UP AMENDMENT NO. 955

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• Publication Date: May 13, 1982
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE May 13, 1982
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(1) A:.deiailed evaluation of the study's
findings. conclusions, and recommendations.
(2) The views of the Chief of the rational
Guard Bureau on the "Vista 1999" study:
(3) Any plans and recommendations for
implementation of the contents of the
"Vista 1999" study.
(b) This report shall be provided to the
Committees on Armed Services of the
House and Senate no later than February 1.
1983. '
Mr. NUNN. Mr. President. this
amendment would require' a study by
the Secretary of Defense of the recent
report of the "Vista 1999" task force
which was a group of senior Army and
Air National Guard adjutants gener-
als, general officers, and commanders.
These individuals took a long term, no-
holds-barred look at the scope, size.
nature, and methods of operations for
what they considered the appropriate
ways for the Army and Air National
Guard to fulfill their constitutional
and statutory responsibilities for the
of the Nation through the
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occurs on the amt cospo
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year 1999. ques
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ln' itS report entitled "Vista 1999, A the Senator from Oregon. JAcKSoN, DURENBERGER, MrTCRm L,
Lon?-Range Look at the Future of the Mr. TOWER. Mr. President, I ask CRANSTON. BmtDICK, and CHILES.
Army and Air National Guardthe unanimous consent that the amend- Mr. President, in all of the current
task force made a number of findings ment of the Senator from Oregon be focus on nuclear freezes, "no first use"
and recommendations which bear serf-- temporarily laid aside; that the Sena- and arms control policies in general,
ous review. tor from Georgia may offer an amend- there is an extremely important ele-
I am offering an amendment which ment; that upon the disposition of the merit missing-the need to deal con-
will require a high-level focus by the amendment of the Senator from Geor- structively with the prospect of a nu-
Secretary of Defense on this substan- gia, the Senate return to the consider- clear war triggered by a third country
tive and provocative report. The ations of the amendment of the Sena-. or terrorist group.. No change in
amendment will require a study and for from Oregon. NATO's nuclear doctrine and none of
evaluation b' the Secretary of De- The PRESIDING OFFICER. With- the freeze proposals would decrease or
fense in coordination with the Chief out objection, it is so ordered. prevent the chances of such a catas- r
of the National Guard Bureau with a Ur Al-Dr~},-r No ass trophe An accidental nuclear war or
tion should be o
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report to the House and Senate Armed amendmentrpose: An (Pur
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August 1. 1982 and should
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the Souse side and in IacL oruusruL, amendment to the aesit anu ran 1~= -w Lenmrar
this amendment to my attention. I immediate consideration. change between the two superpowers
commend him for this leadership in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The for some time. On March 10, 1981, I , .
this effort and am pleased to offer a amendment will be stated. . wrote the Commander of the Strategic
companion, although not identical. The assistant legislative clerk read Air Command, Gen. Richard Ellis, and
amendment in the Senate side. as follows: asked SAC,- as the premier defenr
I hope the chairman and the rank- The Senator from Georgia. (Mr. Ntrnsri), command in nuclear matters. to anal
ing minority member will accept this for himself, Mr. WAfu.(Es, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. lyze-the potential for this type of ex-
amendment. DVRZxaEaom. W. Mxrcast 1 Mt. CRAN STON, change and to recommend some initia-,.
Mr. TOWER. Mr. President, will the Mr. BmmIcK, and Mr. Csnss. proposes an tives- for dealing -with the . problem.
Senator enlighten me a little further unprinted amendment numbered 955. General Ellis is now retired and serv- ?
on what the objective of the study is? Mr. NUNN. Mr. President. I ask ing as the U.S. representative on, the
Mr. NUNN. To requite high-level unanimous consent that reading of the Standing Consultative Committee and
and
focus in the Department of Defense amendment be dispensed with. is one of the most thorough military men in the
on a very important study into the The PRESIDING OFFICER. With. knowledgeable. control area as well as an expert
Army and Air National Guard, which out objection, it is so ordered. arms con
policies and weapons.
really affects- the whole posture of the The amendment is as follows: in nuclear belief that our strate-
Guard for the next 20 years. At the end of the bill add the following I outlined my
what the chairman knows, many times section:
nored, and this would gic arms control efforts have for some-
rr-tnrv of Defense hail
swdy and~eval? time on the number of concentrated almost exclusively
ahat the Guard recommends is ig- SEC. (a) T
launchers and war-
require high- uation of initiatives for improving thecon? heads and the "bolt from the blue"
let el focus and reaction by the Secre- al = - rt,.o1 the use of nuclear heads and t strategic strike. While I
tarn Defense on what is a very sub weapons, particitlarlS~n-instudy premeditated
stantiv e report. affa evaluation shall include but not be lim- certainly agree with the importance of
Mr. TOWER. Does this have to do ited to the following initiatives: Xhis focus we should bn egin ti think
with the Guard's equipment? (1) establishment of a multi-national mili- feel that about what could be more
could lead too more
Mr. NUNN. The whole gamut of the tary crises control center for -monitoring seriously likely catalysts what
and containing nuclear weapons used by
wle lokle-whats, the Guard's is a third parties or terrorist groups: clear war. There are many factors that
whohole look at what the Guard's posi- (2) development of a forum for joint U.S-I need assessment as to how the U.S./
tion is in the national security picture. U.S.S.R. sharing of information on nuclear nee as would interact at the strate-
the -TOWER. This is the Guard and weapons that could be used by third parties gic level. would interact ash conflict.
the Reserve? - or terrorist groups: and in of crises
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For example. a disguised third country
Rttnck on one of the superpowers
could precipitate a United States/
Soviet nuclear exchange.
I asked General Ellis to examine
four key areas in his study as follows:
First. Is our communications, com-
mand, and control capable of discern-
ing the source of attack under this
type scenario?
Second. What capabilities do the So-
viets have in this respect (warning and
threat assessment)?
Third. What other scenarios should
be considered in terms of U.S./
U.S.S.R. strategic interaction in peri-
ods of crises and conflict?
Fourth. Are there arms control inno-
vations and initiatives that can be pro-
posed in this general Area as well as
the overall C-3/connecuivity area?
General Ellis established a study
group that spent many months work-
ing on these issues, and in July of that
same year I went to SAC in Omaha to
discuss the results of their study.
Mr. President, I believe that their
conclusions are even more relevant
today, and I hope that the members of
both the Foreign Relations Committee
and the Armed Services Committee at
some point will be briefed on this clas-
sified information.
In brief, in an unclassified way, the
SAC analysis showed that the United
States and the Soviets must dramati-
cally improve their warning and attack
characterization to deal with the use
of a nuclear device by a third party in
either peacetime or a crisis situation.
To be able to detect the origin of a
nuclear attack is all important for the
superpowers, both superpowers, -if we
are going to avoid and hopefully pre-
vent that kind of situation from devel-
oping.
The SAC -analysis dealt with the po-
tential third party threat by. examin-
ing the various unconventional deliv-
ery systems that could be utilized to
explode such a device on United States
or Soviet soil.
SAC also identified many unconven-
tional methods of delivery other than
the normally discussed platforms such
as fighter planes, missiles or bombers
that a Third World nation might uti-
lize.
Mr. President, by the end of the
decade over 20 nations will have the
industrial capability to build nuclear
weapons, and the possibility of posses-
sion of these weapons by terrorists
cannot be dismissed.
Mr. President, I am convinced that
both the United States and Russia
have a common and mutual interest in
preventing such a Third World trigger
or a terrorist use of nuclear weapons. I
am convinced that both nations have a
mutual interest in working together to
identify the source of a nuclear. strike
from a third country or from a terror-
ist attack. I am convinced that arms
control efforts can be made relevant to
the growing danger of this type of a
nuclear catalyst. - .
Everyone now seems to be in search
of an easy solution in the arms control
,area, but there are no nuclear quick
fixes. What we can begin to do jointly
with the Soviet Union is to build a ca-
pability and mutual trust to reduce
the 'likelihood of accidental nuclear
war or war by miscalculation. This
step could add a strong element of de-
terrence to any party contemplating
the use of nuclear weapons for the
purpose of provoking a confrontation
between the superpowers.
For this reason. Mr. President, I am
proposing this amendment to the
fiscal year 1983 defense authorization
bill directing the Secretary of Defense
U, omas e e study
tn-COnduct t 10T Ir-
of initiatives for improving the con-
taulmen an -co.... o o e use o u-
crear -weapons including:
Fus1, establishment of a multina-
tional military crisis control center for
monitoring and containing nuclear
weapons used by third parties or ter-
rorist groups;
Second, development of a forum for
Joint- U.S./U.S.S.R sharing of infor-
mation on nuclear weapons that could
be used by third parties or terrorist
groups; and
Third, development of U.S./U.S.S.R.
confidence-building measures for crisis
stability and arms control to include: "
An improved U.S./U.S.S.R. commu-
nications hotline for crisis control;
Enhanced verification procedures
for any arms control agreements;
Measures to reduce vulnerability of
command, control and communica
tions on both sides; and
Measures to lengthen the warning
time each nation would have of poten-
tial nuclear attack.
This study and report would be pro-
vided to a ongress u
1982 and I would further require that
liejPresident review the results of the
DOD analysis and submit to the Con-
gress within a month his views on the
merits of the proposals and their rel-
evance to U.S. arms control policies
and proposals.
Mr. President, I believe this amend-
ment will provide a sound analytical
framework for the key agencies in our
Government and the public to deal
with the issue of accidental nuclear
war. T been very little work
one in this area of er an piio-
eer St V ~__= n er General
Ellis direction.
' has amendment will also serve to
focus attention on this important ele-
ment of the nuclear issue which is
missing in the current debate and dis-
cussion and which is a more likely con-
tingency, in my view, than a premedi-?
fated nuclear attack or "bolt out of
the blue."
Mr. - President, I' hope that this
amendment will be acceptable to the
Senate.
Mr. TOWER. Mr. President, after
discussing the matter with the distin-
guished Senator from Mississippi, I
have arrivEd- at the conclusion that it
is a good amendment, and I am pre-
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pared to accept It on behalf of the ma-
Jority.
Mr. STENNIS. Mr. President, I
think it has good possibilities, also,
and we will have a better chance
before conference and at conference to
really consider it than we do here this
morning. .
So I hope we take it.
Mr. NUNN. I thank the chairman
and the ranking minority member.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
question is on agreeing to the amend=
went of the Senator from Georgia.
The amendment (UP No._955) was
agreed to. ?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
question recurs on the amendment of
the Senator from Oregon.
Mr. TOWER. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent that the amend-
ment of the Senator from Oregon be
temporarily laid aside to permit the
Senator from Michigan to offer an
amendment and on the disposition of
the amendment of the Senator from
Michigan return to the consideration
of the amendment of the Senator
from Oregon.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. With-
out objection, it is so ordered..
(Purpose: To establish a procedure for in-
creased legislative oversight of increases
in costs of acquisition of certain major de-
fense systems) . - .
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I send an
amendment to the desk and ask for its
immediate consideration.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
amendment will be stated. -
The assistant legislative "clerk read
as follows: .
The Senator from Michigan (Mr. LEvrN),
for himself, Mrs. KASSEBADM, and Mr.
EAGLrroN. proposes an unprinted amend-
ment numbered 956.
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask
unanimous consent that reading of the
amendment be dispensed with.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. With-
out objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment is as follows:
At the end of the bill add the following
new section:
ANALYSIS OF REPORTS ON UN 11 COSTS Or MAJOR
DEFENSE SYSTEMS
Sac. (a) At the same time that the Secre-
tary concerned transmits to the Congress
any report under section 1103(b)(3) of this
Act or any certification under section
1103(c)(2)(b) of this Act, the Secretary con-
cerned shall transmit a copy of such report
or certification to the Comptroller General
of the United States (hereafter in this sec-.
tion referred to as the "Comptroller Gener-
al").
(b)(1) Not later than 45 days after the
date on which 'the Secretary concerned
transmits under subsection (a) a copy of any
report or certification referred to in such
subsection. the Comptroller General shall
review and analyze such report or.certifica-
tion and transmit- to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives a written report
on such review and analysis. Where applica-
ble, the report by, the Comptroller General
shall include his opinion on-
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