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...Soviet aggression, thereby reducing U.S. reli ance on a nuclear last resort. A case can be made that the politically difficult decision of reinstituting the draft would do more to strengthen American defense posture?and hence to diminish the danger of war?than the MX supermissile and the B-l bomber programs combined...
...Union. The nonbinding measure, introduced in both houses of Congress last week, has already attracted 20 Senators and 143 Representatives as sponsors. "Will the time ever be more right?" asked Democratic Congressman Jonathan Bingham of New York. "Will the Russians stand still while we build the MX missile, the B-l bomber and the Trident submarine...
...Concrete foundations 40 feet into the earth were being poured last week in Columbus to secure the sensitive machinery that will produce central portions of this strategic bomber. The B-l will be an integral part of America's strategic deterrent only from 1986 to the mid-1990s, when the advanced-technology Stealth bomber is scheduled to replace it. The B-l is also likely to be virtually obsolete by the end of the decade because of improved Soviet air defenses. If Congress decided to scrap the $29 billion program, it could cut $4.7 billion from next year...
...appeared to be an amateur in rejecting the advice of his high command on the MX missile and vacillating on a new strategic bomber. After much public agonizing, he failed to come up with a mode for basing the MX and proposed that the U.S. develop both the B-l and Stealth bombers. In passing the Defense appropriation bill last week, the Senate accepted the B-l but rejected Weinberger's plan to harden existing silos for basing some of the new MX missiles...
Many of those who buy the notion that the U.S. is staring out that window argue nevertheless that some of the $180 billion targeted for the programs might be better spent elsewhere. Chief of Staff Jones, for example, fears that the heavy commitment to the MX, B-l and Trident submarine programs will drain funds away from improving the nation's con ventional military forces. Indeed, there is one aspect of Reagan's proposals that draws universal agreement: the price tag is too low. Weinberger admitted last week that the cost of the six-year program was figured...