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Indeed, while the Soviets have more than 250 new SS-20s within striking range of Europe, NATO as yet has no weapons with a reciprocal capability. The original 1979 decision to deploy the U.S.-built T.N.F was intended to offset precisely that advantage. The "roughly equal" figures cited by the Soviets are juggled and distorted. Moscow counts all nuclear-armed U.S. and allied aircraft capable of reaching the Soviet Union, but conveniently omits the hundreds of their own planes with the same range. Secretary of State Haig pointed out last week that the Soviets have enough missiles and aircraft...
During the question session, Tucker expressed concern about recent pacifist developments in Western Europe. He called the decision to deploy new American nuclear missiles in Europe a great error, adding that conventional forces would have been just as effective and less threatening to Europeans...
...already in place, thereby eliminating any need for new NATO missiles. What the Federal Chancellor did was persuade the Secretary of State of the necessity to include the zero option [whereby, in return for the dismantling of all Soviet SS-20s targeted on Europe, the U.S. would not deploy new medium-range missiles] in the Western formula for the negotiations. For two years Chancellor Schmidt has considered the zero option a desirable basis of reciprocity. The precondition for a zero option of the West has to be the Soviet readiness to dismantle...
...issue is the 1979 NATO decision to deploy 572 U.S.-built Pershing II and cruise missiles in Western Europe as a counter to some 320 Soviet SS-20 missiles currently targeted on European cities. In addition, the peace movement reacted angrily to Ronald Reagan's announcement last month that the U.S. would produce neutron weapons that may ultimately be deployed in Europe...
...Soviets will be able to deploy laser weapons against planes and troops by the mid-1980s...