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...would be to multiply the size of the attacking force in the hope of overwhelming the defense. Some experts think the U.S.S.R. could double or even triple the number of warheads it could launch before the U.S could get a defense in place. A defense could be bypassed by bombers and cruise missiles, which, because they fly relatively low, could not be zapped from the heavens. After the Soviets shifted their main emphasis to ballistic missiles, the U.S. let its once extensive air- defense system deteriorate. Today it could not fight off a bomber attack, or even detect a cruise...
...most areas." He also complained that the Pentagon is building too many duplicative weapons designed to carry out the same mission. The Air Force, for example, has five major development programs under way to improve its ability to penetrate Soviet air defenses: an upgrade of the B-52 bomber, two new bombers and two cruise missiles...
With Reagan's encouragement, Weinberger resurrected the B-1 bomber program, which had been scuttled by the Carter Administration, set the goal of a 600- ship Navy by 1989 and invested heavily in military readiness, hoping to lengthen the "sustainability" of U.S. forces in the field from less than 30 days to 60 days or more. One of his proudest accomplishments has been a 25% rise in military salaries over the past four years, helping increase the reenlistment rate from 55% to 68% and the proportion of high school graduates from...
...King would remind its that now is the time for leadership. It is new that we decide whether the B-1 bomber is more important than a child's school lunch. Now is the time to decide whether the MX missile gives us more security than the nutrition programs which feed our families and the elderly...
...bombardiers. He orders them to open a window, makes a pass at the lowest FAA-permitted altitude of 500 ft., yells, "Get ready . . ." and then explodes with "Now!" When the drop is dead on the money, as it often is, the involuntary first-time mail bomber gets a rush not unlike the sensation one associates with having just saved the Republic...