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Article: Soviets Offer Plan to Limit Air-Launched Cruise Missiles; Approach Is Similar to U.S. Air Force Idea
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- The Washington Post
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- August 9, 1989
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Soviet arms negotiators recently proposed a new approach to
limiting air-launched cruise missiles that is similar to a plan
endorsed by the U.S. Air Force but not yet decided by the Bush
administration, U.S. officials said yesterday.
They said the new Soviet proposal is to be studied during a
review of U.S. positions on key aspects of a new strategic arms
control agreement in preparation for a meeting in Wyoming between
Secretary of State James A. Baker III and Soviet Foreign Minister
Eduard Shevardnadze Sept. 19-20.
The establishment of limits on air-launched cruise missiles is
considered one of four major unresolved issues in the long-running
negotiations. The other issues, on which the ...