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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: rich4eagle who wrote (170756)8/12/2001 11:58:06 PM
From: DavesM  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
Rich,
I hope you realize that the arms race was really kicked off by JFK. One of his planks on getting elected was that there was a "missile gap" with the Soviets. I believe that in Ike's farewell address he warned about the Military-Industrial Complex.

Before JFK the U.S. had around 50 ICBMs. Kennedy's Administration decided that 1000 was a nice round number, and decided to add 1000 minuteman to the inventory.
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