November 1989

Continuing along its well-advertised path toward peace and enlightenment, the Soviet Union has begun deploying the Mod V variant of its SS-18 heavy ICBM. It is more accurate and lethal than the Mod IV variant, which was sufficient by itself...

NATO is reeling, beset by doubts and other problems—but the Warsaw Pact is even closer to internal cri

The economic superpower can no longer duck an expanded military role in the Pacific, but the controver

Three powerful factors—military security, trade opportunities, and Ostpolitik—are shaping West German

The net result of Mr. Gorbachev's reform is unclear. The USSR has become even more of a military power

Chinese troops, stunned by their orders, performed badly. The people no longer trust them, and that's

USAF expects new weapons to be twice as reliable—and require only half as much maintenance—as their pr

Silicon-based electronics is venturing out of the sandbox. Gallium arsenide was the first of the new c

A year later, the defense industrial base is getting more attention, but the decline and the problems

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