Word: warheaded
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...across the country but also by satellite to Europe, he announced on Wednesday morning that the U.S. is now prepared to negotiate an "interim solution" to the problem of medium-range nuclear-tipped missiles in Europe. If the Soviets would dismantle a significant number of their 351 modern, triple-warhead SS-20s, Washington would reduce the number of American missiles, capable of hitting the U.S.S.R., that it is scheduled to station in Western Europe beginning in December. Instead of deploying the 572 single-warhead Pershing II and cruise missiles now planned, the U.S. would install only enough to match...
American officials readily concede that if they cannot prompt a new Soviet proposal, U.S. Negotiator Paul Nitze will have to fill in some numbers on warhead limits to keep the talks from completely stalling. But the almost universal expectation is that the Soviets will not seriously negotiate until just before the U.S. missiles begin going into Western Europe and perhaps not until after deployment has actually started. The reason: the Kremlin must first be convinced that demonstrations by the European antinuclear movement will not be strong enough to block the installation of the U.S. missiles. In other words, Moscow...
...subatomic particles, bursting down from the heavens like a Jovian lightning bolt. The beam homes in on the ascending missile and fastens onto its nose cone. Burning through, the beam turns the electronic guidance system into silicon mush, sending the missile wobbling off course and totally immobilizing its nuclear warhead. As it plunges back into the atmosphere, no longer protected by the nose cone, most of the missile incinerates in the sizzling heat of reentry. Only a few harmless fragments reach the ground...
...Soviets refused such a scheme, we would proceed unilaterally toward our goal. The final size of a single-warhead force would depend on the number of warheads in the Soviet force and on what we need to assure our invulnerability...
...Other mixes are possible. For example, a small number of MIRVed missiles and bombers, no more than 200, could be joined with a reduced single-warhead deployment...