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...could such monstrous weapons be dealt with? How could the nation avert a death toll of hundreds of millions of its people? For 14 years, military men and scientists have labored mightily to devise some protection against such an eventuality. The principal result of their efforts is the Sentinel anti-ballistic-missile system, a complex of nuclear-tipped rockets and radars aimed at crippling inbound enemy warheads before they can hit their targets...
President Nixon yesterday called a nationally broadcast press conference for Friday to announce his decision on the Sentinel antiballistic missile system, the most controversial issue his administration has faced so far. It seems likely that Nixon's decision will be to make no decision...
Nixon has an acute political consciousness. He may seek a way out of the controversy rather than face possible defeat in the Senate at the hands of an anti-Sentinel force led by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass...
...does the same. But since no one can be sure when talks will begin or how long it will take to reach agreement, the question remains as to what the U.S. should do now. For the current fiscal year, about $1 billion has been appropriated for Sentinel. The budget request for the year starting July 1 is $1.8 billion. The overall cost of even a thin system, originally pegged at $3.5 billion, is now officially estimated to be more than $5 billion. Some critics think that a more realistic figure for the defense system would be closer to $10 billion...
Hottest in Years. Exactly what would the money buy? Proponents of the Sentinel have a simple answer: a reduction in casualties of perhaps millions of Americans in the event of nuclear war, plus an additional deterrent to enemy attack. Opponents of Sentinel, including Senator Edward Kennedy, answer that the Sentinel represents "false security" because it would only accelerate nuclear-arms competition. Some distinguished scientists, notably Hans Bethe, Ralph Lapp and Jerome Wiesner, argue that the system would not live up to its advance advertising. Previous attempts to develop ABMs have faltered on the theory that they would be obsolete...