Word: warhead
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...advantage over the Soviet Union. Experts warn that weapons systems such as the Strategic Defense Initiative and the just-unveiled Stealth bomber could make the world more dangerous by prompting a hostile Soviet response. Other weapons that were first introduced by the U.S., such as cruise missiles and multiple- warhead ICBMs, have been copied by the Soviets and now pose a greater threat to Americans...
Bush favors the continuation of research and the deployment of the Strategic Defense Initiative, colloquially known as "Star Wars." Bush supports the Midgetman intercontinental ballistic missile and the multi-warhead MX missile...
...When word leaked last summer that Israel had secretly test-fired a medium- range missile into the Mediterranean Sea in May, reports said the missile was designed to carry a nuclear warhead and could travel 900 nautical miles, far enough to strike Soviet territory. But intelligence sources now say the exercise had an additional purpose: to test the country's capability of launching a surveillance satellite into low earth orbit...
...army medical corps has developed an injection that neutralizes gases. The investment in time and money stems from a fear of Syrian chemical attacks on Israeli air bases and military installations. According to the Israelis, a military research institute north of Damascus code-named Sers is preparing a new warhead for Syria's Soviet-made Scud B ground-to-ground missiles, which have a range of 175 miles. If the project is successful, Syria would be able to use chemical weapons against Israel's cities...
...issue of a new intercontinental ballistic missile is more complex. The Reagan Administration wants to deploy the ten-warhead MX on railroad cars -- a scheme that might be even more vulnerable to surprise attack than our current system of triple-warhead Minuteman ICBMs in underground silos. Many in Congress (along with Schlesinger and myself) favor the single-warhead Midgetman deployed on mobile launchers, but the very high cost of such a system cannot be ignored. Another option consistent with Dukakis' position would be the deployment of Minuteman in multiple protective shelters (the so- called shell game). The real test...