Spectral lines: Behind the MX

What is the purpose of the MX missile? How does it relate to the Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”)? How will it lead to a ban on all nuclear weapons? At the height of the President's campaign in March to force a favorable vote on the MX by Congress, a group of national magazine editors and publishers were invited to a White House briefing for the purpose - at least in part - of hearing the Administration's views on these questions. President Reagan and his chief of staff, Donald Regan, addressed the invited group on a variety of topics, including the MX and the defense budget.