The Nation - News from Feb. 12, 1985
The Air Force confirmed that President Reagan’s fiscal 1986 budget includes a spending increase for research that might one day make it easier for U.S. missiles to foil Soviet defenses. But the service denied one part of a published report that it was actually developing a new type of “maneuvering” nuclear warhead for the MX or Midgetman missiles. There are no plans for constructing or deploying such a warhead on either the MX or Midgetman, the Air Force said, contradicting a report in the New York Times.
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