STATEMENT ON THE PEACEKEEPER ICBM PROGRAM

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: December 7, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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7 DECE?'Wt R 1982
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ER IC:Ut. Piocr i.
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SEC :ETAR OE LErENSE
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DISCUSS OUR M-X1..OY; CA
PF TEE
hPr cz.r ELrcrL YVJ T: i:;.1 TO
LED rEhCEI:L?Cprk. - BI'? EEFOIUU'.
DISCUSSII G THE ::< V:"C3IOI3 THAT P ESID::t:T Y:...MH
THE GOAL OF
AND R PORTID TO 'i'IiE CU1.cPXSS r.
;S c r. VGULD FIRST LII!E TO DISCUSS THE LT.ort~
THT-'1' DEC I SI Ott P S 1?S':DE.
THIS ;:L??:II:ISTR
'COG FOR PEinCF ,
IPO .DS -?- DETEfRE
g1:LY PROI?2I E OF
a ENDU.:'.NG I'Eb
THE PUP? O&E I OF riL"rd:i.^.E- r
TION .S EI.EN, AND F.EF:AMNS,
WEV7E SELta rOLLUI^ I NC TI-10
L'CTIONe TC'ADTI$CR, TUEY OFFLR TIIC
h POLICY '1:ICH HAS BBEN ENDORSED
E)' THE UN'XTED STAT S ANO OUR AL4IES SINCE 7HE BEGINNING OF THE
EUCLEAR AGEt IS 'O PT'..EVENT tiISCLti,r WAR DY. 1:71INTAINING ? UFFICIENT
I
MILITARY S 'RENGT1# TO 1?:h};~' THE COST. TO ANY J,-OGRES Odt FC'R STARTING
F% 14UCLEAR ?Mt SOIIeIG:H '7::;.T IT W LL DSTER TI-:E AGGRESSOR: FRO EVE!
THERE IS NOT.IHI1 NEW ABOCP? IOW POLICY Or DETERRENCE. FOR
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M dOST -FOUR DBCADIES f EVERY-AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION HAS APPROVED
STA1TII:V SUCH 4 AR. IF Tt:E Sb
ETERRED FROM E, R BEGINNING !t. 1 UOLEAR WAR.
LETS KNOW; IN ADVANCE THAT AN
~:L,S t',Ot1LD ~RIIav SWIFT AND
.EFFECTIVE TALI TION, THEY S Oi} D NEVER ATTACH. THE1' WOULD nE
AT'g'ACf 04, I- - T'ED STATES ' ORt
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: TUE ri.t,x. c r !J,J :-?::
I t::` T i' C .c.,' O'J I I :r U1:) c :': r;..'. -?", T:
IN T1?# i'UTI. P.E, 1,;
I>LI.1:CE THAT 1?:,3 S
;..,:D our N GLECT
t;'~i+5f:2aY~g; :OUK PAR
TIIk?; ,2U Yi.A
RL TALIATE EFFECT
on Ia:;7'i:I'ia C TO CONTI t:t?L' TO i. SUC ESSFUI.
? 1 ': is PU; STE r s No*.. TO RESTO1 E ::'?'k;.rE t C
1.Cf7:.? DUE TO T} RELENTLESS SOVILD 1:IL. TA: Y EU_'? l.D',Iq
r ot'I. I1L FE?:~~,. DURING THE 1970c. 11' 1-'E ?D ror.
LOSE THE Ci:rAPILITY TO
rCOI:D ROAD TO PEACE - ?'.RM~ F:ED1. CTIC'::.
T.i?COGP:izr. TImA
Fcd::~C'TYO:: AGREEI?i
CICI.IFICFI.?' AND
>i:-': E ALL BORIa.S aJ
OF FETCHING SATI
TO ACHIEVE,
I'X1 ST, BOTH SIDE
BE COI:VINCED THT.
t EC-OTIFTIONS. T
CFs1tTZ;r% ADM1N1ST
EJ-SY TO RLACH A M . ANTOG UL
LET tl.%'ION THAT PROVIDES FOR
IONS I NUCLEAR F.RSENALS.' WE
MST 15 YEARS TO THE DIF F.LCULTJ LS
UCTIONS SEVERAL THINGS A 1 CF'N~Aii~'~
G TO NEGOTIATE. 1OTH SIDES I4U.T
INTEREST TO E1:TET: SERIOUS
VARY VANCE WENT TO 4OSCO WITH A
NS. THE SOVIETS RZPUSED EVEN TO
OVI ETS AP_: SIT
IAJIUATIU:1: CI_? T
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'i:?...LIZI I OF i 7 :;:'ii'
i:l'?:::."E -r T};E LAl ! 6 _ 7 -2O SI~ 8? L`_ . F.L "' G 'li:F: . 1. ?L 1=!:'ETTi'?
F;--:1~1"C, aQ'S IN UL,r..
Itt..
l;iTi: LtS IN GEI:LV T: DLSCi-.'F !?:t G "'LCIC
1'Oi CCS .
1: J: ai 1:11%
NOW.; t: T.va: it:
1~:::'LUYF;ENt'S OF 1:1
t;I.::S1LIDS IN EURG
FEr.: i 1:ISS
TO 1,EGOi I I,TE RED
z; OflCE .
I!: ?... : 0'i_'T O: IT1C011 1S DUE rr:CT THL.7'
i::'I ;"l::? 7'v t.LG )TIATE. 1V TO'
1!.C 11 t;iss LES AND GROUND LAUNCHED C}Z 1SE
E .::l: SILI; SYSTEMS WHICH TIIE SOVIETS C',''t,Rti,,'
T;;:' f,UVIET UNION 1?TIT}I t.N INCEt: TI V1 TO
^':3 It: I!:TEfiME IATE RANGE WEAPONS. AND OJR
Z1::;; OUR STR,%T GIC NUCLE.,R FORCL:> W 171i THE
J. T:HE 13--1 BO SUER, CRUISE ASISdILES, AND THE
JF:CES Ii/ G VEN THE SOVIET UNION AN It1CENT.'v :'
C:'IONS IN OUR AND THEIR STRATEGIC KUC=hR
CUT SITTING TO NEGOTIATE IS ONLY 'Fit FIRST STEP. Ti-,
SZ:C:OND &' I P IS ?T' I-A E TJ?E NECO IATIONS CONCLUDE, AT T1Iz t!:ARLII?
O::S1P1 r: !';TR, TrRLE!;i':'T
'S HICl VASTLY REDt'CE THE NUMLBRS? r'
1%'UCLE:.R 1? r rONS !d 30TH SIDES AND Wt37Ci1 HAVE A.DEQW TE I AN.S OF'
'it I.Ss t'.'`ANCL TI T DOTR SIDES ARE ABIDING BY 'i't?
TEJi';S C:? ;}:IE T+GI? F:i
Tt:ES t E{~OTJ[ '1'IUP:; CURRENT 1Y UND,EItWAY WILL NOT YIELD TI:"
RESULTS WE WANT UNLESS THE SOVI TS HANE AN INCENTIVE TO REACH
AGREEMENTS. THIS IS A MAJOR REASON WUY WE MUST CONTItWUE WITH GUR
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TO t?IO:)CCI'
N ;;:.)%SO): TO Rt;1,
y r S I I CE:
t+~ V I I C US THE cr
"'v SUMMArci Z
ZINC OUR
V ?PH7',T I
G:" : r WTE SFIC)'t'.
is .II:ThI) iI:G
A ?L FAME YM
YOU WELL jI:i:Oi-, I?;r. CHAI~tt?1AN, WE UAITE A VY:kY
C:. :L DLCISIOI oi: r. 1'EAPON S STEP: THAT WE BELIJ,CE GILL MOVE US
?'. .:1' THE TWO R^1:t'?:? TO PEACE I I W VE JUSTD] SCU: SE_, --
1.1 .::: t;'HIICH I b'Z L Di SCRIBE 'THA DECISION ANV rXP:.NwI'2 YIC S eH.r.
+''' _ i CE AND A
D Y* Mc F 117 1';
JI::? I: CA
1:t {:DULh EL ELI,I1',G T:iLti T?;F'i ':'1::::? W:Xu- HisV:..
W'I 11 US, TO RLDUCF. TI:E';: W.
=101.1.c
Irl' V.'00LD Ilr-VE IVE'N' UP TiIC S_'ST:::"
2:G LEVETw, .GE.
HAVL AN EFFEC,'I\r# ti:~C~uF:r.?J FOR
^GIC FORCES,, WE WILL R.ESTOF-:.r OUR NUCLEAR
FC' !,SSERTIAL 1,10 IiiLINTAINING T)IL PE CL . h1:D
M. 11O1'IETS TIIA WE hRE Co S':17 'i;'. )} TO R';.' d'DRING
Y. :': JTi::GIC B .LANCE WI I,L i;;.,' C:'N': I T, :1C 1 TO
THERE IS I'0 OTI?7?:2 R%:TIONAI.
IS NO OTHER WA TO GU?j,RA1:T):. THE 'IND F. .'=-S
SEE)..,
OF COURSE, I
~'.. NT' DECI IQ': GF 22 4O1 TER 1902 'O) TIi# I':;hCL:;i:L?Li'
i'?? I WOUL LI };:: TO SPEND THE t+'EX'T
::. . ;>I NG THE SI ECI F] C CONDITIONS THAT LED I)L.C.1 SI02a
kEEPEI MISSILE S1'5TEU C.)NT IBUTES' SO ;;IGNIT'?CAN'DLx TO
DL':..:.F.EN'C# AID Aft-1-3 CO:'TROL.
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I . :. ~.S !! ,:i S;>I i.?:' T: !iL TLi.
IC TI:Ir.?7, ~.: d 1'.E G:'i.I:lot TSCa: 15.
CAL.'.EJ, I.S SUIF'i !i~:?:':'.`~.' i'i CRSE TO EI:SUR! T:UAT U.S. rORC:.?S KILL-
IT:E
I S ASLE, U.ND) It t:; ?.. CU:;:)7T IU''S, TO SURVIVE A SOVIET r . rST ST MIKE
h i%'!) ~jO #t TAL?ATE 1: ~'2 .':': I ~'CL1 . NT'k:RCO:I T I1:c.t' TAL r; I.I.I STI C P;I F511J
(ICr-M ) Oi FLR T. CC'N'TRIBU ION TO THE DETEF.KEAT VALUE. or Ti:E
I:TI:I.7'EGiC TRIAD. T}EEE'z AR.!:; ACCU
R};T.L-TIME COM14U CAT= 'J::S 1'? 1'i-1
TIM1'-TU-T^` RGET C FI I'1'~ , t:t:D
ICBI'ir :T.50 MAKE, T 1;:):;: I'_FFICU
".'.''IND CO.:P3NENTS. IN
tY.RCUTE A ? SUC'C=S I't1L Ot y L, THr :
SIIO}:T, L1?:;ZD--3hS? 4 I C ::T:E ESS
SINCE TIM L.
AND t'LSTABILIZIP
SURVIVABILITY AN
TEE SOVIETS HAVE
ALCUFu.TE WEEP.PONS
I' . FUTO: OF DETL't.":EI?CC.
TE 1960s, THE OVIET HAS ENGAGED IN A AIM' SI V
~''i= 'J EG? C ARM J3 '`i?-AT THREATENS-THE
I:t .' L'_TiTORY E rECTIV ::'' ` : or ;3L TRIAD. SP! CIFICA
DEv: L02 ED AND EPLOYL?? , ' ROUS LARGE ?'.ND HIGPLY
CI:FI>BLE OF DES 'ROY1t ' OF TILE U. S. ICBM, FORCE
:1:T::. AI~t. F ESFOI:S IVL, tiAVL rcLIAI: LL,
%?Lt:P4D AUTHORITIES, POSSESS SUORT
FFER. RATFS A. 'I ROACHYl' . 100%.
T FOR Ti:L SOVIETS TO PLAN A14D
)1: A. FIRST STRI I' ', IcIIILE EXPE UD
CI L" XCaaM TO CE IN THE #ROC
THE SOVIETS
Or OUR ItETALIATI
COl i1AND AND CON'
MINUTEMAN MISSIL
THIS IMBALANCE I
N GS A R.. .?.' 1 VI LY S1.1ZLL Y'ROPORTIOR
HF:VE ALSO TAKEN STEPS TO REDUCE THE EFFF:CTI VVF!:'~SS
N. THEY HAVE HARDENED T.'HF I R I. CF,!4 SILOS AND CRITICAL
OL FACILITIES O THE POINT THAT SURVIVING
HAVE ONLr LI ITED CAPABILITIES AGAINST THEM.
SUCH A CRTTI L COV1F0, ;NT OF STRATEGIC
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r. L1:}1::1ICE.
TI;E
UNLI
~,~.,. _ I:: .; ? ;.'ta1:GE:T C14 .
J OST HIGHLY
j~::ACEKI EI'E1: 1'?ILL
CGN!_'ID:t:T FIRST
TIE U: "ii t:"~I'
ISI DESIGNED TO
THE PEACEKEEPER !:-:S T:iE
1J~?,-'~'w? :=;tSTeJ1 TO RLI ALb6ld'L L A'zCT .'i;Ld 1.C,s 1v:~1
s.~ ?l::~ 1.:.,~_ I2CY: ~;.SXNGI.Y Hh D SC'VIL"_ TI. GETS. Tt_L
;DYYETS ? I hUIL.IT:' TO CMX OUT I.
RE FIRST DESCRII.E THE
MISSILE FROM THE Iri! r OF LAUNCH
ELLANT, THE I'OU).TI! SThGB CARRIES
IPME14T TH?1T GUIDE AND CONTROL T)iE
THROUGH THE F.FLE.:SE OF ITS R\'s.
PEhCE1!:Ek:I ;y
3.0 INDEPENDENTLY
IS 71 FEET LONG,
192, DDO ?Ot NUa.,
CURRENTLY IN THI
ACCURATE 1 CARRY !a
WAPHEAD Y7,ELD, AI,
S AR REENTRY VEHICLES (RVr). IT
TER, AND WEIGHS ):PFROXIA11.71LLY.
'. NTIIGES OVER MISSILE SYSTEt?:S,
PEACEKEEPER t-TLL BE r' O
HAVE GREATER OPERATIONhL
3MC ITS GREATER AaCCUR IC?B
IN-FLIGHT NUCLEAR EFFECTS
ESvEr"TIJ L IIARD-TARGLT KILL
T THREE STAGES O Ti;
A1:D PROVIDE THE Tg'.:.UST NEC(`ED T?
THE FOURTH STIhGE US}_;; LIWID
ICBM _T11AT ChRRIES
NUC
92 IN D
U. S. x1.1`?:1, rors
PROPELLENT TO CARRY Ti,;, W.Iv4~TVERS THAT PROPERLY DEPLOY THE
RVs. ALONG WIT1; LEE LT QCII D Pro
THE COMPUTERS AN ELI:C'a SOPIC EQ
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O^ '!'HL 140.T 71\T['' T / ?? .., ?;,
-- :}:~ ~ ~s n. ~ v~,i>.~~.7 ion . IN ~.~c~.; _ ~'~..::-..~ , t?...
HAVE SELECTED CL(
r'.]?Y
S2'~aLED
I)::'L0Yf?1L1.T MADDE
SPACING' DECISION;:
f'C;.':
1' IS.SILE
O#1' CTIVE OF ENSt
TI:I:T NO
TRADITIONALLY, 1:ARPi'E_3S
D PLOYMENT S. HAVE DEE!. Lt SED C,: TI,-r'
$S RE THAN ONE MISSILE COULD EE
I)ES'.kO:ED PER THIS REMAINS .TRUE TOO-Y.
GREATER 11ARDty_!'S CLOSL'R . PACIUG BECAUSE IT I.~'
DIFFICULT TO D:.' ' Si,,RDZ}; T -.RG TS S'.'_-TFI iilY GIVEN
TITAN A14D I
CONSERVATIVELY ;
RELATIVELY LOr ;
HAP.DNEES HEASUR:-
W'= APPLIED 11?
THE DEFENSE NUC,?:?'.'.
REPORTED LAST i?I:hR . C'N A SE
SILO aARDNESS LEVELS. TEL
.2 SEVERAL MILES APART BECAUSE OF T}IE
L LS. AS MORE SOPHISTICATED
S A! %'D tESTII G TECHNIQUES WERE DEVELOP--l- TZEY
C'R?.DE FROG THAT HARDENED f I1 MISSILT'.
Y LARGE WARHEADS TO --Ti'iiCK
COVtITER CSS SIMPLY Y.' I)FPLOYIIdG
ES. THUS, THE SOVIET:. MUST
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Ci:',:.C':; 'I r'? J. 3: la~'.; ~;:~.. J-: i:..: F~':~~ TO CSE; ?I1:i;`' F::LY (,.: Ti:
?::-:L;1?T ..' CAF It AS I..';.'?1.~~:';?;::'i'::.
THE DI STA.INM i i ;;L!: r tL,O
rI~=,TnICIr1 ot;.:-I~~}:c'!:_ r:=' ~::.I:=: hUS
6.1O:'1 iT i FROi
? ti
W;.10IrAD. A S}'AC1' O' 1 #.C,:
BE 'i:iE C TIt~,JA1 L) `~?
MUST VZ Sz:.z.ir. :.b
RUT GREAT ENOUGH TO F_:EVEN`r THE:
TI1NG MULTIPLE. SILO ME
Lr.T-' T EN THE r;ILOS P.i T' :AIcS TO
t; THESE OBJECTIVES.
AN AIRP1-..Y -IS V3".. T -Mr: G:' I? TO THE CSD DI;PLO:'MER? FII'LD.'.
DIFEEREI;T ARRAY '1;AP"_:'; I",I!:.L (,:?' L)IFFEREN ' FRATRICIDE PR.OfLEf:S
FOR THE S(VJIETS. "..: 1lC 1!;l S}3/.r , i.ND THE ONE NOW
CON'SIDEREL FOR C~;' IS A ` . C
LC~,~ , COLUMN %'7.
A NORTH-SOUTH
OI:ZENTATION. IT I TS h : - _ O E M~LE %?IDE AND ' MILES! LONG.
IN SUMM.ARY~ THE DASSLINE C~I3 CONCEPT CO:.SISTS OF AYE @AI;RI?.Y OF
300 PEACEKEEPER 1
SI)Tn . IIARDER*.D TO VERY HIGH
LEVELS FOR GROUN BURSTS 71"D 1PR0 II)T!,C EVEN Gi?.EATER P1;:CTECTZON
7I'Q AIRBURS. TS ND SPAC M AT d. .+~ 0 k C ? FI 0
-. L1 T T ? ? Ttd . @ dlA. a.4LJ~ S IN A
SYSTEM DEPLOYABLE ON OILY F>RC'itl~'
20 SQUA E 1:1) E S or L,r.1:D. WE
ACHIEVE IOC IN LITE 196G. Tfll
G}' .i~ COST i S X26.4 RILLICN
FY G2 DOLLI.RS ? AVID IT IS I FUF'Ef.A
IVE THAT AUTI ORIzEb F. 1?83 k'
BE APPROPRIATED 14 ORDER TO NEE
T1"'T IOC.
I;IiJT..
IN
UN! S
CSB IS EFFE
PEACEKEEPER SILOS
WHEN EARLY-ARRIVI
ISY THE DETONATION
IVE BECI%IJSE TI
FORCES ATTACK)
G WARHEADS DE7
DESTROY OR DEF
E CLOSE SPACING OF THE
NG Z?;EAI'ONS TO BE CLOSELY SPACED.
OVATE, THE NUCLEAR EFFECTS CAUSED
LECT OFF--COULSE THOSE WEAPONS
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T}i : 1?1J.3OI:
CSL- I1 ICrTECTIVE
NUCLEAR EFFECTS
THESE EFFECTS DU
1\i.?C.PONS 4ND, IN
W11S. i :hDS AT PFLC
RIGHT POS-ITION,
ATTT.CI: ON ALL CS
SOVIETS MIGHT CO
EFFECTS, THEY WI
ANU DEBRIS FORE
PFI:IOD S OF TIME
SURVIVING MISSIL
THE SOVIETS
.'TRATEGY, WHILE
CONTINUOUSLY 11ND
CONDITIONS. TKU
PREVENTING LAU14C
PINDOWN ATTACKS
DESTROYING A- SIN
MIGHT AT:'}
HEO!U,TI C;:L:.:.' P
FLAWLESSLY r??:
OF SURVIVING
LE MISSI...E.
1SO;1i.D "0U1:VIt1L L1'FL ::':?
THE SoViiE'.'
~:: a'?''
711 -*.:,y P111COLCTL 1)
")ID Tfims.E rRATI;I~IL:: EI1'I:C L;
HAT COFfI3INL TO 1?ii.?:i: iA!:. ('!'
AND LONG TER4.. TI'E PROtir-T
N. AIRBLAST AND THE FIREBALL.
THE PEP.FORXI.4NCE OF INCOMING
.13Y ABILITY TO 1)ETOI:A Ti.: Ti:EIR
i II?it AND WITH ALL OF T HI:H AT T:;S /
LTS 1'}201.9 EXECUTING A SII?SULTANE('US
=T-PACED ATTACK 11HILE THi
;C1:D ATTACK TO AVOID THESE PROMPT
LONG TERN EFFECTS, SUCH AS DUST
"ITY TO RE ATTACK FOi: E):`1T NDED
WAVE. DURING THAT TIE,
CIirf) 113 1ZTALIATION.
~O FI:EVENT LAUNCH. THIS ' P1NDc :;'1%
)SSIELE, WOULD HAVE TO BE EMPLOYED
NO HIGHLY STRESSFUL 1?;AMTIRE
COULD NOT BE CONFIDENT OF
EACEKEEPER MISSILES. ALSO,_.
VIET STRATI;GI C FORCES WITHOUT
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I,rq-.iYJCIDL
,
]i?:E'L) 1-73 7!; F1.1Pi;'S2;,(Ia, PU:;~ A
. lb CR '.C}1 SILO
OP ".111-3 LAAR
::OVii.TS 'LH
YY~~
?}~i t.E' t?~.~i\P'IU~t~';,1~ '.'T J i.? ?:. Chi; PEY t2
Lt::.~.1::
I- THE SOVIETS
FORCES IIe O'WE::
YUJ_.I~J'RI 1' .k:1 CL S
I14Y Ci: Cc)St TO
i {s }:.rATER Pi
A
1? C!' S, THEY
I CT, M D ; I:US J L1 :"i;RRENCE I-, ILL r
SEF'R IPPAOVEN.L '.TS TC; Ti IR ICSN
CEKEEPEA IN MOB. IN Z':IE NEhR-TrT%:S.
COULn INCREASE-TEE YIELD OF THEIR
TO OVERCOME THE Iil:R_?.:I.'SS LEV L CT
1c9ULD S1G11IFICA1:TLS INCREASE Ti::'
CS:3 cT_.Jsf, '.'P'1' T~?L. t hf:4- h YIEL
I';:ATF:ICI9'?i_. F;FF& , THET:`~ ORE
100 F?. F.C' !:i:s'I'FR s2~g .v r i?ES its.,
] O
VIABLE T1iE N
FOR LON
COULD TH_:T?i?~`I'.L'1: a
a PAT .IC1 Li ]:. L1rtf\
HAVE A VU:: ER OF
VIP BIL1T' _ 6- GUI'.
Yr;ExpBti.c., c0cm
D'~LLI&TIC MISS-I
DEVELOPMI T lPfOG
OS AND MINIMIZE On AVOID
CCESSFUL IN DOING SO, WE COULD
NCE CSB AND MAINTAIN ITS
STRAIGHTFORWARD,, RELATIVELY
CEALMEOT IN ADDITIONAL SILOS,,'
E? BASING. - I1'd ALL CASES, SOVIE'd,
TJERED EF '#CTIVEL)'t BY U.S.
HAT THESE 1 SPO::SES WILL ALSO rr.
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THE CSB DEPLOY -1F't!T OF
CAPSULES WILL RI 1 TIIa I~ STRONG ANZ.)
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