Letters: Apr. 25, 1983

High-Tech War

To the Editors: President Reagan's star wars approach to national defense [April 4] brings to mind the enormous exertions of the French in protecting themselves against Hitler. The Maginot Line didn't work then, and a Maginot mentality will not work now. It is a false road to peace. Chandler Smith University of Missouri Kansas City, Mo.

President Reagan says, "Let me share with you a vision of the future which offers hope." Then he goes on to dazzle us with a Rube Goldberg scheme that would let him have his...

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