Without question, politics is a big factor in missile defense debates (front page, June 23).
He added, "the role of the deterrence factor of nuclear missile weapons" will have to be redefined in such a world.
The Bay of Pigs debacle, therefore, was a strong contributing factor to the missile crisis, not a means of averting nuclear war.
Nor would a serious person fail to factor in the Soviet missile capable of penetrating Star Wars, namely, the Topol-M (deployment commenced in 1998).
The parameters for representing uncertainties that are managed probabilistically include the aircraft impact velocity, the compressive strength of the reinforced concrete wall, the missile shape factor, and the facility wall thickness.
Mr. Clinton has said he will base his deployment decision on four factors: an assessment of the missile threat, cost, strategic implications and technological readiness.
And while there were many factors that led to the missile crisis, it is no exaggeration to say that the impression Khrushchev formed at Vienna — of Kennedy as ineffective — was among them.
Extension activities allow them to dig deeper into factors that made the Cuban missile crisis such a turning point, and explore continuing or potential conflicts that might put today's world at similar risk.
In 1962 it was a key factor in the resolution of the Cuban missile crisis, when the Kennedy administration agreed to withdraw its missiles from Turkey.
Sergei Ryabkov, the deputy foreign minister, has said the S-300 missiles were a "stabilising factor" that could dissuade "some hotheads" from joining the conflict.
