Word: mx
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Opposes MX missile...
...campaign's final days, energetic liberal Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman finds her position as frontrunner seriously imperiled by charges that she is "dangerously naive" in opposing almost all military expenditures. One of the leading liberals in Congress, Holtzman has opposed new weapon systems like the MX missile and the B-1 bomber but supports military salary increases to make voluntary forces competitive...
...successful first strike against the U.S. land-based ICBM force. U.S. submarine-launched missiles, capable of devastating Soviet cities, will still serve as a powerful deterrent, but many Pentagon planners think that the critical "window of vulnerability" will not be closed until 1986, when cruise missiles and the MX missiles are deployed. During this period, they fear, the Soviet Union may be tempted to believe it has overall military superiority and therefore adopt a more aggressive world posture. Says a top U.S. general: "The threat is great. The risks are increasing." There are three main areas of concern...
...endear him to the nation's automobile owners, but would force the U.S. to restrict its driving and hence its dependence on Middle Eastern oil-a goal that seemed especially worthy last week as the war in the gulf continued. Anderson's opposition to the mobile MX missile and to income tax cuts ran against election-year sentiment, as did his backing of Carter's embargo on sales of grain to the Soviet Union-a stand the Congressman took in Iowa...
...liquid-fuel Titans became part of the U.S. nuclear arsenal in 1963 and were supposed to be replaced in 1971. They probably will not be phased out until the Air Force begins deploying the mobile MX missile, perhaps ten years from now. Air Force Secretary Hans Mark told the House Armed Services Committee last week that age was not a factor in the accident. Said he: "It could have happened on the first day of deployment." But Retired Air Force General Robert Richardson, an advocate of higher defense spending, disagrees. He told TIME: "The original specifications did not call...