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(Archived document, may contain errors) 45 4 Septemb er 17, 1985 MOSCOWS MANY PROBLEMS IN COUNTERING A US. STRATEGIC DEFENSE SYSTEM INTRODUCTION Whether the United States should change its strategic nuclear policy to incorporate ballistic missile defense (BMD) may be the critical strategic, diplomatic, and technological issue of the decade. Since Ronald Reagan announced, on March 23, 1983, the initiative to research the feasibility of rendering nuclear weapons obsolete, BMD supporters and oppone...

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(Archived document, may contain errors) WHY THE U.S. MUST TEST NUCLEAR WEAPONS Edited by James T. Hackett Frank Gaffney Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Forces Admiral S. R. Foley, USN (Ret.) Assistant Secretary of Energy for DefensePrograms Donald Ofte Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs Manfred R. Hamm Adjunct Professor of National Security Studies, Georgetown University Moderator: James T. Hackett Editor, National Securily Record