Word: nato
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...questions, given urgent appraisal in the White House, National Security Council and Pentagon, were these: 1) Can the U.S. provide enough IRBMs for NATO's European bases, and 2) If so, should it be done? The answers...
Should It Be Done? Yes, without qualification. NATO's Lauris Norstad was perhaps first and foremost in grasping the logic of launching IRBMs from European bases. His proposition, pushed hard during a trip to Washington last week: the IRBMs would be under the control of the Supreme Allied Commander for Europe (currently, the U.S.'s Norstad). Since only SACEUR could order the weapons into war, no individual nation, bent on some strictly nationalistic adventure, could toss them off into the wild blue yonder. NATO's IRBM launchers would be manned by European troops-but they would...
Once in operation, the NATO missile ring would give a vital resurgence of strength to the NATO defenses. The missile launchers themselves will be highly mobile and difficult to spot, hence all but immune to attack by Khrushchev's vaunted rocketry. In the event of a Russian missile attack on cities, the NATO rockets would be sure to respond. Thus, thanks to the IRBMs, the powerful deterrent now provided by the U.S. Air Force (see cover story) and Navy will be extended into the age of total missilery-a period beginning in two to four years when the Russians...
...only rockets for NATO, but other decisions-some with far-reaching implications-were in the works last week...
...soap salesman. Last week, at his first press conference, he proved that he knew what he was talking about. Principal points: he admitted without argument or alibi that the U.S. is behind in satellite and long-range-missile development, and he told of the plans to offer IRBMs to NATO...