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...attacking nation can choose from a whole catalogue of ingenious "penetration aids" to baffle enemy defense (see diagram above). Dummy missiles may be employed or missiles releasing decoys that defending radar has difficulty differentiating from authentic warheads. A single missile can suddenly eject multiple warheads that separate widely enough so that even a well-aimed ABM will destroy only one of them. An advance high-altitude nuclear explosion can temporarily blind a city's radar defenses or attackers can simply saturate a city with more ICBMs than there are defending missiles...
...Unscheduled Swim." Rick Adams' attachment to freedom twice prompted him to risk his life rather than eject from mortally damaged aircraft over populated areas, where he would have had scant chance of rescue. His first escape came near Hanoi last October, when his F-8 Crusader was hit by a Russian SAM missile. "I held my breath for a second and the airplane kept flying," he recounts, "but I knew that I was hurt bad, so I leaned on the stick and turned and headed out to sea." Squadron Commander Richard ("Belly") Bellinger, 42, yelled for him to eject...
...shop in Viet Nam at the end of 1964, they have rescued, from hostile land and unforgiving sea, 453 Americans-287 this year alone, 31 in the past month. Since the air war began, the Communists have downed 291 U.S. planes. Roughly 80% of the crews manage to eject and parachute away from their doomed aircraft; thanks to the Third, and the Navy's own rescue service, most are soon in U.S. hands. Of 325 who have gone down, 34 U.S. airmen are known to be prisoners in North Viet...
...floors of Weld Hall grew more and more rowdy. A number of local teenagers, both boys and girls, entered the party uninvited and without signing in Many of the party's participants grew drunk; some became ill. Eventually a proctor, with the help of three University policemen, attempted to eject some of the local boys, and a fight ensued...
Last week he almost made it again. Nursing their crippled craft, the two pilots kept airborne for 170 miles-then had to eject near the town of Thanh Hoa, within sight of the water but still over Ho Chi Minh's real estate. Risner landed in a paddyfield, his buddy several miles away. Their squadron mates, circling them, saw both flyers on the ground with no signs of injuries. But by the time rescue aircraft from the carrier Independence reached the area, Risner and his buddy had disappeared, and the beeps from Risner's emergency transmitter had ceased...