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Show --- ----- SDI CLAIM #5: SDI iS an effective bargaining chil in the Geneva Arms talks. Most Administration statements indicate no intent on to negotiate away SDI because they believe it will finally end the threat of nuclear war. The Soviets have countered that there can be no agreement on offensive weapons control without an1,agreement on defensfve weapons first. Th'1 fo fact . hinted to Congress that arms reductions would be possible if we scrapped SOL So the Soviets may consider it a bargaining chip, but it's doubtful,, that U.S,. negotiators wilL The danger is that ·it eventually will be bunt, hundreds of bf111ons of dollars spent, arms control destroy~d, and an for an unworkable system. SOI AND ASAT--NOT SO DISTANT RELATIONS • ASAT CLAIM #'i: SDI and ·AsAT are two unrelated wea ons-develo ment s stems. D an are re ate ecause both use outer space as a . att egroun . To move war away from Earth and human beings may sound appealing, well worth billions of dollars. But the catch is that an effective ASAT could destroy the very satellites SOI would need to detect enemy missile launches and to serve as·platforms for weapons to destroy those missiles. Even if SDI 1~ f , never deployed, ASAT could destroy sate111tes we already depend on--for anns control verification~ for early warning of enemy attack, for accurate guidance for some of our defenses, and for information and communication that leaders wi11 need to avoid war at a time of crisis or accidental launch. ul ASAT CLAIM, #2: The United States has The ASATs tested by the Soviets up to to catch with the Soviet ASAT program. now pose 1 ttle threat to U.S . sate'ilites because our satellites orbit at altitudes too high for them to reach. It is in our interest to stop the ASAT race now. To continue will only allow the Soviets to catch up with our superior ASATs. Destroying satellites will make no one safer, now or in the future. Sandy Peck/ Gretchen Clark BRIEFING~ o • V • 0 • BRIEFINGQ • • • & • 3BRIEFlNG. FINANCING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: THE DEFICIT Part 2 of the Natfona 1 U~V Study on •Financing the federa 1 government focu~es on the federal deficit, that isg the ~mount the government borrows when. its revenues do not equal its expenditvreso This is a complex issue which .affects us al~ on a national, local and personal level. The briefing for discussion leaders for the second part of October unit meeting wil 1 be he 1d: Monda.!., October 7 at 7: 30pm at the Leaque off ice~ _3804 Hi'gh1and Drivep Suite 9. scintillating speaker and refreshments w111 be provided! P'Iea,se be sure that a member from each unit attends. The study article wi 11 be in the National Voter to be received in early October (liopefu11y). There will be a member response form to be submitted to our local league chapter before they are sent on to the national office by November 18~ Our responses will become part of a comprehensive national position enabling the League to speak to critical fiscal issues. Your voice on this matter is important•- make it count. Attend the briefing and your unit meeting to _discuss this interesting topic. SALT LAKE VOTER - 3 - October 1985 |
