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Of all the basing options for the MX, Weinberger clearly favors the "Big Bird" alternative. But the plane is still a drawing-board fantasy, and it is doubtful whether enough could be built at a reasonable price by 1989, when all 100 MX missiles are scheduled to be completed. Perfecting...
Those who opposed the move--part of an estimated $180.8-billion military buildup over the next six years--gave a variety of reasons. Some opposed deployment of the MX in any form, while others specifically disagreed with Reagan's method of basing the nuclear warhead-equipped missiles.
The chief military disadvantage, several observers said, was that the MX basing system adopted by Reagan--placing 100 MX missiles in existing silos--would not reduce the long-term "vulnerability" of land-based U.S. missiles to Soviet attack, the reason the MX had been proposed in the first place.
Everyone, that is, except the people of Utah and Nevada who didn't like the idea of having a subway for nuclear bombs in their backyard. Among those who opposed this basing scheme were Sen. Paul N. Laxalt (R-Nev.), Sen. Jake Garn (R-Utah), and the Mormon Church. With...
What is more, the question of just what to cut is bound to be embarrassing to Reagan. About the only certainty is that the reductions in planned increases will not affect the President's long-delayed decisions to go ahead with production of B-1 bombers and to settle...