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...Department sponsored a design competition for a new kind of weapons system--the strategic bomber. While Germany, Japan and Italy bombed civilians in World War II, only the U.S. and Britain configured their forces and defined their war-fighting doctrines around the central element of a massive strategic air arm designed to carry the battle to the enemy's civilian society. In Europe the U.S. B-17 and B-24 bomber fleets made a considerable effort to restrict their attacks to high-value economic and military targets. But in the endgame of the war against Japan, long-range...
...first U.S. cities to run crowds of regular people through a mass evacuation. After the July 4 fireworks show, Washington officials tested their evacuation plan by clearing 540,000 people out of the National Mall in an hour. Still, the best defense, according to many security experts, is a civilian offense. Well before the London attacks, many cities had been recruiting riders as watchdogs. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, posters remind passengers in New York City and Los Angeles. Last week Mayor Richard Daley deputized the people of Chicago: "If someone is wearing a winter coat in the subway...
...Securing the Reactors Re "Are These Towers Safe?" [June 20]: Nuclear power plants are the most heavily defended elements of our civilian infrastructure. Their defenses?at the direction of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and with a cost of roughly $1 billion to the industry?have been upgraded significantly several times since Sept. 11, 2001. The article unfortunately relies heavily on opinions that do not present an accurate picture of current plant defenses and strategies. The NRC has worked closely with law-enforcement and security agencies at all levels of government to develop protective measures and an integrated response. TIME...
...know how the Secretary of State, the President and his entourage can think about their overpreached principles of democracy without blushing. Alex Crotta Montalto Dora, Italy Securing the Reactors Re "Are These Towers Safe?" [June 20]: Nuclear power plants are the most heavily defended elements of our civilian infrastructure. Their defenses - at the direction of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (nrc) and with a cost of roughly $1 billion to the industry - have been upgraded significantly several times since Sept. 11, 2001. The article unfortunately relies heavily on opinions that do not present an accurate picture of current plant defenses...
...These Towers Safe?" [June 20]: Nuclear power plants are the most heavily defended elements of our civilian infrastructure. Their defenses--at the direction of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and with a cost of roughly $1 billion to the industry--have been upgraded significantly several times since Sept. 11, 2001. The article unfortunately relies heavily on opinions that do not present an accurate picture of current plant defenses and strategies. The NRC has worked closely with law-enforcement and security agencies at all levels of government to develop protective measures and an integrated response. TIME's story cited...