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Ronald Dellums: Mr. Chairman, when the gentleman talked about conventional deterrents, it is not in the platform, it is in the weapons.…

On the recordJune 23, 1997
Mr. Chairman, when the gentleman talked about conventional deterrents, it is not in the platform, it is in the weapons. And the weapons are standoff smart bombs and precision-guided missiles. Second, remember, we do not have zero, we have 21 of these planes. I think it is a flight into fantasy, it is a bit of hyperbole to think if we jump from 21 to 30, the world will tremble. If that is the case and we cannot see the Stealth bomber, tell the world we have a thousand of them. They cannot see it. How would they know? That would really be a deterrent and we would save a whole lot of money.
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Ronald Dellums
Democratic · California

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Responding to a colleague's comments on military deterrence and the effectiveness of stealth technology.

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