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Matador's addition to NATO gives the West at least three possible ways of using the atom against enemy forces advancing in Europe: by 1) conventional piloted aircraft which can deliver A-bombs, 2) the Army's 280-mm. cannon, already in Europe, and 3) the Matador-with its range of several hundred miles and its electronic, ground-controlled brain guiding it to tactical targets by day or by night in any kind of weather...
...message of tremendous scope, ranging the whole field of the Federal Government's problems and responsibilities from the atom to the family's medical bill, asking Congress for legislation on more than 30 points and promising at least eight more detailed messages. It was a message that proudly enumerated substantial accomplishments and confidently outlined aims for the future...
...massive steel and copper ring 700 ft. in diameter will make Long Island the world's atom-smashing capital. This week the Atomic Energy Commission announced that it will finance an "alternating gradient synchrotron" to shoot out beams of protons with energies up to 25 "bev" (25 billion electron-volts). It will be built at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, L.I. Probable cost: 20 megabucks ($20 million). Completion time: five to six years...
Villainous Battery. Rickover had a vision. At Oak Ridge, he and his little command of four eager young officers painfully fought their way through mathematical entanglements to the strongholds where dwelt the atom. They came to the conclusion that the Navy, to remain a vital fighting force, must have nuclear propulsion, and that the logical place to apply it first was in submarines...
Missile-Launcher. Perhaps their most important mission will be as missile-launchers. There is certainly some doubt that an aircraft carrier can approach an enemy-held coast and survive concentrated attack by land-based airplanes armed with atomic bombs. The nuclear submarine can. It can cruise to the enemy coast submerged, rise to the surface briefly at night, launch its atom-armed missiles at short range and cruise away under water. It is probable that some missiles can actually be launched from beneath the surface. A missile-launcher of this type would be well-nigh undetectable...