The bulk of our deterrent was in our silo-based ICBMs, and they were crucial to us because of their unique accuracy and reliable communications, and because, unlike the bomber force, the Soviets had no defenses against them.
Since we have no defenses in place at the moment to defend against threats emanating from the south, Congress will have to reckon with whether to provide for the common defense come what may, or allow Moscow to veto protection for the American people.
Morrell said that no additional defenses were being deployed in the region because the defenses in place are sufficient.
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And therein lies what may be the most important fact about the new bomber: if enemies fear they have no effective defenses against it, then they will be less inclined to start a war in the first place.
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While we support diplomacy to explain our plans to Russian officials and to assure them that such defenses reflect no intention whatever to threaten Russia or Russian interests, we have compelling incentives to deploy such defenses based on the growing missile threat from rogue nations.
In general, the insider threat drives home the point that perimeter defenses are no longer enough.
How would you prevent this outcome given that North Korea is acquiring missiles of sufficient range to make such a threat credible, yet the United States still has no anti-missile defenses deployed to prevent even one such weapon from reaching our shores?
Giuseppe Marani, said NATO pilots encountered only light resistance from Yugoslav air defenses and suffered no losses.
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Now is no time to dismantle the defenses that have protected this country for hundreds of years, or make deep cuts in funding for our troops.
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There is no moat, and the defenses are much weaker.
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Missile defenses obviously provide no protection against such an effect.
This will be the case no matter how many additional defenses the Pentagon puts in place at sea or ashore (welcome as those are) against the shorter-range missiles Iran is now deploying.
The Center believes that, in the wake of the extraordinary success of the Patriot system in Israel and Saudi Arabia, the issue clearly is no longer whether anti-missile defenses can work.
In other words, President Clinton is taking the position that not only has no decision been taken to deploy missile defenses for the American people.
While our Senate was assured, and asserted, that such a unilateral statement would have no bearing on U.S. defenses, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the Duma formally affirmed it as part of Moscow's ratification proceedings.
It makes no military or diplomatic sense to weaken our missile defenses just ahead of the most significant nuclear-missile showdown since Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro faced off 50 years ago.
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President Bush is to be commended for leaving no doubt about his determination to proceed promptly with deployment of missile defenses.
There are, in short, no longer any compelling arguments for further delaying the decision to deploy missile defenses.
Biden is "Dr. No" with respect to pursuing development, test and deployment of missile defenses incompatible with the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
If Mr. Bush has not just been paying lipservice to the need for missile defenses, and remains determined to deploy them, he has no choice but to get started.
Today the Soviet Union is no more, but the ABM treaty lives on, still blocking effective missile defenses for this country.
The Navy became interested in such defenses for its ships later, but in the 1950s there was no practical way for Russia to target U.S. warships at sea with ballistic missiles, so the sea service too had other priorities.
Depending on how the standings shake out, the Knicks who seem likely to finish with the No. 2 seed could be pitted against a murderer's row of defenses come playoff time.
Although swimmers and sprinters face no resistance beyond water and air, peak-performance feats in other sports must face strong defenses, which only improve as each sport gains sophistication.
We believe we have meritorious defenses to this case and intend to defend the case vigorously, but there can be no assurances as to the outcome of this case or its impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
First, you have to believe that the Russians will be more accommodating if they think the United States will only proceed with missile defenses if they approve, than would be the case if the Kremlin knows it has no say in the matter.
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