The pastoral quiet of Lynnfield, Mass., was shattered one night last summer by the nerve-jangling throb of a pile driver. The residents' darkest suspicions were soon confirmed. The Boston suburb was to be the first of 15 localities where the Government plans to build anti-ballistic-missile (ABM) sites. Now, like other communities across the country, Lynnfield is fighting the nuclear intrusion with all its limited means.
Cruel Irony. The ABM Sentinel system is a "thin shield" designed to protect U.S. cities from Red Chinese intercontinental ballistic missiles. Incoming warheads would be intercepted by...
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