Word: patrolled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sept. 1 the Joint Chiefs of Staff upgraded and expanded the three-year-old Air Defense Command. General Chidlaw took operational control of all Army ack-ack and missile battalions, Navy patrol squadrons and radar picket ships, Marine Corps and Air National Guard fighter outfits assigned to air defense. The rechristened Continental Air Defense Command became an independent force reporting directly to the Joint Chiefs, who spelled out its mission in seven words: "Defend the United States against air attack...
Coastal radar runs from Vancouver to San Diego on the Pacific, from Labrador to Savannah on the Atlantic. Navy radar picket ships patrol offshore for added warning. Spot local radar nets have been built around critical targets-SAC bases, nuclear weapons centers and great cities. Mostly, the radar line is string-thin. Sometimes stations are closed for repairs. Usually, the radars are beamed high for maximum range, leaving gaps for low-level attack...
...eastern crisis to manageable proportions. The Chinese communists have responded to the President's patience with contempt-once again they may have confused American desires for conciliation with weakness. The Chinese have apparently increased their preparations for an eventual assault on Formosa despite the American seventh Fleet patrol in the Formosa straits, and the dangers of an explosive incident are all too obvious. Although the Administration undoubtedly regards the new treaty with Chiang as purely defensive, there is the further danger that the Nationalists may attempt to entice the United States into a war with the Communists. In Washington itself...
...there will be one policeman and two patrol cars on the street election day," be shouted. "And even this is not enough protection. Somebody could get hurt, and I say if it costs us $1000 or even $10,000 in overtime pay they deserve and must get protection... our citizens...
...River Patrol, one man was strangled, another knifed, a third bound hand-and-foot preparatory to drowning...