Missile silos and heavy bombers were destroyed or dismantled once in a ceremony attended by the American and Russian defense chiefs.

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' He also argued that the United States should abandon plans to attack Soviet missile silos in responding to a nuclear attack.

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Among those items reportedly slated for decontrol are sensors capable of testing missile silos, high-speed microprocessors with a wide variety of applications for military systems, solid and liquid rocket motors and spacecraft, advanced lasers, electronic navigation equipment, and sophisticated machine tools.

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Instead, a combination of multiple, austere silos among which a transportable (as opposed to fully mobile) missile could be moved and an ability to defend the loaded silos preferentially offers a more militarily and cost-effective approach.

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