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Under this limited treaty, on the other hand, the testing of other
nations could never be sufficient to offset the ability of our strategic forces to
deter or survive a nuclear attack and to penetrate and destroy an aggressor's
homeland. We have, and under this treaty we will continue to have, all the nuclear
strength that we need.
It is true that the Soviets have tested nuclear weapons of a yield higher
than
that which we have thought to be necessary; but the hundred megaton bomb of
which they spoke two years ago does not and will not change the balance of strategic
power. The United States has deliberately chosen to concentrate on more mobile
and more efficient weapons, with lower but entirely sufficient yield; and our
security is not, therefore, impaired by the treaty I am discussing.
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