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Show 18 dOQll? would be to deploy 200 missiles In Utah and Nevada In vertical silos, that half would go In Mlnuteman, that half would go on C-5A's and so on. Obviously with the many varied and ridiculous statements and ideas, the politicians poli-ticians are becoming enamored with tossing toss-ing the press weird tidbits, just to see how gullible they are. After all, there is nothing noth-ing new, and everyone knows that the President Presi-dent will make the decision but not until after Labor Day. E's time to use a little logic. First common horse sense will tell you that most of these far out ideas are not even in the Ballpark. The few that might have been, have already been considered and rejected. Is MX dead? If you've listened to the news media, TV and dally papers in the last couple of weeks you'd certainly think so. But really now, has there been one substantive sub-stantive statement made that Is notrepe-tlous notrepe-tlous of previous statements. And In what context, and under what qualifications were these statements made? Ed Meese reportedly said that President Presi-dent Reagan would make changes In the deployment de-ployment system. What's new about that? It's commonly thought thatmuch of theSALT II requirements may be dropped. The configuration con-figuration may change, and cost effective changes made. But that doesnt mean MX is dead or will change significantly from the present plan. Weinberger reportedly likes an aerial deployment. Supposedly in the Interim, while a new bomber Is developed, he would put MX aboard C-5A's. Baloney!. If cost is a consideration, and it certainly should be, then C-5A's won't be the answer. You'd think reporters would satisfy themselves with the royal wedding and the Reagan Tax Cut Instead of fabricating, twisting and tugging for something new on' MX. Instead during the dog days of July and August, with little news of national Importance, Impor-tance, they are pestering everybody and anybody for something, anything, aboutMX. And they're not getting much, but by the time you hear It, often out of context, always al-ways sensationalized, It sounds likeareva--latlon until the facts come out. In the past two weeks we've heard reports re-ports that MX was dead, that Coyote Springs was dead and the main base would be In Mllford, that Utah was out and MX would be wholly deployed in Nevada. That MX would be hung from a fleet of blimps; the shell game was scrapped and that the decision Others like deploying in Mlnuteman silos would require new environmental Impact statements, enough delay to kill that possibility. pos-sibility. Two facts are clear. If MX is to be deployed, and be effective it must be deployed de-ployed immediately. A three or four year delay would put us so far behind Russia, that we could never catch up. Delay will also Increase the cost. Don't forget Washington Wash-ington is full of penny pinchers today. Any significant change to a newsys-tem newsys-tem or new deployment would cause delay. That's out. The Reagan administration has. just two choices. Build MX as planned or scrap it all together. There is no in between be-tween that wouldn't be a facade. So put aside all the crap you've seen, heard and read lately. There Is nothing new on MX. . The Air Force is proceeding on schedule. The decision will be made In September or October or whenever. You can be sure of only one thing. If MX Is built, it will be deployed in Utah and Nevada. If it's not, you might want to learn to speak Russian. "Red" |
