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...specifically, the U.S. opening proposal was directed at ICBMS. It was thus unabashedly designed to squeeze the mostly land-based Soviet arsenal not just into something smaller, but into a different shape. At the same time, the proposal was neatly tailored to favor a revamped American deterrent featuring the MX missile on land and the Trident II at sea, both of which are still under development. The U.S., which has put much of its missile force aboard aircraft and submarines, is already below the proposal's limit of 2,500 land-based warheads for each side. The Soviets...
Orphaning the MX...
...than eight years of study, the expenditure of $4.5 billion on the missile and consideration of some 30 options, the Pentagon lacks a politically acceptable and scientifically credible basing mode. Has it occurred to anyone that this may be the first clue that there is no credible plan for MX...
Even an emotionally disturbed man like Mayer can perceive that Dense Pack and the MX are not the antidotes to the world's unrest...
Whether any real cheer is warranted remains to be seen. Meanwhile, the White House chose former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft to head a new commission that will study ways to deploy the MX missile. Other members will include three former Secretaries of Defense and, reportedly, Alexander Haig, who quit as Reagan's Secretary of State only six months ago. The study will presumably lead the commission into a broad review of the composition and strategy of all U.S. nuclear forces, whether or not agreement can be reached with the Soviets on limiting them...