Outlasting SALT II and Preparing for SALT III |
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1980 Defense Report 1980 Military Posture ABM treaty adverse agreement on lower air defense aircraft ALCM arms control assessments assured destruction attack basing mode billion bomber forces Chiefs of Staff conflict cost of Soviet cruise missile decade decision deployment deterrence early agreement favor Fiscal Year 1980 hard targets hard-target-kill capability ICBM force ICBM rebasing improved increase investment Joint Chiefs launch on warning launchers leverage and incentive limits lower ceilings M-X missile major Minuteman II NATO NATO's nuclear balance options outcome percent plans policy and doctrine posture statements programs prospective ratification RDT&E rebase ICBMs SALT II treaty Sam Nunn Secretary of Defense shelters silos SLBM and bomber Soviet threat Soviet Union SRAM strategic balance strategic capabilities strategic forces strategic nuclear strategic policy submarines survivable ICBMs theater nuclear capabilities theater nuclear forces Trident U.S. and Soviet U.S. defense U.S. forces U.S. strategic United Vladivostok Warsaw Pact