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...future. "Our heavy forces are too heavy, and our light forces lack staying power," General Eric Shinseki declared as he assumed command of the Army last year. To make the U.S. military lighter--but still lethal--Shinseki and other Pentagon officials are working on a new arsenal of agile arms that could accompany troops into battle over the next generation...
...complete game was the seventh of the season for Johnson, who gave the Harvard hitters fits despite working with a limited arsenal of pitches...
Only one nation--Russia--can destroy civilization as we know it in the U.S. Only one other nation--China--can readily increase its nuclear arsenal in response to U.S. missile defense. The U.S. should be more concerned now about reducing nuclear arms with those nations than about so-called rogues that present minimal nuclear threats...
Because Russia's nuclear weapons infrastructure continues to crumble, some American conservatives, such as Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), have argued that the U.S. does not need to pursue arms reduction treaties with Russia. Their arsenal can decay while we can keep a larger arsenal. Here again, this would be a mistake. Rather than force Russia to do whatever it can to maintain unsafe and unreliable warheads subject to accidental firing, the U.S. should pursue verifiable, guaranteed reductions...
Unlike Russia, China realizes that NMD would directly threaten the viability of its nuclear deterrent, which includes only about 20 intercontinental ballistic missiles. Aside from taking the obvious step of potentially building up its nuclear arsenal in response to NMD, China has already taken diplomatic steps and could take other military steps in opposition. In October 1999, China joined forces with Russia in cosponsoring a United Nations resolution calling for adherence to the ABM Treaty. In February, China spoke out in the Conference on Disarmament about preventing an arms race in outer space. A Chinese missile buildup could fuel...