Word: rearmed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Following through on his campaign denunciations of SALT II as "fatally flawed," Reagan came into office hoping that he could set arms control aside until the U.S. had a chance to rearm. He decided to leave the treaty unratified, although he reluctantly went along with the State Department and Joint Chiefs of Staff in committing the U.S. to continue abiding by its terms. So much for the West Europeans' hope that a new round of SALT might obviate the need for new American missiles in their countries. A series of official statements, leaked documents and new Pentagon programs suggested that...
...defense imperatives of Ronald Reagan into dollars and cents, he is requesting the biggest peacetime military buildup in U.S. history, one that will cost $1.6 trillion over the next five years. Yet criticism is growing that Weinberger, by pushing so fervently to carry out Reagan's mandate to "rearm America," has been creating opposition in a frustrated Congress, which must either cut defense costs, slash social services or raise taxes to reduce the projected deficit of at least $150 billion in fiscal 1983. By serving Reagan too well, Weinberger may be serving him unwisely...
...virtually every measure of military power the Soviet Union enjoys a decided advantage." There is no certain deterrence against a possible Soviet attack in such a state of imbalance, he suggested, and no incentive for the Kremlin to agree to arms reductions. The Reagan policy, in short: to rearm America so that steps toward nuclear disarmament will become possible...
...play's end Here director Coe has made a serious mistake He bade his fight master. B H Barry, to stage the combat so that Hotspur repeatedly gains the advantage and could dispatch the Prince, but repeatedly chooses through sheer bravado to spare Hal and permit him to rearm Hal's combative skill is thus cheapened, and his eventual victory is made hollow, the result of mere chance. (It is, by the way, not known who slew the historical Hotspur...
...portable guided missiles, which could place the world at the mercy of terrorists. The Germans have said that they will refuse to supply areas of tension. The Soviet Union has refused to rearm Iraq directly while it is at war with Iran. Moscow's reluctance to supply weapons to a region in conflict should be encouraged and nurtured...