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...altogether was defeated at the annual conference in Blackpool last fall, but anti-NATO, anti-American sentiment runs strong. The party is already committed to opposing the deployment of American cruise missiles on British soil and to canceling Britain's $1.6 billion order with the U.S. for 64 Trident missiles. Far leftists also strongly oppose the Thatcher government's $12 billion program to modernize Britain's existing nuclear force...
...next year, to $184.4 billion, or an increase of 5% after adjustment for inflation. Carter has already granted a 16% pay hike to servicemen in order to attract and keep better recruits. More money will be used to stockpile spare parts, and a mix of new ships, fighter planes, Trident submarines and MX intercontinental missiles will be added to U.S. armaments in 1982 and in future years...
...Soviet introduction of improved ballistic missiles, the U.S. still has 10,000 nuclear warheads, compared with the Soviets' 6,000. Says Brown: "I would say that the trends are not now in their favor because we are modernizing submarine-launched missiles, we have a new class of Trident submarines and a new ballistic missile on the way. We're another five or more years away from, but surely on the road to, an ICBM replacement that will be as capable as any of theirs-and survivable. Theirs...
...cuts and "supply side" incentives to improve the national economy. Both back the MX mobile missile system; Specter charges that Flaherty is "soft on national defense" because he opposes the defunct B-l bomber and neutron bomber programs, but Flaherty counters that he supports the cruise missile and Trident submarine programs...
...however, was unable to win over Trident critics who fear that buying the system will weaken Britain's conventional forces. The Labor Party's shadow Defense Secretary, William Rodgers, told the Commons that "we simply cannot afford" Trident. But some Labor M.P.s cannot afford to attack the decision too hard: shipyard and electronics industries in their constituencies will benefit from the 200,000 new jobs that the Trident agreement is expected to create...