U S Nuclear Arsenal To Stay Adequate Through 1980s
The Arms Control and Disarmament Agency reports the United States could absorb a Soviet first strike and still deter 58 percent of targets in the USSR now. By the mid 1980s Soviet missile progress could match U S forces, with retaliation capable of destroying 82 percent of Russian targets. The study assumes SALT II and notes MX mobile missiles not counted. Paul Warnke defends public right to clear information against alarmists.