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...would characterize U.S. nuclear weapons policy as immoral, illegal, militarily unnecessary, and dreadfully dangerous. Far from reducing these risks, the Bush Administration has signaled that it is committed to keeping the U.S. nuclear arsenal as a mainstay of its military power." ROBERT MCNAMARA, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, on the risk of nuclear catastrophe, as the United Nations met last week to discuss its nonproliferation treaty...
...survey discovered a drop in the percentage of people whose greatest national concern is relations with the Soviet Union: 35%, down from 51% last December. Half of those polled think that Reagan has emphasized expanding the U.S. nuclear arsenal rather than stressing negotiations on nuclear disarmament. A resounding 69% felt the President's emphasis should instead be on disarmament. Yet Americans are cynical about any change for the better. According to the poll, 55% think that the Soviets would not adhere to an arms-control agreement...
Many of these experimental weapons, of course, may never find their way into the American arsenal. Some may prove impractical, while others may fail to win congressional funding. Only a fraction of past DARPA projects have been deployed. But the 27-year-old agency, which helped develop the cruise missile and the Stealth bomber, has had a powerful impact on strategic thinking. Among the sophisticated systems now under...
More surprising are public doubts about the popular Reagan. Only 30% think the President emphasizes arms control over expansion of our nuclear arsenal, although 79% personally favor that position. Fully 50% of those surveyed believe Reagan is determined to build up America's supply of nuclear weapons, but only 12% find that a good idea. Indeed, by 25% to 21%, more voters believe Reagan's nuclear policies increase rather than decrease the threat of war. (A remarkable 46% think those policies have no effect either...
...personally favor putting emphasis on ... Negotiating nuclear disarmament[*] Expanding our nuclear arsenal[*] December 1981 67% 25% March 1982 71% 21% July 1985 69% 18% November...