In the policy and strategy discussions that preceded the BUR, Secretary Aspin floated the idea of conducting one MRC rapidly and decisively while holding a second aggressor at bay until sufficient forces could be swung from the first contingency to provide the decisive force.

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Only in the final resort would mobile anti-missile forces be deployed near a potential aggressor, he said.

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Instead beefing up its forces and letting Beijing stew for a while, India rewarded the aggressor with concessions.

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