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...would lessen the risk of a dreaded phenomenon known as breakout, the capacity of one side suddenly to increase its offensive force and intimidate the enemy. The issue will become an important factor as the U.S. gradually moves away from a land-based ICBM force made up of multiple-warhead missiles in underground fixed silos (like the Minuteman) and relies more on mobile single-warhead missiles (the proposed Midgetman). Such weapons would be vulnerable to a barrage of enemy warheads, and very high levels of throw weight translate into an increased ability to conduct barrage attacks...
...teases the Reagan Administration about how it should "deal us yet another propaganda blow, say, by suspending the development of one of your new strategic missiles. And we would respond with the same kind of 'propaganda.' " Is that a veiled offer to scrap the U.S.S.R.'s threatening new multiple-warhead ICBM, the SS-24, in exchange for cancellation of the American...
...warhead is hardly larger than a coffee can. But jammed inside the 12-in. by 13-in. cylinder are 64 tiny rockets, eight high-powered telescopes and a targeting device so sensitive that it can detect the warmth of a distant star...
Termed a miniature homing vehicle, or MHV, the warhead rests on the tip of an 18-ft. missile slung from the belly of a high-flying, specially equipped F-15 fighter. Guided by ground stations tracking enemy satellites, the F-15 climbs several miles into the sky and fires the missile. The two-stage rocket then boosts the warhead out of the atmosphere and into space. The telescopes in the nose of the MHV pick up infrared radiation emanating from the enemy satellite and focus it on a heat-sensitive targeting device. The device is housed in a small refrigerator...
...Moscow with eleven separate violations of SALT II. The most serious include the illegal encoding of radio signals from Soviet missile tests, making it difficult for the U.S. to collect data necessary to verify treaty compliance. In addition, Washington accuses Moscow of developing two new strategic missiles, the ten-warhead SS-24 and the single-warhead SS-25, although the agreement allows only one. However, veteran Arms Negotiator Paul Warnke pointed out last week that the Soviets have also dismantled 1,000 ICBMs and twelve missile-launching submarines in accord with SALT II restrictions...