Word: mirvs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...surprisingly, Gorbachev had problems with the proposal. In a letter hand delivered to Bush during Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze's visit to Washington, Gorbachev replied that any MIRV ban should not be limited to land-based weapons, where the Soviets have a heavy numerical advantage, but should also include those aboard submarines, where the U.S. has the edge...
...superpowers should also re-examine their strategic nuclear forces, with the goal of achieving a far more stable balance. They should ban land-based multiple-warhead (MIRV) missiles, which are tempting targets for a first strike because an attacker can destroy the three to 14 warheads on such launchers by expending only one or two warheads...
...With U.S. and Soviet nuclear warheads shrinking to half their present levels after a START treaty, the U.S. could press ahead for a ban on land- based MIRVed missiles. A ban would significantly favor the U.S. in numerical terms because the Soviets have far more of these monsters, such as the SS-18, which carries more than ten warheads. A MIRV ban would do away with existing U.S. missile systems like the ten-warhead MX and the triple-warhead Minuteman III. The cost of dismantling these existing systems would effectively cancel out the relatively small saving in operating costs. Saving...