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...Soviet-American rivalry: neither side can afford to base the security of a nation on trust alone. For 40 years, ever since the earliest days of the cold war, each American President, each Kremlin leader, has felt compelled to counter every move by a countermove, every new weapon with a newer weapon, every show of strength with a greater show of strength. The two hands that control the planet's survival may clasp in a show of summit cordiality, but measurable progress to curtail their nuclear arsenals requires far, far more than ceremonial displays of goodwill...
Just because a President may abuse a weapon of war, however, is not sufficient reason to discard it. In a nuclear world where global struggles are, by necessity, fought at the margins, a country that cannot back up its words with actions is soon rendered impotent. Terrorism demands the capacity to react swiftly and surely. So does the difficult task of defending U.S. interests and countering the spread of surrogate Soviet regimes. Until the Pentagon faces up to the realities of low-intensity conflict, the U.S. will remain a highly visible and too often helpless target. --By Evan Thomas. Reported...
...flight operations last year. Even if airports could be converted into safety vacuums, says Richard Lally, director of security for the Air Transport Association of America, "the threat is always changing. It could be sabotage or hijacking or assault." It is that chilling uncertainty that places a potentially deadly weapon in the hands of determined terrorists. --By John Moody. Reported by John Borrell/Cairo and Mirka Gondicas/Athens, with other bureaus
...William Perry, who was in charge of military research during the Carter Administration, is concerned about what will happen if the Soviets decide that Reagan is irrevocably committed to SDI. Perry is concerned that if the U.S. uses the space shuttle to carry out a demonstration of a laser weapon in the next year, "we may have pushed ourselves beyond a point of no return with the Soviets so that they'll start acting as though we have such a system. Instead of concentrating on diplomacy, they'll pull out the stops in their military programs to counter the defenses...
...only weapon. Earlier this year, the German electronics manufacturer Siemens was officially told it couldn't acquire a majority stake in a Russian company that manufactures some defense-related equipment. Siemens had offered $200 million to $300 million for a 73% stake in the firm, Power Machines, but the deal was blocked by Russia's antitrust authority, reportedly for national-security reasons. The firm's owners said this month that they are negotiating to sell a majority stake to the Russian government instead. "Success automatically makes you a target," says Mikhail Kozhokin, vice president of KROS, a major Russian consulting...