EXCERPT FROM SENATE DEBATE OF S. 2248, DOD AUTHORIZATION FOR FY 83

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• Publication Date: May 13, 1982
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(ll A detailed evaluation of the study's MT. NUNN. This is primarily the (3) development of U.S./US.S.R. confi-
dence-building measures for crisis stability
finding~. conclusions, and recommendations; Guard. It addresses some Resen'e and arms control to include:
(2) The views of the Chief of the National issues but is primarily the Guard. (A) an improved II.S./U.S.S.R. communi? -
-Guard Bureau on the "Vista 1999" study: Mr. TOWER. IS it something to the cations hotline for crisis control;
13) AnY Plans and reco;nrnendatlons for effect of how they fit 111tH the total (g) enhanced verification procedures for"
implementation of the contents of the force concept? any arms control agreements:
"V'ista 1999?' study. Mr. NUNN. That is right, and what (C) measures to reduce vulnerabilitS of
(b) This report shall be provided to the role they Should be playing in the command, control and communications on
Committees on Armed Sen?ices of the future. It makes some thought provok- both sides: and
H~~use and Senate no later Lhan February 1, frig suggestions. I believe it should be (D) measures to lengthen the warning
1983: looked at very high up in the Defense time each nation would have of potential
Mr. NLINN, Mr. President, this nuclear attack.
Department. (s) this report shall ?be provided t,o the
amendment would require" a study by Mr. STENNIS. Mr. President, if the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign
t11e Secretary of Defense of the recent Senator will yield, I should like to sup- Relations of the House and Senate by
r(:port of the "Vista 1999" task force port the amendment. August 1, 1982 and should be avaiiable in
which was a group of Senior Army and Mr. TOWER. If my distinguished both a classified, !f necessary, and unclassi-
Air National -Guard adjutants genet- friend from Mississippi is prepared to Pied format.
ails, general officers, and commanders. support it, I can hardly do othel?a?ise. I (b) the President shall report to the Com-
T'hese individuals took a long term, no- am prepared to accept the. amend- mittees on Armed Sen?ices and Foreign Be-
holds-barred look at the scope, size, lations one month later on September 1,
meet. 1982 on the merits of such initiatives Bevel-
' nature, and methods of operations for The PRESIDING OF'F'ICER. The oiled in section ca) t.o the arms control proc-
a~hat they considered the appropriate question is on agreeing to the amend- ess and on the status of any such initiative
ways for the Army and Air National merit. as they may relate to anY arms control ne-
? Ci?uard to fulfill their constitutional The amendment (UP No. 954> was gotiation with the Soviet Union.
and statutory responsibilities for the agreed to. Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I . am
security of the Nation through the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sponsoring this amendment and the
year 1999. question occurs on the amendment of Cosponsors are Senators WARNER.,
In its report entitled "Vista 1999, A the Senator from Oregon. JACKSON, DIIRENBERGER, MITCHELL.
Long-Range Look at the Future of the Mr. TOWER. "Mr. President, I ask C~tnxsTON, BIIRDICK, and CHZLES?
E-rmy and Air National, Guard," the unanimous consent that the amend- Mr. President, in all of the current
task force made a number of findings went of the Senator from Oregon be focus on nuclear freezes, "no first use"
a.nd recommendations which bear Seri-. temporarily laid aside; that the Sena- and arms control policies in general,.
eras review. for from Georgia may offer anamend- there is an extremely important ele-
I am offering an amendment which. went; that upon the disposition of the merit missing-the need to deal con-
kill require ahigh-level focus by the amendment of the Senator from Geor- structively with the prospect of a nu?
Secretary of Defense on this substan- gia, the Senate return to the consider- clear war triggered by a third country
t?ive and provocative report. The ations of the amendment of the Sena-. or terrorist group.. No change in
:-mendment v,~ill require a study and for from Oregon. NATO's nuclear doctrine and none of
evaluation by the Secretary of De- The PRESIDING OFFICER. With- the freeze proposals would decrease or
i'ense in coorliination vzth the Chief out objection, it is so ordered. ~ prevent the chances of such a catas- ` "
Of the National Guard Bureau with a ~ enn~tD~rr xo, ass trophe. An accidental nuclear war or
report to the House and Senate Armed (Purpose: ~ amendment to evaluate arms war by miscalculation should be of
t3grvices Committees on their views. control initiatives to include military crisis mutual concern to the ta'o superpow-
Congressman NEwT GZNGRICH has control center and hotline enhancements) erS. -
'introduced a similiar amendment on Mr NUNN. Mr. President, I send an I have been concerned about the po-
the House side and in fact brought amendment to the desk and ask for its tential of an accidental nuclear ex-
this amendment to my attention. I immediate consideration. change between the two superpowers `
commend him for this leadership in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The for some time. On March 10, 1981, I
this effort and am pleased to offer a amendment will be stated. - 'wrote the Commander of the Strategic
companion, although not identical, The assistant legislative clerk read Air Command, Gen. Richard Ellis, and ,
amendment in the Senate side. as follows: asked SAC, as the premier defense
I hope the chairman and the rank- The Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ntnvlc), command In nuclear matters, to ana-
ing minority member will accept this for himself, Mr. Wext.?~, Mr. Jncxsoti, Mr. 7yze the potential for this type of ex-
amendment. DvRErr817tGER, Mr. Mn'cxE1.I, Mr.. CRnl:srolc, change and t0 recommend some lnitia- ,
Mr. TOWER. Mr. President, will the Mr. BII1iD1CK, and Mr. Cxn-ES, Proposes an Lives for dealing with the .problem.
Senator enlighten me a little further unprinted amendment numbered s55. Genera] Ellis is now retired and serv- "
on what the objective of the study is? Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, I ask u;g ~ the U.S. representative on the
Mr. NUNN, To requite high-level unanimous consent that reading of the Standing Consultative Committee and
focus in the Department of Defense amendment be dispensed v(~th. is one of the most thorough and
on a very important study into the The PRESIDING OFFICER. With- knowledgeable military men in the
Army and Air National Guard, which out objection, it is so ordered. a1.1I1S control area as well as an expert
really affects the whole posture of the The amendment is as follow=s: in nuclear policies and weapons.
Guard for the next 20 y=ears. At the end of the bill add the following I outlined my belief that our strate-
As the chairman knows, many times section: gic arms control efforts have for some-
what the Guard recommends is ig- SEC. . (a) T ~? of Defense shall time concentrated almost exclusively
con complece_stuay aria eval- on the number of launchers and war-
nored, and this would require high- uation of initiatives for improvin--fie con-
]eve] focus and reaction by the Secre- ta~nm~ ent and con~ol of the use_o,nuclear heads and the "bolt from the blue"
tart' of Defense on what is a very sub- R,eapois, partiauzarly_in_crises. Such study Premeditated strategic strike. While I
stantive report. an~'evaluation shall include but noC tie lim- certainly agree with the importance of
Mr. TOWER. Does this have to do ited to the following initiatives: this focus and these negotiations, I
with the Guard's equipment? (1) establishment of amulti-national mili- feel that a'e should also begin Lo think
Mr. NUNN. The whole gamut of the Lary crises control center for -monitoring seriously about what could be more
Guard's role-tactics, mission. It is a and containing nucleaz weapons .used by' likely catalysts which could lead to nu-
third parties or terrorist groups: clear war. There are many factors that
whole look at what the Guard's posi- (2> development of a forum for joint U.S./ need assessment as to how the U.S./
Lion is in the national security picture. II-S.S.R. sharing of information on nuclear
I+Zr. TOWER. This is the Guard and weapons that could be used by third parties U.S.S.R. would iliteract at Life strate-
the Reserv=e? or terrorist groups: and gic level in times of crises and conflict.
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attack on one of the superpowers of an easy solution in the arms control
could precipitate a United States/ area, but there are no nuclear quick
Soviet nucleaz exchange. fixes. What we can begin to do jointly
I asked General Ellis to .examine with the Soviet Union is to build a ca-
four key areas in his study as follows: pability and mutual trust to reduce
First. Is our communications, com- ..the likelihood of accidental nuclear
mand, and control capable of discern- a`ar or war by miscalculation. This
ing the source of attack under this step could add a strong element of de-
type scenario? ~ terrence to any party contemplating
Second. What capabilities do the So- the use of nuclear weapons for the
viets have in this respect (warning and purpose of provoking a confrontation
threat assessment)? between the 'superpowers.
Third. What other scenarios should For this reason, Mr. President, I am
be considered In terms of II.S./ Proposing this amendment Lo the
U.S.S.R. strategic interaction in pert- fiscal year 1983 defense authorization
ods of crises and conflict? bill directing the Secretary of Defense
Fourth. Are there arms control inno- tQ.~oliduct'a "fL an rmm~ P P crucjy
vations and initiatives that can be pro- of initiatives for improving the con-
posed in this general s,rea as well as tau~unen an con ro o the us ---u-
the overall C-3/connec~ivity area? c ear wea ons eluding-.
General Ellis established a study Flrs , esta 1s ment -of a multina-
group that spent many months work- tional military crisis control center for
ing on these issues, and in July of that monitoring and containing nuclear
same year I went to SAC in Omaha to weapons used by Lhird parties or ter-
discuss the results of their study. rorist groups;
Mr. President, I believe that their Second, development of a forum for
conclusions are even more relevant joint-D.S./U.S.S.R. sharing of infor-
today, and I hope that the members of oration on nuclear .weapons that could
both the Foreign Relations Committee be used, by third parties or terrorist
and the Armed Services Committee at groups; and
some point will be briefed on this clas- Third, development of U:S./U.S.S.R.
sified information. confidence-building measures for crisis
In brief, in an unclassified way, the stability and arms control to include:.
SAC analysis showed that the United An improved II.S./U.S.S.R. commu-
-States and the Soviets must dr?amati- rucatlons hotline for crisis control;
ca.lly improve their warning and attack Enhanced verification procedures
for any arms control agreements;
characterization to deal with the use ' ,Measures to reduce vulnerability of
of a nuclear device by a third party is .command, control and communica=
either peacetime or a crisis situation.' tions on both sides; and
To be able to detect the origin of a Measures to lengthen the warning
nucleaz attack is all important for the time each nation would have of poten-
rsuperpovicers, both superpowers, if we tial nuclear attack,
'are going to avoid and hopefully pre- This study and report would be pro-
"~"~'a? 1982 and I wool er require that
The SAC "analysis dealt with the po- 1~1e President review the results of the
tential third party threat by. examin- DOD analysis and submit to the Con-
ing the various unconventional deliv- gress within a month his views on the
ery systems that could be utilized to merits of the proposals and their rel-
explode such a device on United States evance to U.S. arms control policies
or Soviet soil. and proposals.
SAC also identified many unconven- Mr. President, I believe this amend-
tional methods of delivery other than ment will provide a sound analytical
the normally discussed platforms such framework for the key agencies in our
as fighter planes, missiles or bombers Government and the public to deal
that a Third World nation might uti- with the issue of accidental nuclear
1~? war. There has been very little work
Mr. President, by the end of the done in this area of er i>-an t~io-
decade over 20 nations a-il1 have the neer stu v v tuz er General
industrial capability to build nuclear Ellis' direction.
weapons, and the possibility of ,posses- -T`Fiis -amendment will also "sense to
Sion of these weapons by terrorists focus attention on this important ele-
cannot be dismissed. went of the nuclear issue which is
Mr. President, I am convinced that missing in the current debate and dis-
both the United States and Russia cussion and which is a more likely con-
have acommon and mutual interest in tingency, in my view, than a premedi-"
preventing such a Third World trigger fated nuclear attack or "bolt out of
or a terrorist use of nuclear weapons. I the blue." transmits under subsection (a) a copy of any
am convinced that both nations have a Mr. -President, I hope that this report or certification referred to in such
mutual interest in working together to amendment vrill be acceptable to the subsection, the Comptroller General shall
identify the source of a nuclear. strike Senate. review and analyze such report or.certifica-
from athird country or from aterror- Mr. TOWER. Mr. President, after tion and transmit to the Committees on
1st attack. I am convinced that arms discussing the matter with the distin- Armed Services of t)`ie Senate and the
control efforts can be made relevant to guished Senator from Mississippi, I House of Representatives a aTitten report
on such review and analysis. Where applica-
the growing danger of this type of a have arrived- at the conclusion that it ble, the report by, the Comptroller General
nuclear catalyst. ~ is a good amendment, and I am pre- shall include his opinion on-
jority.
Mr. STENNIS. Mr. President, I
think it has good possibilities, -also,
and we will have a better chance
before conference and at conference to
really consider it than we do here this
morning.
So I hope we take it.
Mr. NUNN. I thank the chairman
and the ranking minority member.
The PRESIDING OFFICER.' The
question is on agreeing to the amend=
ment of the Senator from Georgia.
The amendment (UP No.-955) was
agreed to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
question recurs on the amendment of
the Senator from Oregon.
Mr. TOWER. Mr. President, I ask.
unanimous consent that the amend-
ment of the Senator from Oregon be
temporarily Iaid aside to permit the
Senator from Michigan to offer an
amendment and on the disposition of
the amendment of the Senator from
Michigan return to the consideration
of the amendment of the Senator
from Oregon.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. With-
IIP AMENDMENT NO. 956
(Purpose: To establish a procedure for in-
creased legislative oversight of increases
fn costs of acquisition of certain major de-
fense systems)
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, i send an
amendment to the desk and~ask for.its
immediate consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
amendment will be stated.
The assistant legislative clerk read
as follows:.
The Senator from Michigan (Mr. LEVnv),
for himself, Mrs. KASSEaevM, and A4r.
EACi.E?rON, proposes an unprinted amend-
ment numbered 956.
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent that reading of the
amendment be dispensed with.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. With-
out objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment is as follows:
Ai the end of the bill add the following
new section:
APALYSIS OF REPORTS ON IINIT COSTS OF MAJOA
DEFENSE SYSTEMS
SEC. (a) At the same time that the Secre-
tary concerned transmits to the Congress
any report under section 1103(b>(3) of this
Act or any certification under section
I103(c>(2)(b) of this Act, the Secretary con-
cerned shall transmit a copy of such report
or certification to the Comptroller General
of the United States (hereafter in this sec-.
tion referred to as the "Comptroller Gener-
al" ).
(b)(11 Not later than 45 days aster the
date on which 'the Secretary concerned
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