Word: arctic
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...long as our basic concepts in these respects were unclear, our military leaders could not be selective in building our military power . . . We had to be ready to fight in the Arctic and in the tropics, in Asia, in the Near East and in Europe, by sea, by land and by air, by old weapons and by new weapons...
...January thaw has passed. Temperatures in Boston may drop to 12 above zero today as arctic air floats down south and east over the continent. Northern New England may shiver with 10 or 15 below readings...
...West's defensive cordon against Soviet aggression starts at the Arctic Ocean, sweeps down across Western Europe to the Mediterranean and into Turkey. There, in the vicinity of Mount Ararat, the West's defenses end-and Soviet opportunity begins. An offensive rolling through Iran and on to Iraq 120 miles away might easily overrun the West's advanced air bases at Habbaniya (Iraq) and Dhahran (Saudi Arabia). It might also outflank Turkey and open the back door to Europe...
...fuel is uranium; its engine needs no air. Theoretically, it could cruise around the earth without coming once to the surface. It could make an attack across the Pacific without poking more than a periscope into the atmosphere. It could sail the dark and secret sea under the Arctic...
...Explorer-Geologist Maynard Malcolm Miller, 32, who organized and led the first exploration of the inaccessible Juneau Ice Field in Alaska, has acted as consultant to the Air Force on Arctic conditions (TIME...