Word: bombers
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...troops from Korea when convinced that none of his top advisers thought it was a good idea. Perhaps his most striking metamorphosis was on the issue of defense spending. He came into office determined to cut military costs, but changed his mind. Although he dropped the B-1 bomber, he has since pushed ahead with cruise missile development and talked European allies into upgrading their theater nuclear forces. He is now pressing for the development of a new bomber incorporating the so-called stealth technology. Last December, influenced by Soviet moves in Africa, Viet Nam and Cambodia and the threat...
...Indianapolis Star has described his congressional voting record as "almost indistinguishable from a moderately conservative Republican." He voted for the Republican-proposed 30% tax cut, deregulation of natural gas, and a $19 billion increase in defense spending in fiscal 1981. But he also voted against the B-l bomber. Says Evans: "I'm an independent voice...
Stressing defense issues, Brown noted that Congress has consistently increased Carter's budget proposals. "Carter's had weapons systems jammed down his throat," Brown said adding that the president has shelved the B-1 bomber and neutron bomb programs...
...contrast, Anderson has consistently voted for the B-1 bomber and the neutron bome, and Reagan strongly supports both weapons systems, he said...
Officials reported that no radiation leaked from the missile, which was tipped with a multimegaton nuclear warhead. But the explosion was the second accident of the week involving U.S. nuclear weapons; the first was a fire at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N. Dak., that damaged a B-52 bomber thought to be carrying 32 shortrange, nuclear missiles...