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...decided to go ahead with production of both the MX missile and the B-1 bomber. Those much disputed weapons systems would be part of a $180 billion modernization of America's nuclear forces, a program that would upgrade all three legs of the nation's strategic triad of air, sea- and land-based nuclear weapons. With Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger at his side, Reagan said he plans to deploy at least 100 MX missiles, which are capable of traveling 8,000 miles and dropping their warheads within 100 yards of a target. The first ones will...
...land-based Minuteman force constitutes only one leg of the nation's so-called strategic triad. In addition, there are fleets of nuclear-armed bombers and submarines that, between them, carry more than 8,000 warheads, vs. only 1,600 for Soviet bombers and submarines. So why not plan on absorbing a Soviet first strike against Minuteman and hitting back with the two other legs of the triad? Brown thinks that would be a mistake too: "If we abandon the first leg of our triad as soon as it gets into trouble, we'd be encouraging the Soviets...
Inter-service rivalries continually compel the upgrading of the strategic nuclear "triad" (bombers, land-based missiles, and submarine-launched missiles). Although the Navy already has a perfectly adequate Poseidon submarine force with more than 5000 virtually invulnerable nuclear warheads, this soon will be augmented by the astronomically expensive Trident submarines. (Each sub, without any missiles, is estimated to cost $1.2 billion...
...must drive four Chinese aliens over the Canadian border into Washington State, detour through Reno and deliver his human cargo in San Francisco. One of the Chinese is bleeding to death from a mysteriously inflicted knife wound. Another, by the name of Ginarn Taam, is being chased by the Triad, a sort of Oriental-American Mafia...
Taam's is a Godfather story with some new wrinkles: he was born in San Francisco where, during the 1960s, he owned a Marxist bookstore. The conservative Triad sends an arsonist who destroys the shop and also incinerates Taam's wife. Taam then kills the Triad torch and flees to Red China, where he becomes a respected party member. After seven years, his return to the U.S. is negotiated as part of a deal to sell a Reno casino to the Triad. They are not to be trusted...