Word: pentagons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...responsibilities compel them to assess realistically both the enemy's strength and their own needs. Few of them think that the job can be done with much less than double the present American force, and some indeed feel that the American buildup must reach 750,000 -though the Pentagon says that it does not envision such a commitment...
Some military sources feel that the U.S. will eventually need four divisions in the Delta, but the Pentagon scoffs at that figure, insists it will be much lower. The White House is also concerned by the amount of materiel now being stockpiled by the North Vietnamese in the demilitarized zone, and there is some speculation that U.S. troops may-have to go in and clean it out. Military commanders in Viet Nam are counting on a reserve call-up to make regular units available to them before the end of the year, and the Senate Appropriations Committee last week urged...
...bombing of the oil facilities in the North, which the Pentagon claims was highly effective, has had little ascertainable effect on the North Vietnamese ability to move men and supplies. The oil tanks are being dispersed and put underground, and some Western observers in Hanoi say that the North's main problem is that supplies are pouring in so fast from Red China and the Soviet Union that bottlenecks are developing, particularly in the port of Haiphong. Inevitably, there are some shortages, as evidenced by the new slogan for the North Vietnamese militia: "Shoot down more U.S. aircraft with...
After 808 test flights, the TFX is still the subject of bitter dispute. Last week the Pentagon confirmed that the plane will cost two to three times more than originally expected. To get anywhere near the requirements of each service, the Pentagon has had to turn its dual-service project into something akin to two distinct planes-and the Air Force and Navy are grumbling loudly that each version has been compromised for the sake of a hybrid that fully meets the needs of neither service. Troubled by these facts, Senator John McClellan's investigations subcommittee, which conducted much...
...next year. The Navy version, the F-111B, is another matter. The Navy fears that the 35-ton F-111B consumes too much fuel and has insufficient range for "loitering" .(patrolling at slow speed to guard ships), suspects that it will prove too heavy and cumbersome for carrier use. Pentagon planners expect that new lift devices will partially offset the weight problem, also hope to improve the F-111B's engine and eliminate kinks in its special missile system. But the Navy has been unhappy with the program all along, makes no secret of its interest in a proposal...