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...troop-reduction talks would be the conventional-arms equivalent of the U.S.-Soviet Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. But they would be even more complicated. For all its complexity, SALT involves only two nations and deals with relatively few types of weapons, notably intercontinental ballistic missiles, sub-launched missiles, plane-borne H-bombs and anti-ballistic missiles. By contrast, troop reductions could directly affect as many as 20 nations and would deal with a welter of men, weapons, firepower and geographical considerations...
From a nearby navy minesweeper came a shout: "Where do you think you are? This isn't the Sea of Galilee." That sort of humor no longer bothers bearded Sub-Lieutenant Alan Hogarth, 33, a supply officer currently stationed near London. Since early 1970, when he decided to walk on water, he has become inured to jokes about his "Jesus Boots," the strange contraptions that make his watery strolls possible...
...basic U.S. proposal at the talks is for a flat limit on the number of nuclear delivery systems (land-based ICBMs, submarine-carried missiles, airborne bombs) that either side would be allowed to maintain. The suggested ceiling: 1,900. There would also be a "sub-limit" prohibiting the Soviets from assembling more than, say, 250 missiles in the size range of the huge SS-9, whose 25-megaton warheads can wipe out U.S. ICBMs even in the hardest silos. As part of the total U.S. package, the American delegation last year proposed that ABM systems be either banned outright...
...York and Herbert Scoville Jr., argue that an initial ABM agreement would achieve an important break in the so-called "action-reaction" cycle that keeps the arms race in motion. Even if the basest motives attributed to the Soviets are correct, they argue, the U.S.'s formidable sub-launched-missile capacity alone could serve as a credible deterrent to a Soviet attack for the next decade at least...
...highlight of the day came in the sub-varsity meet. Freshman Jim Kleiger cleared an amazing 16' 1/2" in the pole vault, breaking his own freshman record of 15 feet, set against Princeton. "It was a remarkable performance," said Stowell, "especially in the bitter cold...