Robert C. Byrd: “Nuclear weapons are not a deterrent to situations such as we see in…”

On the recordDecember 4, 1979

Nuclear weapons are not a deterrent to situations such as we see in Iran because we are not going to use strategic central systems against Iran.

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West Virginia

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Dec 4, 1979

Debating the SALT II treaty and the balance between strategic and conventional forces.

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