and the inclination to accommodation that exists between then. Eactl must be confid.ent in the belief that the other consid.ers that national security and national interest are best achieved through negotiation of arms control and disarn'll1nen'- -rather tha}. by reliance on military fOrce. Ilhen a super Polrel resorts to force of arms _. the clinate of mutual confidence upon r.rhich acconnodation and the basis for agreement nust rest is severely eroded. Any such setback has potentiatly grave consequences for international security. of theitative increase of exist vertical iferation - l+03" It is estimated that the United Sta-tes has about 10,000 and the Soviet Union has abcut 7"000 nuclear warhead.s in strate4lic nuclear systems. In 1967, comparable estimates of the number of strategic riarheads were )+,500 and l-"000, respectively" The total number of rqarheads deployed by the super-Power nevertheless can be expected to continue to increase initially undel SALT 11 guidelines, Fjiven the prcviso that more than on€ varhead can be deployed on some launchels. Ilowever the SALT II agreenent, should it come into effect, also foreshad.olrs li.mlts on the total number of warheads that can bc' delloyed.A/ 35 / 392 Engl ish ANNEX Paee f27 .t b0 ., bgl!do.l EOI i,t klF99l &Hlqr o !.l odJ E ..r >EO ..r Fa H < Fr E dB L zAl 35 / 392 nnglish Annex fate Izf) I+O\. fn practice, qualitative improvements in the nucl ear-ve€'1,o sy$tems have tended to have a grea-Eer bearing on the strategic capability of the suler -lowers than straightforvard numerical increases. fhe number of delivery vehicles deploycd by one side'will, hovever, become particularly inrportant if it exceeds the number required to d.estroy the oiher side's }aunching platforms ' But usually it is not the inJreased number of delive?y vehicles which by itself provides the enhanced'
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