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...cent sure that they'll be ready." Kleinfelder said of her squad. "Knowing what to expect from the other teams and being ready for that will be the important thing...
American and Soviet strategic nuclear warheads are based in markedly different ways: 75 per cent of the 20,000 Soviet nuclear warheads are land-based, with the remaining strategic forces submarine- or bomber-based, while the U.S. has only 24 per cent of its 30,000 warheads in land-based missiles, with the remainder submarine- or air-based. Since land-based targets become particularly vulnerable as missiles become more accurate, U.S. weapons place 75 per cent of the Soviet strategic force at risk, while Soviet weapons jeopardize only 24 per cent of the American force. When one considers how Soviet...
While in these examples conversion was made necessary by changes in the economic climate, several companies have voluntarily divested themselves of military research and production. The Acurex Corporation of Santa Clara, California, worked entirely on military projects in the 1960's, but now does 84 per cent of its work in solar energy and heating technology. The rank and file workers of Lucas Aerospace, formerly a major British military contractor, drew up and carried out the most comprehensive conversion plan in existence--complete with new products and marketing strategies designed to maintain both the number of jobs and level...
...Draper Peace Conversion Group has recently circulated an open letter requesting Draper Lab to take some preliminary steps in the conversion process--granting 10 per cent of their independent funds toward a study of the non-military projects the Lab could undertake. This letter, signed by several hundred Cambridge residents, was presented to Robert Duffy, the president of Draper, April 14. Three days later he met with one member of our group, and responded to the letter by offering to give a presentation on the Lab's non-weapons work--the applications of missile guidance technology to medicine, transportation, oceanography...
...ACSR favored an identical resolution of Mobil stockholders last year. but the Corporation abstained on the proposal, which ultimately gained just over 3-per-cent approval at Mobil-enough to be automatically resubmitted for consideration this year...