Word: backup
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Force has a "backup," or reserve ICBM, the Martin Titan, currently running twelve to 14 months behind Atlas. Titan is a two-stage, liquid-fuel missile with an Atlas-type nose cone and an Atlas-sized engine thrust that can power a hydrogen warhead more than 5,500 miles. Another advantage: Titan can be broken down into two parts for easier ground or air-cargo transportation. Titan has undergone static tests of its component parts, has not yet been tested as a complete weapons system, is not expected to reach test-flight status until fall...
...looked healthy and rested after a nine-day vacation in Georgia. The office had a new look, too: a-huge, bright-colored Japanese silk screen, a present from Crown Prince Akihito, stood before the fireplace. But the endless torrent of people and papers still flowed, and the vacation-time backup made the flow even stronger than usual...