Word: bombers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plane is scheduled to start rolling off Rockwell International assembly lines by 1986, and is designed to replace the aging B-52s until the "Stealth" bomber can be completed, which Weinberger says will be by 1989. But critics contend that the price tag is too high for a plane that will be obsolete by the late 1980s, when the Soviets may well have improved their air defense systems to foil the B-1s. Said Democratic Senator Gary Hart of Colorado: "We cannot afford both bombers, and the Stealth is the more formidable...
...wouldn't, soldier. It's kind of like the B-1 bomber: it wouldn't do us any good under any conditions, but we don't know what else to do with the money until we get a new idea. Lets people around here feel a little better about themselves and keeps the Russians guessing...
...bomber decision, critics contend that the new plane will be obsolete by the late 1980s, when the Soviets will have beefed up their air-defense system. Indeed, Politics Professor William Kaufmann of M.I.T. argues that the Reagan plan proves the Administration is not worried about short-term vulnerability, and has only delayed solving the long-term problems. Says Kaufmann: "The window of vulnerability is not closing. It has simply been moved...
...report was released just three days before President Reagan announced his decisions on the MX missile and the B-1 bomber. Naturally, there was suspicion that the timing was designed to help the Pentagon justify the vast sums needed for the new strategic systems. Weinberger flatly denied the charge. Plans for the booklet, he said, began last April after the U.S. presentation of a top-secret "threat assessment" of Soviet military strength to NATO defense ministers in Bonn. The ministers were sufficiently impressed to urge Weinberger to make the study public so they could use it to defuse opposition...
...been placed, chart the location of Soviet divisions, and illustrate the sweep of Soviet adventurism around the globe, complete with lists of technicians and advisers stationed abroad. To bolster its point that Moscow is forever building new weapons systems, the study cites Soviet development of a new long-range bomber and a radar warning and control plan similar to AWACS...