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Sounds nifty, until you read the fine print. It notes that Pentagon studies "indicate that in most cases, a single CTM [Conventional Trident Modification] KEP [Kinetic Energy Projectile] will have a high kill probability against fixed soft targets if target geolocation accuracy and guidance, navigation, and control accuracy are as predicted." That's eight caveats right there. Such a weapon would be worthless against moving or heavily-defended targets (developing such a capability would take at least a decade and cost as much as $25 billion) and represents only a "niche capability" designed to attack stationary terrorists or nuclear weapons...
Labor grew restive. Always keen to get into Monterrey, the Mexican Confederation of Labor (CTM) struck a key glass factory last June, forced the Government to seize it and satisfy worker demands. The Government still runs the plant, reputedly at a big loss. Some regiomontanos favor starting another plant like it and running the Government out of business. Others see changing times, the first threat of expropriation...
...Lombardo Toledano, Leftist labor leader, was fighting for control of the powerful CTM (Mexico's C.I.O.) against Fidel Velasquez, its secretary and representative of moderation. Avila Camacho's hand, as usual, was taking the edge off the controversy: betting odds favored Velasquez...
...hundred thousand unionists of the CTM cheered and marched in Mexico City, but there was more excitement in Veracruz, where three paraders tore down and burned the flag in front of the German Consulate...
...Congress, the new administration of President Manuel Avila Camacho made it clear that the long-awaited mutual-defense pact between Mexico and the U. S. will soon be concluded. In spite of some opposition from the press and public, last week even the left-wing Mexican Federation of Labor (CTM) approved the administration's program of continental defense...