
Holes in the Missile Shield
The national missile defense now being deployed by the U.S. should be replaced with a more effective system
The national missile defense now being deployed by the U.S. should be replaced with a more effective system
President Reagan's "Star Wars" program seems unilkely ever to protect the entire nation against a nuclear attack. It would nonetheless trigger a major expansion of the arms race
Unless some action is taken soon to restrain the further development of such weapons the positive contributions of satellites to international security will be threatened
The missile-submarine deterrents of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. are not threatened by current antisubmarine technology. It is argued that this state of affairs should be maintained by the two powers...
The U.S. is now building a "light" ABM system. The authors argue that offensive tactics and cheap penetration aids could nullify the effectiveness of this system and any other visualized so far...
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