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...SALT. But Christmas came late, and history had to wait. Only last week, when Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Soviet Ambassador Anatoli Dobrynin reached a general agreement on the proposed treaty, could Talbott complete his project. Talbott's narrative, part of this week's 15-page Special Report on SALT, is accompanied by Associate Editor Burton Pines' appraisal of the terms of the treaty and an assessment of the great Senate debate ahead...
Under the overall ceiling of 2,250, SALT II places a subceiling of 1,320 on those weapons regarded as the most destabilizing to the strategic balance (see chart following page). These mainly are the multiwarheads known as MIRVs, the acronym for multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles. By enabling several weapons to be fired from a single launcher, MlRVing has led to the rapid expansion of atomic arsenals even though the number of launchers was frozen by SALT I. The 1,320 subceiling covers not only land-based launchers and submarine tubes, but also long-range bombers fitted...
This is not entirely true as the chart on page four of his book indicates. Military spending today in constant dollars is at the same level as the years of peace since Korea (1954-1978). During this time, GNP has doubled in real terms, and non-military expenditures has tripled (even excluding huge increases in transfer payments). In other words, we spend as much on defense now as in 1954, even though we have twice as much to spend...
However, before the Crimson editors pat themselves on the back for fighting oppression, they should turn to page eight of the April 26 issue of their newspaper. There they will see a half-page advertisement for Pernod liquor, featuring a suggestively-clad woman propositioning the reader "Voulez-vous Pernod with...
...Opinion Page presents the views of members of the Harvard Community and others. These views do not necessarily represent those of the Crimson or its staff...