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John Diebold, the noted computer consultant, who was asked by IBM to be a witness, gave the TIME conference "a peasant's view of what it is like to have the Justice Department's B-52s drop napalm on me." First, at Government request, he turned over 300,000 pages of documents from his company, the Diebold Group, relating to the computer industry. Said Diebold: "That is a minor ripple in the ocean of paper that has been delivered by IBM, but I wasn't even a party to the case!" Then he was tied up full...
...going into the DMZ. Our primary interest is in having the incident not escalate into a confrontation." This careful response contrasted sharply with President Gerald Ford's reaction to last year's ax killings of the two U.S. officers. The carrier Midway steamed into Korean waters, B-52s flew simulated bombing runs near the DMZ and U.S. troops in South Korea went on "increased alert status...
...lonely one, the burden did not appear to have weighed heavily on him. Was he relieved to have it done with? Said Powell: "As with any difficult decision, there has to be some sense of relief." Still, Carter's decision will hold only until the refurbished B-52s begin to require replacement. Then the debate over a new generation of bombers, if there is to be one, will resume. Certainly, few in the Air Force would agree that the manned bomber has no future. But this is a problem that Carter, by virtue of his B-1 decision, will...
...present also can penetrate Soviet air defenses, but not as well. The B-52s were first designed for high-altitude flight. But the most modern models-built in 1959-62-have been modernized with guidance equipment that enables them to fly only 200 ft. above the ground at a speed of 400 m.p.h...
...52s have a decided advantage over Bls in carrying cruise missiles. Pentagon plans call for stowing eight ALCM-A or ALCM-B missiles aboard each modified B-52. In addition, twelve ALCM-B missiles would be attached to the B-52's wings. Though the B-l's bomb bay can accommodate 24 of the shorter-range ALCM-As, it is too small for the ALCM-Bs; nor can the B-l carry any variety of cruise missile on its wings...