October 07, 1961 (vol. 72, iss. 18) • Page Image 2
…THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wells Cites Deterrence As U.S. Goal By GALE EVANS The United States is a second- strike power, Robert Wells of the political science department told a Challenge audience Thursday night. Our military strategy is not to push the button first but deter- rence .and retaliation, he said. The purpose of deterrence is to stock-pile weapons to prevent war or to implement it if conflict should break out. Our weapons system will have...…