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Gromyko in fact did threaten to walk out on the spot if the U.S. would not renounce, in advance of any formal bargaining, its Strategic Defense Initiative to develop a system that could intercept and destroy nuclear missiles. Shultz replied that the U.S. would rather leave Geneva without an agreement than abandon SDI, which is popularly known as Star Wars. The Soviets decided to try again later and kept talking. Nonetheless, said Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle, a member of Shultz's team, "if the final session Tuesday afternoon had ended on schedule (at 5 p.m.), the conference would...
...billion over five years. There are fewer than 100 full-time staffers; most of the funds go for research projects assigned to private firms or federal facilities. So far, Abrahamson has spent much of his time soliciting bids from contractors for systems that could "detect, identify, discriminate, intercept and destroy ballistic missiles." Ten aerospace-industry study teams have been awarded $1 million each to come up with "architecture" studies describing more precisely what the military is seeking...
They don't beat most average teams, they destroy them...
...called Star Wars plan calls for the development of space shields and weapons to destroy oncoming missiles and enemy satellites--an intergalatic Maginot Line that would, in theory, render an opponent's arsenal impotent. The prospect of militarizing space was sufficiently jarring to bring the Soviets back to the table after they stormed out of talks more than a year ago. The Administration, though, insists, at least officially, that it is determined to press forward with its plans regardless of negotiations...
...sound of artillery and mortar shells exploding in and around their sprawling bamboo village. By 7 a.m. an estimated 1,000 Vietnamese infantrymen, led by armored vehicles, had fought their way into Rithysen (also known as Nong Samet), about 140 miles east of Bangkok. Their aim: to destroy the camp and other centers of opposition to the Viet Nam-backed Kampuchean government of Heng Samrin, and to drive the refugees into Thailand. An estimated 55 resistance fighters and 63 civilians died in the assault, according to guerrilla sources...