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Dick Lugar: the New START Treaty is totally silent on rail-mobiles and that all previous START provisions that captured rail-mobile…

On the recordApril 28, 2010
the New START Treaty is totally silent on rail-mobiles and that all previous START provisions that captured rail-mobile ICBMs were either deleted or changed to exclude them.
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Dick Lugar
Republican · Indiana

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Lugar critiques the New START Treaty for lacking clarity on rail-mobile ICBMs.

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