Word: deployments
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...trying to hatch a deal similar to the one he negotiated with the U.S., Japan and South Korea that mothballed his nuclear weapons program in exchange for oil shipments and civilian nuclear reactors. If so, it might slow the U.S. rush to deploy missile defenses, at least for now. Why erect a shield if the country you're worried about isn't building the missiles? Launching North Korea's commercial satellites would be expensive, but not nearly as much as the $60 billion missile defenses could cost...
...they're uneasy about "buying off" North Korea "for something they shouldn't be doing in the first place," as one senior aide put it. And, they argue, a missile shield is still needed to protect against other rogue states like Iraq and Iran that are itching to deploy ICBMs. But it may be a decade before those countries are a threat. If North Korea abandons its program, billions wouldn't have to be spent for a shield so soon, and free launch services may prove a small price...
...Rice is even more scathing on last year's Kosovo campaign, which may exemplify what Republicans complain has been a Clinton-era habit of using the military to send messages rather than fight wars, eschewing the principle of that the U.S. should avoid military action at all costs but deploy with sufficient commitment to put victory beyond doubt once the military option is exercised. Besides wreaking havoc with morale, the partial and self-limiting use of the armed forces can undermine the deterrent power of America's military might...
Though the technological problem persists, the Administration continues to expand a decision to deploy the building blocks of our national missile-defense system [NATION, July 10]. Our leaders suffer from what has been termed a "field of dreams" attitude: If we build it, it will work! WILLIAM E. JACKSON JR. Davidson...
...fiercely committed group of conservative think tanks and antimissile-system advocates. It has propelled the National Missile Defense (NMD) system toward this Friday's scheduled test over the Pacific and is likely to move its development forward no matter the result. Pentagon officials liken the congressional push to deploy such a system to the early 1980s' fervent but vain effort to implement a "nuclear freeze" on the U.S. military. But they say missile-defense advocates appear to have a better chance of winning this time...