Meanwhile, Team Obama is ensuring that there will be no modernization of the U.S. arsenal and that its weapons, and the industrial complex vital to their future deterrent value and readiness, will continue to atrophy.

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The deleterious effect of these cuts on the readiness, sustainability and deterrent value of the U.S. military and its supporting industrial and technology base is likely to be compounded by the emerging plan for a Western financial aid package for the Soviet Union.

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