Word: irbms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strength in Europe might be cut back by three Air Force F-100 nuclear fighter-bomber wings, or 225 planes. The deployment in Europe of the Thor and Jupiter intermediate-range ballistic-missile squadrons would be cut back by one Thor squadron from eight to seven, leaving four IRBM squadrons in Britain, two to be installed in Italy and one in Turkey, and scratching plans for Greece...
Negotiations for the Turkish IRBM base began long before President Eisenhower and Premier Khrushchev began their talks. The decision to go ahead with the new base would show that thaw or no thaw in the cold war, the U.S. cannot afford to lower its guard until realistic action on disarmament and international nuclear control has taken place...
MISSILE-INCENTIVE contract at cost of $29,209,851 was won by General Electric Co. to build Thor IRBM nose cones. First Air Force incentive contract in missile field will mean bigger profits if G.E. effects production savings and exceptional product performance...
...point 60 ft. overhead where its first-stage engine came to life, and the missile left a long white trail behind as it took off on its 700-mile trip down range. Crowed the Navy: "A complete, unqualified success." But Polaris, the U.S.'s only solid-fuel IRBM, has yet to be tested at full power, is still months from operational status...
...Jupiter take-off from Cape Canaveral last week was routine. The fat, 60-ft. IRBM rose from its pad, climbed through thin clouds, curved toward the southeast and vanished among the stars. No one was surprised; of the 20 Army Jupiters fired so far, only one has failed...