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...determined to develop computerized RSA, or at least a combination of human analysts and computers, as quickly as possible. In the event of a nuclear war there would be little time for human analysts to leaf through a radar signature catalog in an effort to differentiate between an incoming ICBM warhead and its decoys. Only a computer could spot the authentic warhead radar signature quickly enough to order its interception and destruction by defending missiles...
...Russia pledged to the U.N. in 1963, and reaffirmed in the present treaty draft, that neither would put nuclear bombs in orbit. They were moved partly by the knowledge that such bombs would pass over any target only at widely spaced intervals, would be easier to track than ICBMs and could be delivered at best in hardly less time than the 30 minutes needed for an ICBM. Even so, this detente is subject to constant strain; each nation has made clear that, in the event of any breach of the agreement, it could "kill" any bomb...
Different Approaches. The ICBM was only one of his accomplishments. Schriever thought out and proposed the creation of the Systems Command itself-with "authority to plan, budget, program and control the research and development effort of the Air Force"-ten years before becoming its first chief in 1961. Under him, the command managed a wide assortment of complex programs and projects that ranged from aerospace medical research to combat and transport aircraft, from an automated ground guidance system for interceptor operations to military communications satellites. The Systems Command also worked out administrative techniques, now being widely copied by other Government...
...could easily deliver the latest nuclear test devices, while a second school believes that the Chinese are working to bypass the bomber stage and are pouring their energies into producing rocket-deliverable hydrogen warheads. Though U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara maintains that the Chinese will not have a functioning ICBM until 1975, many Hong Kong China-watchers believe that Peking will have full-fledged ICBM thermonuclear capability by 1970 or 1971. "They're never going to be able to challenge the U.S. or the Soviets in a nuclear shoot-out," says one, "but within a few years they...
...reach Viet Nam from San Francisco in 72 hours. Powered by gas and turbine engines and traveling on cushions of air, the ship could quickly transport troops to trouble spots, be adapted as a high-speed aircraft carrier or as a moving platform for deploying anti-missile missiles and ICBM batteries at sea. Though the program is still in the model stage, the Navy believes that it can have a seagoing version within a decade, feels that the ship will completely change naval warfare...