Word: bombers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...different sorts of weapons. For example, a large Soviet warhead, like one on an SS-18, would count as a certain number of SWS's, a smaller ballistic warhead on an SLBM, a Minuteman III or even an MX would count as fewer SWS's. A bomber armed with cruise missiles would have a greater SWS total than one armed with bombs...
...double build-down so that it would look like a presidential initiative. But the policymaking machinery of the Administration was close to breaking down. Despite Woolsey's optimistic reading of Perle's attitude, the Pentagon was still fighting the idea of trade offs between ballistic missiles and bomber weapons...
...bomber pilot in World War II, Bentsen strongly supports the MX missile and the B-l bomber, both of which Mondale opposes. Bentsen opposes a nuclear freeze, which Mondale firmly favors. Bentsen is against the protectionist domestic-content legislation; passage of the bill is a top priority with Mondale. Despite the differences, Bentsen would be comfortable running with Mondale. A President, he says, should not be surrounded...
...positions "in such a way that he neutralizes the opposition, and the people come away saying, 'Hey, I never thought of it that way.' " Bumpers, an assertive member of the Energy Committee, is probably the most liberal Southerner in the Senate. He voted against the B-l bomber. He has supported human rights conditions on military aid to El Salvador. On a ticket with Mondale, he would be able to run effectively against the Reagan budget deficit: Bumpers was one of just three Senators who voted in favor of Reagan's 1981 spending cuts but against...
...weapons systems in the Reagan military buildup are redundant. The Pentagon does not need the land-based MX missile, say the Brookings experts, when it also plans to have the submarine-based Trident D-5 aimed at Soviet targets. Also high on the hit list are the B-1B bomber, the AH-64 attack helicopter and the F-15 fighter. By Brookings estimates, the Government could carve $46 billion out of the defense budget by 1989 without threatening national security...