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so much for the defense conversion business (says a DODer)
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 04:02:39 -0500
WASHINGTON (Reuter) - The lofty Western aim of converting weapons to peaceful use in the post-Cold War era simply hasn't worked, but there still may be hope for defense conversion in Russia, a top Pentagon official said Friday. ``Defense conversion in the West is a bust,'' Ashton Carter, assistant secretary of defense for nuclear security and counterproliferation, told reporters at a breakfast. ``Defense plants don't convert. They close,'' Carter said. .....
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