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One of the major issues that didn’t get an airing in this year’s election, but should have, is the continuing transfer of high technology from the United States to the Soviet Union and its satellites.

It has been widely observed that America in recent years has been slipping badly in military preparedness, while the Soviets push forward with improvements in their arsenal. Less frequently noted is that the Soviets could not have made advances of this sort without assistance from the United States. High-tech is essential to modern armaments, and the Soviets make it standard practice to obtain such stuff from U.S. industry. Which means, in essence, that we are conducting an arms race against ourselves.

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One of the major issues that didn’t get an airing in this year’s election, but should have, is the continuing transfer of high technology from the United States to the Soviet Union and its satellites.

It has been widely observed that America in recent years has been slipping badly in military preparedness, while the Soviets push forward with improvements in their arsenal. Less frequently noted is that the Soviets could not have made advances of this sort without assistance from the United States. High-tech is essential to modern armaments, and the Soviets make it standard practice to obtain such stuff from U.S. industry. Which means, in essence, that we are conducting an arms race against ourselves.