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7.9 Fmmp
1.9.1 Unitrd Kingdom (U0
Malcolm Wilkind, a kfcncc sccrctary in tk Writihh Ministry
of p)clcrwc. anmumd on Junc 15. 1!?22 thnc thc orly nu-
clcarwopns nritain will rctain will be a hnnnlful of WE-ln
gravity bomb (as pan of its commitment 10 NATO) and its
strategic Folaris misib. Thcre is adcbak cnncrwht. if any-
thin& should hc about the Polnris-replttcing Trkknt
program that is schluled to cany 128 nucbr warheads on
16 Trident misiks. If the Tridcni prc~mm h continued as
prcscntly sclfcdukd. it is p ihlc that some surplus nritish
Polaris mkik cnmpnents will kmmc nvaihhk, although
they will pmhably become pan of thc t )S inmntnry.
1.3.2 Fmc
France hm mt rclccucd a policy aiatcment on the futurc of
any Frcnch surplus ballistic missilcr.
7.4 mbaa
It ispcnsihkthat hithChinannd thc(.'ISawW.inthcfuturc.
markct ballistic missib to dcvcloping nation?. The futurc
will pmhnbly scc (I prolifcratiim of hallistic mis.qib through-
but thc vmorld. China, for instancc, has o Iarp invcntory.
which it has shown M) inclination lo rcduoe. Othcr smtillcr
muntrics that fccl thwatcncd hy their ncifihbm arc marc
likcly toadd to. n:kr than rcduce. thcir inwntcrry of ballistic
miuila. Tk wide a+dilbility of thw weapons cnukl
cnmuragc the rix of dangcrous dcslwtic rep.inics anywhcrc
in thc wrld. and establishes a strong case for conducting
Mctaikd tmat studies.
8. FAR-TERM IAUNCDI SYS'FEMS
Thc emphasisof this paper ison currcnt or near-term launch
systcm options. Hmvcr. taoat studia a b nccd IO look
into thc next ccntury. whcn the nccd for such systcrns may
intensify. A numhcr of advanccd systcrns arc king investi-
gated that may haw application to future tamat misions.
8.1 United States
8. I. I Singit-Stagc-To-Orhit (S,'jTO)
A singk-stage-to-orhit vchiclc hm long ken thc dcsirc of
hnny space transportation planncn hcause of its potential
br rctlucirg opcrational cornplcxity and wt. nnd providing
hunch-onQcmand capability for critical military sy:tcms.
Thc SDI0 ha5 cxamincd a numhcr nf SSTO a1nfigur3tions
losatisfy pstulatcd SDI0 miKqion launch requiremcn:s. and
sclcctcd thc Mcnonncll Douglns Iklta Clipper for further
study. 'Ihc Single-Stage-Rozkct Tcchndqy (SSRT) Pw gram is now undcrwy at hlc1)onncIl I)