Word: sentineled
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...could expand Sentinel massively to protect major cities against all-out attack, which he dismissed because such protection is virtually impossible anyway...
...could modify Sentinel in a way that would make it more palatable to its political opponents as well as more defensible on strategic grounds...
...though in "substantially modified" form? The decision was an astute attempt at compromise between all-out advocates and all-out opponents of the system. But it would be wrong to ascribe to the President only political or public relations motives. Last June, during his campaign, he praised the proposed Sentinel system as essential to the credibility of the U.S. nuclear deterrent. At his second news conference as President a month ago, Nixon observed that "this system adds to our overall defense capability...
Given this belief, backed up by the views of his top military advisers, Nixon ruled out the possibility that had seemed attractive to many: in effect cancel construction of Sentinel while continuing research and development to find a more dependable system. Beyond that, his choices were clear...
SPARTAN: the big-punch, long-range missile in the overall anti-missile defense system called Sentinel. Spartan would be installed at most of the ABM sites as the first line of defense, its mission being to intercept attacking RVs (reentry vehicles, or warheads) while they are still above the atmosphere, hundreds of miles from their targets. Spartan performs a regional, or "area-defense," role...