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Evaluates Safeguard programs launched by the U.S. President, Richard Nixon to counter the threat imposed by intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) of the Soviet Union. Comparison of ICBM missiles possessed by the U.S. and the Soviet Union; Features of ICBM; Opinion of Pentagon's research chief, John S. Foster Jr. on the ability of Soviet SS-9 missiles to hit multiple targets; Ability of Minutemen silos to counter the Soviet missile threat; Information regarding the Over The Horizon radars, which is operational at permanent overseas bases.

Discusses the proposal of the U.S. Department of Defense to construct a bomber-defense system that would modernize the Aerospace Defense Command, a branch of the U.S. Air Force charged with defending the nation against aerial attack. Components of the system, including an early warning radar array; Overview of the bomber threat to the U.S.; List of countermeasures to protect interceptor airplanes.

Reports on concerns over a possible conversion of the Soviets' anti-aircraft defense missile systems into anti-ballistic missile systems (ABMs). Possible impact on the U.S.; Technology requirements; Problems with the system; Why many of the site locations are not suited for missile defense; Information on the U.S. Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle programs; Necessary features of an ABM system, including high-powered, highly complex radars.