Word: armament
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...conflict with Russia is not merely a competition in arms; it is fundamentally a contest in productions," Sumner H. Slichter, Lamont University Professor maintains in his article "Business and Armament" in the November "Atlantic Monthly...
There were other unpleasant surprises for the U.S.-the feeble armament, the initial weakness and panic of the South Koreans; the fact that the mere appearance of the first U.S. troops in the line failed to turn the tide of battle; the failure of light bazookas, 105-mm. howitzers and, finally, of Sherman tanks to stop the Red armor. The inexorable advance of invaders against defenders who had complete command of the air was something new under...
...Harder? The fast price rises and sudden shortages of materials made plain that the armament load would hit civilian production much harder than expected when the arms actually began to roll out in the next six months. (Nickel was already so short that some automakers were talking about going back to painted "chrome work" as in early World War II days...
...situation before war broke out was unstable," Beveridge stated. "There were border raids . . . South Korea had a heavy armament program . . . Dulles went to South Korea for the attack, and the North Koreans were uneasy...
...Western Europe, defenseless now, can be made defensible if the U.S. and its Allies immediately start an urgent program of mobilization and armament. A world crisis in 1953 could confront the Russians with the possibility of atomic attack by the U.S. and at the same time deny them their present opportunity to take Western Europe. If they had to fight hard for Western Europe, their pipeline to the front would need filling from factories-which could be destroyed by bombing. Under such circumstances the U.S. atomic superiority would have more chance that it now has of being strategically decisive...