Word: nuclear
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden weren't protesting against nuclear energy [Oct. 8], they would be protesting against something else. I sometimes believe they receive pleasure from ridiculing the U.S. As a refugee from Communism, I appreciate the greatness of this country...
...weapons systems, ranging from the Trident nuclear-missile submarine to the Patriot antiaircraft missile. But much more will probably be required, and at a quicker pace...
More certain of deployment is the Pershing II nuclear missile, a $1.5 billion weapon system that occupies a gray area in analysts' calculations of the strategic balance. Because its 1,000-mile range would prevent it from hitting the Soviet Union from the U.S., the Pershing II is not, strictly speaking, a strategic weapon. But since it could strike Russia from bases in Western Europe, it is something considerably more than a tactical, battlefield nuclear device like the atomic cannon or the proposed neutron warhead...
...year the Soviets have stationed in Eastern Europe an estimated 100 atomic-tipped, multiwarhead SS-20 intermediate-range ballistic missiles and about 90 supersonic Backfire bombers. These could strike all Western European countries. Warned Henry Kissinger at a September NATO conference in Brussels: "If there is no [Western] theater nuclear establishment on the continent of Europe, we are writing the script for selective blackmail in which our allies will be threatened...
...Nukes are a symbol of economic exploitation," Boudreau says. She adds that by opposing the companies that support nukes "we're striking right at the heart of the American economic system." Harvard's Top Ten Nuclear Related Investments Exxon Corporation $35,442,448 Standard Oil Co. of California $20,912,364 Mobil Corporation $18,360,622 Atlantic Richfield $17,465,122 Gulf Oil $15,969,160 General Electric Company $15,673,735 Getty Oil $11,765,924 Raytheon $9,585,634 Phillips Petroleum $8,996,703 Florida Power and Light $7,169,390 According to '78-'79 Financial Report