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CRITICS OF the Reagan Administration's proposed Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) have long understood the impossibility of developing a be-all-end-all military technology. But not until this week has the Department of Defense (DOD) itself conceded that the President's "Star Wars" vision could become one of the world's more costly anachronisms before its development is even approved...
...problem, as outlined in a classified report from the Defense Intelligence Agency, is the possible development of a new Soviet weapon--the "fast-burn" rocket. According to the report, such a device could speed into orbit and shut down its engines before the heat-seeking sensors of SDI satellites could home in on its jetstream. The report predicts that the Soviets could "develop, produce and deploy" fast-burning rockets as early...
...issue that divided Harvard observers was whether arms talks would be stymied by Reagan's determination to build a space-based missile defense system, known as the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI...
...Secretary presented a tough and well-documented lecture, using a pointer and photographs, about alleged Soviet violations of existing arms-control agreements. He received qualified support for the American claims from the U.S. allies and helped negotiate an agreement between the U.S. and Britain on joint participation in SDI...
...real progress on arms control still seems to hinge on the one issue where both sides remain adamant: SDI. The threat of an American strategic defense system probably had a lot to do with Moscow's readiness to return to the bargaining table and discuss the deep missile cuts it had hitherto rejected out of hand. Some in the Administration still harbor hopes that Star Wars might be the ultimate bargaining chip. Without some flexibility on SDI down the road, it could instead become the ultimate stumbling block, the issue that causes the Soviets to act on their hints that...