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...miles. Pentagon strategists argue that Backfire should still be included under the proposed SALT agreement because if based in the Arctic or refueled in midair, the bomber could reach the U.S. To allay Pentagon fears, the Soviets offered to limit the number of Backfires and restrict their mid-air refueling and Arctic basing capabilities. Reflecting Pentagon suspicions about Russian promises, a U.S. strategist called the Backfire proposal "nonsense...
Kissinger regards the Pentagon arguments as faulty. For one thing, the Backfire can reach the U.S. from Arctic bases without mid-air refueling only if it conserves fuel by flying at subsonic speeds. Asks a senior U.S. official: "Why would the Russians develop a supersonic airplane to fly subsonic missions...
There were three minutes left on the clock and the Crimson was trailing by eight but closing in rapidly. Ray McGuire stole the ball and drove for an easy layup--but there was a mid-air collision. No foul was called and St. Thomas More scored quickly...
...cruise missile, a 1,200-2,000-mile-range jet-propelled bomb that can be launched from an airplane, ship or submarine, and 2) the Soviet Backfire bomber, whose 6,000-mile range can be extended so that it can reach the U.S. and return by means of mid-air refueling...
...slightly left to right. Connally was seated in front of Kennedy. Yet the bullet exited from Kennedy's neck, grazing the left side of his tie knot. How then could it strike the right side of Connally? Only, scoffs Wecht, by "making an acute right turn in mid-air." That might be true if both Kennedy and Connally were seated stiffly upright and facing straight ahead at the time Kennedy was first hit. But there are no photos of this precise moment. Before the sign obscured him, Kennedy was last seen in the film to have been waving; Connally...