Word: atomics
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...research only, but both of its propulsive units are of military design. Its payload has not been released, and this suggests strongly that it may be able to carry a lightweight nuclear warhead. Suitably modified for military purposes, the Terrapin may not be very different from the small, atom-armed rocket that the Army calls Little John. A modest increase in size would give it atomic capability...
Armed with an atom bomb, even the peaceful Terrapin would be a formidable weapon. A dozen or more could be carried in an Army truck. They could be unloaded, aimed and fired by the truck's crew. Each rocket could have its own launching gear, allowing salvo firing and the range would be something like 150 miles. Accuracy would not be good, but this would make little difference. The cheap, light missiles could be fired in dense patterns like shot from a chokebore shotgun, and each would have enough power to knock out a good-sized city...
When will atom power plants be commercially feasible? Last week, from two experts, came a qualified...
...Atom Cannon. In Manhattan, although police testified that two patrolmen were knocked to the ground when Howard Simms's pistol accidentally discharged as one of them tried to unhook it from his belt, the court found Simms innocent of carrying a firearm, concluded the cops "must have been leaning pretty far over when they were knocked down," gave the defendant back his 1-in.-long...
...week in Washington. The idea men chose Milton Eisenhower, Ike's brother and representative, as their chairman, assigned themselves study tasks, set their next meeting for January. Most notable development: Chairman Eisenhower's promise that the U.S. will join in a plan to train Latin Americans in atomic-energy techniques at the Spanish-language University of Puerto Rico. But the atom's promise lies some years ahead. As the supercommittee deliberated, the U.S. Export-Import Bank met one of Latin America's most urgent needs by lending $100 million to Argentina, where the rail and highway...