Military parlance, the ts 'more bang for the US 's go down, while the change makes Soviet ing go up. le CIA, and Reagan, act that the.US and oviet Union are each ers of military But in 1978, for exthe US allies in 3 spent 575b on while the Soviet i's allies in the WarPact spent only lective louldn't those con- pinpoints quation! fter making his false that the Soviets outthe Pentagon, went true, gue a highly selective armed aL cas where the The United States produced:
• The first atomic bomb in 1945.
• The first intercontinental bomber in 1945.
• The first hydrogen bomb in 1954.
• The first nuclear submarine in 1954.
• The first submarine launched ballistic missile in 1960.
• The first multiple independently targetted warhead (MIRV) in 1970.
ed at the Soviet Union. which Reagan does not inCluac In us Lolar Mine importantly delivery system without taking into account the number of nuclear warheads that can ding be delivered.
The Soviet Union, it is has more nuclearbombers and missiles than the US.
surop SUUKe would The US military does not have to catch up with anyone. The big increases contemplated the Reagan arms budget are Chalacer ding frogrammes spen ICaCLOl that to be true.
More, than $17bn is earmarked over the next five years for the Rapid Deployment Force (RDF), tion of 572 new Cruise and (from which they ould hit Soviet targets i maintain a stainst the Soviet Union.
the Reagan ministration has its way, arms spending would soar above trillion dollars over the next five years while social services are slashed. War spending rise cent of the federal budget in 1981 to 32 per cent in the when Reagan presented his budget proposals to congres were met by s hat The New thunderous ovation. The American working, people, as the cuts begin to be felt, will not be to applaud. But it may well be thunderous.
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