Word: nuclear
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...DESTRUCTION (Dunhill). With a belligerence that makes Dylan seem mild-mannered, Barry McGuire declares the nuclear apocalypse at hand. Enumerating signs of deterioration, from Congress to Selma and Red China, he castigates the entire world. Efforts to ban the song from radio have failed, and kids are buying it at the phenomenal rate...
...noted Martell, is currently spending $2.5 billion a year on ASW-only $2 billion less than it spends on strategic missiles and bombers. One reason is that the Soviet navy has a 430-sub fleet, including 150 new long-range models, of which 30 are nuclear-powered-compared with the U.S.'s 134 subs (51 nuclear). Another cause for concern is that the Russians have recently concentrated on long-range offensive strategy. Over the past year, Red subs have been sighted in strength for the first time in the Mediterranean and the Philippine Seas...
...MARK-46. A lightweight, self-guided, solid-fuel missile with an underwater speed faster than the newest nuclear subs; it can be dropped from a plane or an unmanned remote-controlled helicopter called DASH (Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter), dives to a preset depth, then zigzags around in search of enemy subs...
...ASROC. A surface-to-subsurface rocket that can deliver a torpedo or a nuclear depth charge, ASROC is the mainstay weapon of all ASW surface ships, is currently operational on 130 and will be on 20 vessels more by next June...
...penetrate matter equal to 100 million miles of lead without being stopped. Billions of neutrinos bombard each square centimeter of the earth's surface every second; but every one of them eluded scientists until 1956. Then physicists detected the first neutrinos in the debris from man-made nuclear reactions. But scientists still could not capture natural neutrinos...