive posture. Gorbachev pledged to move in that direction by withdrawing assault units, river-crossing equipment and tanks that threaten a blitzkrieg through central Europe. Deterring such an attack has been the core reason for NATO's existence...
...that will be a complement to his arms-control proposals, which are based on the new and vaguely defined doctrine of "reasonable sufficiency." The doctrine holds that Soviet capabilities need not have the potential for a pre-emptive strike but must merely be adequate to respond to an attack on the Soviet Union and its allies...
...items as assault bridges mounted on armored vehicles get little public attention, but the Warsaw nations, by NATO estimates, have a 2,550-to- 454 edge in these river-spanning devices. Conceded a NATO official: "This certainly helps stability by reducing the chances of a bolt-from-the-blue attack...
...Gibbs ran the fairest team in the NFL. There were no superstars, no glitzy air attack or fancy 10-man blitzes. Gibbs just coached...
Overall, the Young-Bourbeau-MacDonald attack has combined for 68 points (29 goals, 39 assists) in 11 games...