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Under their formula, a B-52 with 20 cruise missiles would count as one launcher against the subceiling of 1,320; a modified Boeing 747 armed with 80 cruise missiles would count as four launchers.

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Such a subceiling would make it all the more important that the U.S. be confident its spy satellites could keep an accurate count as the Soviets MIRVed more and more of their ICBMS.

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Within that subceiling, a way had to be found of restricting the most dangerous component in the Soviet arsenal, MIRVed land-based missiles.

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Toward the end of the summer, the policymakers began looking for a way to build into the Vladivostok limit of 1,320 total MIRVed systems a new subceiling just for land-based MIRVs, both heavy and light.

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In Geneva, Kampelman continued to press the Soviet negotiators for a subceiling on ballistic-missile warheads.

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