102. _The aost recent1y riisci.rss.d LCBi.f is the mobife l.4x nissile. rn June Li|i., th.?resident of r-he united sr-ates aui,horized. the full-scal-e developnaent of this;missile, to carry 10 I{InVed 'rarhe'ds with a sub_megaton yieJ_d and a range of11'000 knx. The key aspecL of this rnissile is that it ro,.td r. encapsullted, withrnissile and capsule weighing together about u5 tons, A "race-track'r basing-modefor the I'lx was later ser-ectec1. rn this system" 200 "race tracks" of about45 km, circunference woufd each le equippld r^dth 23 shelters and one l4X rnissj.lealong with a transporter-erector-lalxlctrer (tnl). A 'rshield. vehicle!' would visiteach of the 23 shelters in turn" The shield. vehicl-e would contain either thenissile and its TEL or a simulator (or decoy) , so that even close observationvouId not enable one to determine whicb shelter contained the missile"trbrthernore o the automated rEL r^/ould have tlre ability to move on warning" so thatif inforrnation of an rcBl'{ }aunch against the MX complex was obtained, s-ne or a1.}of the 200 TEL would dash fron the sher-ters in vhieh thev rrad. been hidden anasecrete the l.4X in another shelter, 103' nstiraates of the required expenditur:e for this system range from sone $30,000 miltion to $60,000 nillion or nore, of which Lnty aloui $l,ooo ,,ir:-ion isfor the procurement of the missiles themsel-ves. rt has been observed that asystem in which the basing mode costs $3O,0OO mil_l-ion or more, whil-e theprocurement of missiles costs rronly" $3,ooo railtion, nay encouraBe the possibilityof multiplying the n,nber of missiles in the hsralened. basing sysiem by a factor ofB for perhaps only a 50 per cent increase in over-all system cost. A super -fcr.,:r contemplating such a basing mod.e cou,l"d be said to instir in its adversary (and inthe nations of the wor1d ) the expectation that, at some time, very rnuch largerm.mbers of missiles an..l nuclear warheads woufd be deployed. than vere originaLl-y announced. as the plan for the system. For this xeason. meaJrs to a110rnrverification of the existing nulber of missiles $ithin the system are reportedfyto be introduced.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a military system, specifically the development and deployment of a new missile, the MX missile. The details provided focus on the technical aspects of the missile, its basing mode, and the potential cost of the system. The text also touches on the potential implications of the system's deployment on international relations and the possibility of multiplying the number of missiles.

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Industry, Science and technology