Word: bomber
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Dukakis has called SDI a "fantasy," but said he would allocate about $1 billion a year for research, to be ready to respond to any Soviet advances. He opposes both the MX and Midgetman missiles, but supports the B-1 bomber and the Stealth bomber...
...sipped our Millers, we eyed the tie, oxford and bomber jacket crowd. They stood in big groups--they had no choice, there were only three tables. Their heads nearly brushed the oars that hung on the low ceiling. Waiters clad in black mini--very mini--dresses fought through the mostly male crowd to take drink orders. The video game in the corner had been turned way down so its noises would not interfere with the classic hits...
During the three days last week designed to counter Dukakis' dovish image, the candidate talked about using economic pressure to force the Soviets' hand on human rights. In Chicago and Washington he professed support for the Stealth bomber and the Trident II missile. And he peppered his speeches with the sound bite-size generalities that TV news adores: "We're going to put our defense dollars where our defense needs are greatest...
With George Bush and Michael Dukakis each trying to establish his toughness, the question of how to cope with the other superpower has too often been reduced to its military dimension. Last week they were back at it, carping over the relative merits of the Stealth bomber and the MX. Bush reiterated his charge that Dukakis was soft on defense. In response, Dukakis doffed a helmet and rode in an M1 tank. In a speech in Chicago, Dukakis conveyed a conservative caution about Gorbachev's reforms and said the U.S. should be prepared to use economic incentives to induce less...
...Division army base, Carlucci watched as warplanes streaked overhead and the earth trembled from mock explosions. The spectacle was a high point in the new military exchange between U.S. and Soviet officials. Several weeks ago, Soviet Chief of Staff Marshal Sergei Akhromeyev was allowed near the American B-1 bomber. Still, on- site inspections are not likely to replace sophisticated satellite reconnaissance. Of his unprecedented inspection of the Blackjack, Carlucci said, "I couldn't tell one instrument from another...