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Like most strategic airmen, Sir John is convinced that atomic air power is not a tragedy but a boon, for willingness and capacity to use it will make its use un necessary. He believes that "the super sonic airplane, allied to the atomic and soon the hydrogen bomb . . . has made total war an obsolete conception." There is no real defense against atomic air power ("I advise you not to be unduly impressed by the stories about the wonderful guided missile that is going to shoot down all these supersonic bombers...
...Britain should give Moscow a solemn warning: "That in the event of aggression [against any of the NATO powers, including Germany], the aggressor will be subjected to the full weight of Anglo-American air power, using the atom, and in due course, the hydrogen bomb." The West should also inform Rus sia that West German forces are ready in two or three years . . . British and U.S. troop will be withdrawn "from the Continent, and the French forces back into France." Western troops would remain in Berlin "as a token force," but the protection of West Germany would be left...
...other words," said Cole, "an area covering 300 square miles would be blanketed by this hydrogen explosion." The area of Greater New York City is slightly bigger (319.1 sq. mi.), but Cole hinted strongly that hydrogen bombs have grown much better since 1952, and that still more improvement is in prospect. "The 1952 tests," he said, "did not mark the end of the line in hydrogen research. Terrible secrets still lie undiscovered in the fusion of nuclei. In due course, we can be sure, the ingenuity of man will ferret out these secrets...
...said nothing about the powerful gamma rays that the bomb must have released. But more revelations may be coming. "I hope," Cole said, "that within a few weeks the American people will be able to witness in reproduction [movie film] the full fury of a hydrogen explosion...
...active parts need be only one-half inch thick, many cells can be stacked up in series to give higher voltage. The efficiency can be as high as 77%. Bacon believes that his fuel cell can also be used as a kind of storage battery; it can burn hydrogen and oxygen made by decomposing water with surplus electricity when demand is low. Later on, he hopes, it can burn air and impure hydrogen made with coal...