Ronald Reagan: “We have to have it, because between the aging B-52 and the bomber we…”

On the recordOctober 1, 1981

We have to have it, because between the aging B-52 and the bomber we are developing, the newer bomber, there is too long a time gap in there.

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Republican · California

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Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters on the Announcement of the United States Strategic Weapons Program

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