Word: minuteman
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...would significantly favor the U.S. in numerical terms because the Soviets have far more of these monsters, such as the SS-18, which carries more than ten warheads. A MIRV ban would do away with existing U.S. missile systems like the ten-warhead MX and the triple-warhead Minuteman III. The cost of dismantling these existing systems would effectively cancel out the relatively small saving in operating costs. Saving: none...
...cliche about the U.S.S.R.: the place is a hopeless mess where nothing works, with the prominent and crucial exception of two institutions -- the armed forces and the KGB. A Kremlin that cannot put food on its people's tables can put an SS-18 warhead on top of a Minuteman silo in North Dakota, some 5,000 miles away. Even though 15% to 20% of the grain harvested on the collective farms rots or falls off the back of trucks before it reaches the cities, a Soviet-led blitzkrieg through West Germany would be a masterpiece of military efficiency...