Word: mirved
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...frozen at the quantity already tested. That meant a maximum of ten for the Soviet monster SS-18. But last December the U.S. detected the Soviets testing an SS-18 in a way that suggested that the missile might soon have the capacity to carry twelve warheads. Since the MIRV freeze is an important selling point in the upcoming battle for SALT II ratification, the Carter Administration wants specific language banning any Soviet test that could allow more than ten warheads to be fired...
...basic missile is still known by its initials, ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile), but its systems for multiple warheads sound more like a team of comedians-MIRV and MARV (for multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle and the more advanced maneuverable reentry vehicle whose course can be adjusted after launch...
Under a formula still to be negotiated, the cruises will be indirectly included "in the context" of the MIRV limits...
...Soviets modified their proposal that U.S. planes armed with cruise missiles be counted against the MIRV quota...
...Soviets have been insisting that SALT II follow the guidelines approved by Moscow's Leonid Brezhnev and President Gerald Ford at their 1974 summit in Vladivostok. These allow each side 2,400 strategic missile launchers, of which 1,320 can be armed with MIRVs-multiple, independently targetable warheads. As clear as these guidelines may have seemed originally, they soon became mired in controversy. The U.S., for instance, has been insisting that the ceilings cover the U.S.S.R.'s new Backfire bomber; the Soviets reject this. In turn, Moscow argues that U.S. aircraft firing cruise missiles-relatively cheap, accurate subsonic...