Word: bombing
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Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb, last week published his eagerly awaited account of the explorations that made the weapon possible. Printed in Science, weekly publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and entitled "The Work of Many People," it is a modest and moving effort to close the rift opened by the political and ethical debate over whether to go ahead with the "super...
...present time," says Teller, "I find myself unhappily in a situation of being given certainly too much credit and perhaps too much blame for what has happened. Yet, I feel that the development of the hydrogen bomb should not divide those who in the past have argued about it, but rather should unite all of us who, in a close or distant way, by work or by criticism, have contributed toward its completion. Disunity of the scientists is one of the greatest dangers for our country...
Intent on those two aims-service to his adopted country and the cooperation of scientists in the pursuit of truth-Hungarian-born Scientist Teller carefully refrains from raking over the old controversy about whether an H-bomb should be attempted. He says he does not know enough to write of the political controversy over the H-bomb, "but I feel that great gratitude is due to the men who in those difficult weeks [after the Soviet atomic explosion about Sept. 1, 1949] arrived at the correct conclusions," i.e., to proceed with all possible speed toward the development...
Ready When Required. Debonair Harold Macmillan, the Tory Defense Minister (and wartime political adviser to General Eisenhower in North Africa), pridefully pointed out that Britain had figured out the H-bomb "without American or outside help." Then, in a pointed statement that would have disturbed many Britons had it come from Washington, Macmillan told a press conference: "I hope [the bomb] will be ready when the Russians require...
Along with the H-bomb decision were "far-reaching effects." Britain's new $4.3 billion military budget follows the U.S. pattern of reducing overall expenditures (by some $286 million) while stepping up the emphasis on air power, the atom and electronic warfare. Main features: Air Force: The R.A.F., for the first time, will get the lion's share of British defense spending. Its "primary task'': to build up a striking force of atom-bomber squadrons as the "main contribution to the deterrent." The air defense of Britain will rest on delta- and swept-wing jets like...