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Moreover, in the face of improved Soviet air defenses, the B-52 can be used as a "standoff' bomber as opposed to a "penetration" bomber. The standoff bomber's mission is to deliver cruise missiles to within range of its targets. It would stop short of Russian borders and fire salvos of missiles to overwhelm Soviet defenses. According to Defense Secretary Harold Brown, all major targets in the U.S.S.R. are within range of cruise missiles fired in this manner...
Long before the March SALT standoff in Moscow, the central issue in the U.S.-Soviet arms race had become the increasing vulnerability of land-based ICBMS to surprise enemy attack. In recent months, U.S. defense officials and strategic analysts have warned repeatedly that the Soviets were rapidly increasing their ability to destroy American missiles. Meanwhile, although the fact has received surprisingly little publicity, the U.S. is on the verge of taking a big step forward in its own ability to knock out Soviet ICBMS in their steel-and-concrete silos. The startling success of the new program has important implications...
Carter displayed both confidence and a firm grasp of the issues in his separate meetings with congressional leaders and newsmen. The performance -his most impressive so far in dealing with foreign policy issues-also regained something of a public relations initiative for the U.S. on the SALT standoff...
...politics." Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, the only prominent opposition leader not in jail, called the proposal "political blackmail." Said he: "By trying to bargain with the opposition on the question of human rights, Bhutto is attempting to strengthen his rule over the country." With the politicians locked in a dangerous standoff, some observers feared that the next response might come from the army, which has a long and inglorious tradition of interfering in Pakistani politics...
...pole vault, McCurdy has battled graduation to a standoff. Fifteen-foot vaulter Geoff stiles returns from a strong freshman year, but all the depth he had last season is gone...