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When that happens, said McNamara. "even if we were to double and triple our forces, we would not be able to destroy quickly all or almost all of the hardened ICBM sites. And even if we could do that, we know no way to destroy the enemy's missile-launching submarines at the same time." Thus, even though the U.S. remained superior in nuclear firepower, its superiority would not "preclude major damage...
...going to send them one of our own masterpieces," the "Sleigh Ride" by Grandma Moses. "Sleigh" travels to Europe in the Captain's Cabin of the S.S. United States, surrounded by a cordon of 500 Marines. President de Gaulle expresses frigid thanks, says he would have preferred one ICBM. The French people flock to see "Sleigh"; they think Grandma Moses looks like Mrs. Kennedy...
...restraints to prevent unauthorized use of nuclear weapons. These range from the use of old-fashioned hand-crank generators to set off antiaircraft missiles-just to introduce another man into the launch sequence-to requirements that two officers turn keys within 2-12 seconds of each other before an ICBM can be triggered. Most important is a complex and highly secret new system of remote-control electronic locks that must be opened by responsible officers to fire even tactical Army weapons...
...three times either failed to ignite or properly to lift the bird; twice, the second stage failed to fire. McNamara stressed Skybolt's "enormous complexity,'' noted that Skybolt development is lagging a year behind schedule, argued that the U.S.'s silo-protected, fast-firing Minuteman ICBM has vastly diminished the need for Skybolt...
...fallout" seems to be shrinking as defense gear becomes increasingly esoteric. "Complexity breeds specialization-you find out everything there is to know about a progressively smaller area-and that is almost the opposite of invention," says Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Vice President Simon ("Si") Ramo, who bossed the original Atlas ICBM program...