"What is more, if any U.S. mobile ICBM is going to run into problems on budgetary grounds, it is the Midgetman single-warheaded missile, " Gaffney said.

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There are even serious suggestions that neither the MX nor the Midgetman can muster the necessary support to field them in, respectively, rail- or road-mobile configurations.

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Similarly, Midgetman may have its own survivability problems.

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In recent weeks, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to sharply reduce the amounts requested for the rail-mobile MX and the road-mobile Midgetman missile, for the B-2 "Stealth" bomber and the advanced cruise missile, and for the Strategic Defense Initiative in the FY1990 Defense authorization bill.

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