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...billion over last year's defense expenditures. While inflation accounts for a large portion of the increase, at least $250 million (and a projected $5-10 billion over the next decade) is earmarked for the Pentagon's new family of weapons. These weapons include a larger ther-monuclear warhead for more accurate intercontinental missiles, mobile land-based missiles, jet-powered missiles that can be launched from either submarines or airplanes, maneuverable missile warheads that can home in on a target, and smaller ballistic-missile submarines...
...could make the difference between life and sudden death for millions of Amer icans and perhaps for the nation itself. No defense can be close to perfect, but the ever-alert, ever-expanding Continental Command is dedicated to the proposition that defense measures are practical, even in a ther- monuclear...
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