Ballistic Missile Defense: Responding to the Current Ballistic Missile Threat : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, May 30, 1996U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997 - 141 страница |
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... probably have had the most experi- ence with the committees on which they serve on , and it's my un- derstanding they have been through some of the closed hearings with Intelligence , as well as several hearings Mr. Weldon has held in ...
... probably have had the most experi- ence with the committees on which they serve on , and it's my un- derstanding they have been through some of the closed hearings with Intelligence , as well as several hearings Mr. Weldon has held in ...
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... and space - based sys- tem ; and so CBO said , if you want that , and you probably need it to provide you anything like the leak - proof or adequate protection worthy of the name ballistic missile defense , the cost 4.
... and space - based sys- tem ; and so CBO said , if you want that , and you probably need it to provide you anything like the leak - proof or adequate protection worthy of the name ballistic missile defense , the cost 4.
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... probably use them in a theater mode ; they would probably not need anything like an ICBM . They don't have that many ICBMS any- way . They would use theater ballistic missiles , and we are develop- ing four systems that would address ...
... probably use them in a theater mode ; they would probably not need anything like an ICBM . They don't have that many ICBMS any- way . They would use theater ballistic missiles , and we are develop- ing four systems that would address ...
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... probably one of the greatest defi- ciencies that we have seen in our time as far as military prepared- ness . I like to go back in history and look at history . I asked the intern behind me to get a copy of the Constitution , which is ...
... probably one of the greatest defi- ciencies that we have seen in our time as far as military prepared- ness . I like to go back in history and look at history . I asked the intern behind me to get a copy of the Constitution , which is ...
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... probably the greatest arms sale in the history of mankind that has taken place since the fall of the former Soviet Union as we know it . Is that correct , too ? Mr. WELDON . Yes . Mr. MICA . I was asking the staff , I heard the other ...
... probably the greatest arms sale in the history of mankind that has taken place since the fall of the former Soviet Union as we know it . Is that correct , too ? Mr. WELDON . Yes . Mr. MICA . I was asking the staff , I heard the other ...
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Страница 61 - ... ballistic missiles may be given awesome power if equipped with weapons of mass destruction. Although attention is usually focused on the possibility of various countries' obtaining nuclear warheads, nuclear capability is at least somewhat constrained by the difficulty of acquiring fissionable material. Loose controls over fissionable material, particularly in the former Soviet Union, are nevertheless quite troubling because unauthorized sales and smuggling of fissionable material to rogue states...
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Страница 59 - Woolsey, thank you. [The prepared statement of Ambassador Woolsey follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF HON. R. JAMES WOOLSEY Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee, it is an honor to be asked to testify before you today on the topic of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972.
Страница 90 - I5 years to develop an ICBM to carry a nuclear warhead However, the probability of North Korean ICBM development is currently low because of competing demands for dwindling resources among existing high priority military programs Libya. The leadership of Libya has made public statements explicitly stating a desire for weapons of mass destruction that could be delivered by ballistic missile to CONUS. The Libyan leadership's actual commitment to such an expensive and technically and politically risky...
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Страница 67 - ... that particularly their international conduct and military programs will be weighed by us as we make our long-term decisions about our approach toward the Treaty and cooperative programs. We have no reason to be hesitant to make clear to the Russian government what American needs and desires are. We are dealing from a position of strength. It was our cold-war adversaries' political and economic system that has been cast onto the ash-heap of history, not ours . Thank you, Mr.