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374 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 1984
"The United States is concerned about Ukraine’s recent strikes against Russian ballistic missile early-warning sites," said a U.S. official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity.
"These sites have not been involved in supporting Russia’s war against Ukraine," the U.S. official said. "But they are sensitive locations because Russia could perceive that its strategic deterrent capabilities are being targeted, which could undermine Russia’s ability to maintain nuclear deterrence against the United States."
U.S. concerned about Ukraine strikes on Russian nuclear radar stations
The Washington Post
May 29, 2024
Although I was not a party to the decision to deploy Spiderweb, I am trying to come to grips with the fact that I was assisting in the management of a system of defense that had drifted into a state of extreme brittleness, in the sense that our own technological superiority was making our enemy increasingly desperate, and thus was actually causing the very war it was intended to prevent.
But the United States in fact got so far ahead of the Russians technologically that we were about to send up a satellite that would have made their missiles useless against us. And they had no similarly effective weapon. So they were forced to start the war. They were backed up against the wall.