Word: mirved
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...launched ballistic missiles). The Soviet Union is ahead in the number of intercontinental, medium-and intermediate-range ballistic missiles and medium bombers (see chart). Two problems that could complicate the final equation, however, have not yet come up for discussion: > Both sides are moving ahead with the development of MIRV (multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles), a system that arms a single rocket with several warheads. Its deployment, undetectable by most monitoring procedures, could make a final agreement impossible. >The Nixon plan provides for parity in delivery systems but not in megatonnage. Because some Soviet rockets are so much larger...
...current tension in U.S.Soviet relations has cast a shadow over the crucial Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), which are scheduled to reconvene next week in Helsinki. Although Gromyko emphasized Soviet hopes for a successful agreement, the Kremlin has raised American suspicion by stepping up experiments with two models of MIRV (multiple, independently targeted re-entry vehicle), which are designed to be borne by the giant S59 and the smaller SS-11 missiles. In response, the Pentagon last week authorized the Navy to triple its research program on ULMS (undersea long-range missile system), which could eventually become the most effective...
Unfortunately, the advent of a new weapons system complicates the outlook for a broader agreement. Even as the negotiators talked in Vienna, the U.S. was installing Minuteman III and Poseidon missiles that carry formidable MIRVs (multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles). Composed of a cluster of three or more nuclear warheads that are aimed separately at widely scattered objectives, MIRVs greatly increase the destructive scope of a single missile. They also introduce an extremely difficult factor into SALT. While the U.S. and Soviet Union can effectively check on the number of the other's ICBMs with...
Back in the Bottle. Many American scientists feel that the horrors of MIRV are so great that the U.S. should make a determined effort to stuff ths MIRV genie back in the bottle. The system was conceived primarily as a countermeasure to the Soviet ABM. By multiplying the number of warheads, the reasoning went, the U.S. would be able to penetrate Russian defenses. In addition, MIRV was regarded as a hedge against the huge Soviet SS-9s, which have the punch to destroy Minutemen even in their hardened silos. Laird's critics make the persuasive point that...
About 2000 more people listened to Kennedy's remarks over loudspeaker systems in the lobby of Kresge and in the M. I. T. Student Center. The greatest response came when Kennedy suggested that American development of MIRV might force the Soviet Union to adopt a "launch on warning system...