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...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...
...candidates differ little on the issues. Both promise to back measures that would revive Pennsylvania's coal and steel industries. Both have endorsed a mixture of tax cuts and "supply side" incentives to improve the national economy. Both back the MX mobile missile system; Specter charges that Flaherty is "soft on national defense" because he opposes the defunct B-l bomber and neutron bomber programs, but Flaherty counters that he supports the cruise missile and Trident submarine programs...
...Soviet aggression and for higher defense spending. But the Democrats, in a dramatic turn-around from their 1976 platform, which insisted on military budget cuts, also urge the strengthening of U.S. defenses. Both parties, in fact, blame each other for letting Pentagon expenditures lag. Both also favor building the MX missile, though a sizable minority of Democrats were bitterly opposed. The Democrats fault the Republicans for emphasizing the "primacy of power politics" at the cost of American principles. The Democrats also call for more aid to the Third World: "It is unacceptable that the U.S. ranks 13th among 17 major...