Word: mx
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...movements have made headway in both countries. In Australia, Hawke has managed to contain the antinuclear demands of left-wing Laborites without compromising Australia's defense commitments, even though he has come under fire for not consulting enough with his party's caucus--especially in recent days over the MX issue. In New Zealand, Lange seems determined to fulfill his campaign pledge of denying access to nuclear ships...
...practice, that probably means that the U.S. will urge the Soviets to give up large numbers of their currently deployed land-based ballistic missiles in exchange for cutbacks in American offensive and defensive programs that are still in the testing stage, such as the MX missile, antisatellite weapons and perhaps eventually some of the more exotic components of the Star Wars antimissile program. As Nitze confirmed to TIME last week, the Administration's approach to the new negotiations "is consistent with the position we took in START and INF (the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces talks on Euromissiles...
...MX missile, which will be put to authorization and appropriation votes in both houses some time in March, is definitely in danger. Aspin, a supporter of the MX last year, has hinted that he will switch his vote. Goldwater has already stated that the controversial missile, which would cost $20 billion to $30 billion, is dead. The bill for Star Wars, now in the earliest stages of research, will not come due for many years, but some Congressmen are threatening to strangle this Reagan-policy brainchild in the crib...
...King would remind its that now is the time for leadership. It is new that we decide whether the B-1 bomber is more important than a child's school lunch. Now is the time to decide whether the MX missile gives us more security than the nutrition programs which feed our families and the elderly...
...Reagan-Weinberger $259 agreement apparently preserves every procurement program, from the B-1B bomber to the MX missile. Indeed, since Reagan took office almost four years ago, not one weapons system requested by the Pentagon has been canceled...