Will NATO settle for Kohl cuts
- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (USA)
Lance modernization means replacing a missile with a range of 70 miles with one that can travel about 280 miles; the INF Treaty bans missiles with ranges of 300-3,400 miles. Although plans for one Lance replacement a nuclear version of the Army Tactical Missile system have apparently been dropped by the Pentagon, the US Army still plants to build a new nuclear short-range missile to replace the 600-800 Lance missiles now deployed in Europe along with their 88 reusable launchers. Modernization has stirred greater controversy within NATO than between East and West, and the debate has little to do with military and strategic considerations in the narrow sense. Rather, the controversy on the Lance replacement has become a symbol for a much more fundamental debate likely to continue for the coming years: should the alliance continue to pursue its policy of deterrence, both conventional and nuclear, as if the Soviet threat had not changed How will NATO respond to the changes under way in the Soviet Union Is it time for new thinking in the West to match the challenges posed by Gorbachev's initiatives The author feels that, since the transAtlantic debate is preoccupied with symbols rather than substance, these symbols the nuclear weapons that remain in and that may be planned for Europe bear examination; this, he proceeds to do.
- OSTI ID:
- 5120997
- Journal Information:
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; (USA), Journal Name: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; (USA) Vol. 45:5; ISSN BASIA; ISSN 0096-5243
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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