Word: fostered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Despite the parsimonious mood of Congress, McNamara is criticized for having failed to allot enough defense funds for long-range planning. For three years, the war has forced the Pentagon to skimp on research and development. Says John S. Foster Jr., 45, director of defense research and engineering: "If this trend were allowed to continue, our national technological position soon would be crippled...
...guardian of McNamara's legacy under Clifford, Foster must balance military and budgetary considerations in planning the nation's future defenses. Among the projects at issue...
...ADVANCED MANNED STRATEGIC AIRCRAFT. The Air Force, reluctant to rely entirely on missiles to penetrate Soviet and Chinese defenses, wants to start work on an AMSA fleet to replace the aging B-52s and B-58s. Foster favors the AMSA, but not immediately. He prefers to improve weapons and penetration devices on the older bombers...
...LARGER FORCE OF ICBMs. Air Force leaders want additional missiles to reinforce the present Minuteman series and ensure penetration of the new Soviet ABM defenses being installed around Moscow. Foster argues that the U.S. still has several hundred more ICBMs than the Soviets and is improving its silos, the better to withstand any Soviet first strike...
...nationalization or to wind up their affairs and close down. Castro even singled out for condemnation the coleros (line standers), who for a fee take a shopper's place in the queues at every store. For good measure, he also banned state businesses that were "frivolous and foster antisocial attitudes," including the national lottery and cockfighting...