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in the minutes of the meeting).
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effect that for at least the period L9G? to 1gt”
to be necessary to develop liffeven't weapons sy steris
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manned aircraft, ballistic and arrocynamic missile:
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also recommended a review c” tne same problem by te weapen
Evaluation Group at the en‘ 3°: vtar’
time
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son pointed up the need for &
guant’tat.ve measure
several weapons systems whic:
needed to be more selective
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spect to the continued deve.cpme.*
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of new types of manned airc-af’
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icant matter had not been mentioned in jseneral Andersor :
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This was understandatle, because (t naa nct bean mqueste
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element was the total economic cost 1: celatiou % the oF rmaice
of different weapons systems
Thos [. wae important tha’ meqgnel a
craft performed their initia. misgsione and often returned s. pe cto
subsequent missions.
On the otner nand, miseiies, Once ure ned
never returned from their target
Lrterdingly, cL..8 e.emec
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should be established--at teas"
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--because ultimately there was a .iait to wnat we can a°% on
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for these weapons systems.
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absence of reference to the cost element was mot tte ta
criticism.
He had not asked tna’ t.iia element oe
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emphasized that the report aad been 4 ve@ry good on
The Director of Centra. Latelligence reminde. ute
that the intelligence community was following ver, caret...
problem of estimating Soviet capabilities in the miss..°9
Indeed, a National Intelligence Ketimate on this subje tom
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issued not long ago (NTE 11-S-S" sopy dled in che miuuts
Meeting). A particnsar effort wia e!rg made wey
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on which c? the various wee pono
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