Word: interceptible
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...under Anderson's direction, U.S. warships prepared to intercept them...
...that "could lead to certain incidents which would involve the use of the armed forces." In other words, the U.S. could blunder into military action by accident. Furthermore, "if any elements of armed forces embarked from Cuba for any neighboring countries," U.S. military force would be used to "intercept" the invaders. But as long as Castro refrains from intervening outside Cuba, Rusk seemed to say, the U.S. will refrain from intervening inside Cuba. And so, the Soviet buildup will continue apace...
...TIME erred. The Atlas device was a "miss distance indicator" to enable ground stations to tell how close the Nike-Zeus came to the target during the intercept...
...Archie's Angels." The converted aircraft carrier Core steams regularly upriver to Saigon, carrying men, munitions and more helicopters. The 1,000-mile stretch of the South Viet Nam coast, from the 17th Parallel to the Camau Peninsula, is patrolled by ships of the U.S. Seventh Fleet to intercept sampans or junks carrying Red supplies down from North Viet...
...Development tests of new weapons. Ogle's scientists will be trying to improve the vital weight-yield ratio-a bigger blast from a smaller package. Special attention will be paid to the nuclear warhead of the Nike Zeus, the missile being developed by the Army to intercept enemy warheads as they hurtle down on the U.S. To find out how the blast of a Nike Zeus will affect a missile at high altitudes, the scientists will make at least one test of the weapon on the warhead of an Atlas, one of the prime missiles in the U.S. arsenal...