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Show Garn critical of Carter's Defense moves The President has dealt "another devastating blow to our national defense" with his decision to stop production of the Minuteman III missile according to Utah Senator Jake Garn. The Senator said this week he "really can't believe" Mr. Carter would recommend closing the Minuteman line just days after calling for a hault to production of the B-l bomber. "Our strategic triad was badly weakened with the B-l decision," said Garn. "Closing the Minuteman mrssle line, the only Intercontinental In-tercontinental Ballistic Missle production line in the entire free world, weakens it even further. Within a period of one week, the President has made two very bad decisions as far as our national defense is concerned. con-cerned. There will be a negative economic impact on Utah because of the work done here in manufacturing components for and assembling the Minuteman, Garn stated. "I naturally hate to see any negative impact on the state. However, the effect of the loss of funds on Utah is secondary to the impact on national defense. This is a very bad decision and one I i hope we do not live to regret." |