Word: nuclear
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...European opinion demands no ground-based nukes at all on European soil, NATO would still have substantial air and sea nuclear capability. Wouldn't they be sufficient...
...Some who are sensitive to the internal German political situation, like Senator Sam Nunn, are urging that the West indulge the Germans' desire for immediate SNF talks, but would mandate that whatever nuclear agreement is reached not be implemented until the conventional-force agreement is carried out. Isn't that an acceptable compromise...
While it's true that the Soviets have more short-range nuclear weapons -- and that they've modernized their short-range missiles while we are still relying on our old Lance, we nevertheless have a sufficient capability to create that crucial uncertainty in their mind regarding a war's outcome. I don't want to risk a run to zero by opening up a negotiation in the current climate...
...Theater nuclear forces were put in Europe in the first place because Europeans didn't find it credible that the U.S. would come to their defense < with nuclear strikes if only Europe were in danger of being overrun in a conventional war. Putting the nuclear capability to sea would not only be returning toward the discredited massive-retaliation doctrine, it would also mean that most if not all of the capability would be in the hands of the U.S. and Britain, which would probably cause the continental nations to again wonder if their allies would use these weapons...
...NATO only has 88 Lance short-range nuclear-capable missile launchers. The U.S. and Britain want to modernize them. Germany and most of the other NATO nations are against modernization. Since the Lances are mainly on German soil, why shouldn't their view prevail...