Word: arsenal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Most impressive of the Cheyenne's talents, however, is its deadly arsenal. Moving in for the kill, the two-man crew-pilot and copilot-gunner-have at their fingertips six missile launchers, a swiveling belly-turret with a 30-mm. automatic gun, and a nose turret armed with either a 40-mm. grenade-launcher or a six-barrel minigun that fires 6,000 rounds per minute. A special helmet linked to an infra-red light beam allows the pilot to aim his fire system by moving his head, while the gunner, using a periscopic sight, can presumably...
McNamara ruled the Defense Department longer and more efficiently than any of his seven predecessors, constructing the world's most powerful nuclear arsenal while fighting a limited war in Viet Nam and a seemingly limitless conflict with hard-nosed generals and fractious legislators at home. His administrative reforms became a model for other department chiefs while he performed a multiplicity of miscellaneous chores for the President. There was talk of his becoming Secretary of State, or perhaps czar of domestic programs and, in 1964, Vice President. In the years since, his tenure had become an American institution...
...military strategy-flexible response instead of John Foster Dulles' massive retaliation. Flexible response dictated that the nation must be able to meet any military challenge, whether nuclear, conventional or guerrilla, and it was up to McNamara to provide forces and hardware. Thus, while he was increasing the arsenal of long-range nuclear missiles, he expanded the number of combat Army divisions from eleven to 17, beefed up Special Forces, trebled the helicopter troop-lift component, and increased the number of guided-missile surface ships from 23 to 72. A stern test of his ability came in 1965, when...
...fact that-like a Volkswagen-it requires relatively little maintenance and can be outfitted with a new engine in less than an hour. Its normal armament includes two 20-mm. machine guns, plus any combination of the 200 varieties of bombs and missiles in the Navy's air arsenal. In addition, it has an advanced computer system that delivers its projectiles with pinpoint accuracy...
...through Russia's thick air defenses to their targets-and that the Russians know this. They point out, too, that the Mirages must stop to refuel in mid-air in order to make the trip, and are thus vulnerable to attack. As for France's planned missile arsenal, they claim that the anti-ballistic missile system Russia is working on will eventually be good enough to nullify the French rockets...