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The article discusses how the U.S. can protect itself from a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union. The U.S. Administration is considering several ideas to diversify U.S. missile forces and protect them from Soviet attack; and is planning mass deployment of cruise missiles. The Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) consists of 242 officers operating from the MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa, Florida, where they are drafting plans to combine Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine units.

The article reports on the heated contentions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union on the issue about nuclear missiles. Accordingly, U.S. President Ronald Reagan has announced on international television that the U.S. is prepared to negotiate an interim solution to the problem on nuclear missiles in Europe. However, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko has responded that the elements of Reagan's plan are absurd and not negotiable.

The article reports on the involvement of Union Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov in the U.S. nuclear debate. Sakharov wrote an open letter to American Physicist Sidney Drell that was published in the American journal "Foreign Affairs", detailing his views on control of the nuclear weapons he once helped the Kremlin to develop. He has shown his dismay against supporters of the nuclear-freeze movement and pleads the urgency of serious arms negotiations.