THE MISSILE STANDOFF
BEHIND the grimly serious interservice war that flares sporadically through the Pentagon is the fact of swiftly changing weaponry that makes cherished service concepts obsolete almost as fast as they are worked out. The changing military concepts, in turn, bring strong pressure for reassessment of U.S. foreign policy; e.g., if the U.S. plans to counter future aggression with atomic attack, how many troops should it keep in Europe and Asia? But while the Defense and State departments work to keep up with these changes, surprisingly little thought has been given to...
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