As part of an integrated strategic policy approach including offensive forces, SDI and arms control, the United States must also modernize related strategiccapabilities.
Indeed, the Center for Security Policy believes it is difficult to overstate the significance that this transaction could have for enhancing Soviet strategic command, control and communications (C3) capabilities.
These factors have important implications for the type and capabilities of strategic forces the United States must field and for any arms control agreements to which the U.S. could responsibly subscribe.