Word: deployments
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stoutly had to proclaim the obvious: "West German-U.S. relations are so deeply entrenched that they cannot be uprooted by occasional differences of opinion." Schmidt then made a significant concession to Carter, who has linked eventual development of the bomb partly to Bonn's willingness to deploy it on West German soil. For the first time, the Chancellor openly backed the new weapon and stated that it could be based in his country if it would "be a decision of the [NATO] alliance as a whole" and if it would "not be stationed in West Germany alone...
Dominating the experts' discussions -as indeed it does all U.S. military planning-was the specter of the Soviet nuclear buildup. In 1965 the U.S. enjoyed about a 4-to-1 lead over the Soviets in strategic nuclear missiles; today the Soviets deploy 1,477 land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMS), compared with 1,054 for the U.S., and the Russian lead in submarine-launched nuclear weapons is 909. v. 656. The main American advantages remain in its bombers (417. v. 140). the accuracy of its missiles and the number of warheads (9,000, v. 4,000). But many...
Although it was felt that it is still possible that a treaty could be signed this year, it would not impose significant cutbacks in Soviet and American nuclear arms. Such a treaty would, for instance, probably permit both sides to deploy about 2,200 nuclear-weapon launchers (including strategic bombers). Furthermore, it is not expected to cut the number of Soviet monster rockets, like the SS-18, which could threaten the U.S. Minuteman missiles. As a result, Washington is considering going ahead with the development of the sophisticated MX missile. The mobility of the MX, which may run on underground...
...American M60. Top speed of the T-72 is 43 m.p.h. on level ground. Some Western armor experts fear the T-72 may be able to outperform laser-equipped tanks, such as the British Chieftain, the West German Leopard 2 and the older U.S. M60 A2, now deployed in Western Europe; none of these possess as sophisticated a targeting system as the new Soviet model's. The U.S. does not expect to deploy its new-generation XM1 tank (called "the best in the world" by U.S. Army Secretary Clifford Alexander Jr.) until 1979 at the earliest. Also making...
...CARTER ADMINISTRATION'S apparent willingness to develop and deploy the mobile MX intercontinental ballistic missile is dangerous and ill-advised. The missile, which is designed to reduce vulnerability of current land-based missiles and give the U.S. so-called "silobusting" capabilities, is extremely expensive, costing from $30-40 billion to develop. Its benefits, however, are dubious, and it poses serious problems for future negotiated arms reductions...