Word: nike
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...view of such penetration methods, if the Soviets were to strike with all of their offensive missiles, enough could penetrate a Nike-X system to kill 30 million Americans. And if the Soviet Union should increase the number and quality of its missiles, U.S. casualties could rise as high as 90 million...
...Russians have actually developed a technique that will come up to Khrushchev's boast that a Russian rocket could "hit a fly" in outer space. Rumors have circulated in Washington about Russian "Xray defense" and "zap" effects of nuclear explosions far bigger than those involved in the Nike-X system-explosions that would effectively clear the skies of most, if not all, U.S. ICBMs, no matter how many were launched...
...Schultze's office, but, said a White House aide, "every fourth word is a blank." The budget is expected to be roughly $130 billion, with $70 billion to $75 billion of that for defense. Just where the money will go depends on such pending decisions as whether a Nike-X anti-missile missile system should be deployed, how much will be spent on a supersonic transport and how much Government paper can be sold to the public in 1967 - a factor that can vary the final size of the budget by $5 billion or more. And, of course...
Keeping Mum. Russia's activity is bound to revive the debate about whether the U.S. should go ahead full steam with an anti-missile missile system of its own. More than $2 billion has already been spent to develop such a system built around the Nike-X missile, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff are unanimous in favoring its full deployment. Secretary McNamara, on the other hand, has steadfastly balked at the more than $30 billion that the antiballistic missile system would cost. He has claimed in the past that the program would not be effective without a shelter...
...anti-missile missile, Nike-X, in which more than $2.4 billion has been invested in research, McNamara said only that there has been no decision to deploy it. Privately, he is opposed to Nike-X's deployment. For one thing, there is Nike's cost-a minimum of $30 billion; moreover, McNamara says, even if Nike-X is installed, the Russians could overwhelm it with an expenditure of only $5 billion in additional offensive power. He remains convinced that as long as the U.S. maintains its retaliatory capability, a nuclear exchange is highly unlikely...