 | United States. Congress. Senate. Armed Services - 1969 - 1236 lapas
...far as can be seen from the record, at least when missile defense was under consideration. McNamara was determined to be able to kill 50 million Russians...the US and the Soviet Union are building comparable levels of defenses. If the American and Soviet defenses are both "light", then our BMD would not much... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Foreign Relations - 1969 - 822 lapas
...ourselves — ie, it tends to force us into a posture of "Assured Vulnerability". the Soviet throat, rather than increasing our own, we should have reduced...and American offensive forces are fixed at similar unchanging levels on each side, and in which both the L'.S. and the Soviet Union are building comparable... | |
 | 1969 - 1258 lapas
...own, we should have reduced both the exte-* to which the Soviets might gain by attacking us, and r . the extent to which we are intensely motivated to...and American offensive forces are fixed at similar unchanging levels on each side, and in which both the US and the Soviet Union are building comparable... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - 1970 - 1174 lapas
...us into a posture of "Assured Vulnerability''. the Soviet threat, rathor than increasing our own, wo should have reduced both the extent to which the Soviets...simplified case. Consider a situation in which Soviet aud American offensive forces are fixed at similar unchanging levels on each side, arid in which both... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services - 1969 - 1314 lapas
...own, we should have reduced both the exte-* to which the Soviets might gain by attacking us, and f 4 the extent to which we are Intensely motivated to...and American offensive forces are fixed at similar unchanging levels on each side, and In which both the US and the Soviet Union are building comparable... | |
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US offensive-force capabilities, and the theory that the Soviets would do likewise led McNamara to oppose the deployment by the US of an anti-Soviet BMD system. In view of the effectiveness of modern defense, we might better have used the US resources... 