RUSSIA CLOSING HER ICBM GAP

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 28, 2003
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Eyes I The Sky
When U.S. and Soviet Photo Satellites Were irrOrbit
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While American ICBM strength is projected at its present
Russia's arsenal is expected to wrense, between the solid black
lines representing high and low intelligence estimates. The figures
are for missiles on launchers, not those in storage or on test stands.
"We believe the Soviet ICBM force will continue
to grow over the next few years, but at a con-
siderably slower rate than in the recent past:'
Defense Secretary McNamara Jan. 22, 1968, in
noting 1966 to 1967 jump.
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SOURCES: NASA Satellite Situation Report, other unclassified material.
"If there are two scorpions in the bottle, perhaps it is better that
they not be blindfolded," said Charles S. Sheldon II, Library of
Congress senior space specialist. And in the first six months of 1968,
the United States and Russia had each other on camera on the dates
indicated, often at the same time.
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