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Carl Levin: “The old system was a fixed-site system that could not be moved to adapt to a changing threat.”

On the recordFebruary 1, 2010
The old system was a fixed-site system that could not be moved to adapt to a changing threat.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Levin contrasts the flexibility of the new missile defense system with the old one.

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