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...would compel offsetting Soviet moves; it would jeopardize SALT negotiations; it would weaken us because it might preclude newer and even better weapons down the road. The attainable was being blocked by a quest for the ideal. The B70 bomber, the antiballistic missile, the Bl, the MX, the Trident II missile have all been canceled or delayed...
...every feud, however, there is many a friendship between Pentagon and producer, and most disputes end up amicably-with the Government agreeing to pay most of the cost increases. General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division, which built the most recent $1.2 billion Trident submarine (50% over budget) and 18 nuclear attack submarines, was the subject of a criminal investigation by the Justice Department for overrun claims. Navy Secretary John Lehman last August called the costs a "rip-off." But early this year charges were dropped, and Lehman said the Navy has contracted with Electric Boat to build six more Tridents...
Insofar as these ideals are universally human, the obligation is real, if less manageable than the cube analogy would suggest. Unfortunately, the Administration's puzzle solvers lean towards the engineer's approach to foreign policy take the cube apart, cut the knot with Trident and Lance missiles and try to join the frayed ends...
...failing of the Soviet document, which was also a weakness of the Reagan Administration's effort, is that it does not address U.S. and Soviet forces in comparative terms. Thus much is said about the U.S.'s Ohio class Trident submarine, but nothing about the U.S.S.R.'s new Typhoon equivalent; much about the B-1 bomber, but nothing about a new Soviet strategic bomber under development. The Soviets term the U.S. space shuttle a "space attack system," but omit mention of their own orbiting "killer" satellite...
...multiple-shelter system: his emphasis on improving communications and control; his decision to build the MX and to delay the deployment decision until 1984. I believe, however, that we do not need to spend $6 billion to develop the MX missile and spend $6 billion to develop the Trident-II missile. If we are going to build an ICBM compatible with the Trident submarine, then we ought to consider seriously putting that missile in silos or deploying it in aircraft, under ground, on small submarines, or the like. If we are going to build an MX missile, then surely...