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basic research, the Gaither Report also helped give rise to the misperception of a “missile gap” between the United States and the USSR. The USSR may have been ahead in developing satellites and some aspects of missile development, that is, thrust. However, as discussed above, the US was ahead in many important aspects regarding the delivery of weapons of mass destruction by missiles.[1]

  1. Ibid., 132-55, 179-87, 293-322.