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Taking risks paid dividends. Sargo's disciplined crew proved, among other things, that 1) the subs' guidance systems can be rated at pinpoint accuracy, 2) U.S. subs can travel submerged through the ice-locked Bering Straits in midwinter, 3) they can reach the top of the world from east or west at any time of year, and 4) that there are many more surfacing areas than previously suspected. All of this was glad news to scientists-and to future skippers of the U.S. Navy's Polaris-firing nuclear submarine fleet...
...close to pinpoint perfection as the Soviet Pacific missile...
...Joseph H. Moore, who flew the 62.14-mile course in a little more than three minutes with a load of more than 3½ g* on both plane and pilot through most of the flight. The navigational precision demonstrated in the record run is the same kind required for pinpoint nuclear bombing of underground missile-launching sites, a mission for which the F-105 was designed...
...shot represented no missile breakthrough. The U.S. Air Force's Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile, already operational in small numbers, has flown more than 6,000 miles, has a potential range of 8,000 miles or more. And Atlas' accuracy, proved in several tests, is as close to pinpoint perfection as the Soviet Pacific missile. But once again, without altering the realities of power, the U.S.S.R. had succeeded in projecting the image of power: the fact that impressed the world was that a Soviet ballistic missile traveled farther than any U.S. missile had flown...
...sprinting, sharpshooting giants, Guy Rodgers, 24, is the league's smallest fulltime starter, relies on oldfashioned, sleight-of-hand playmaking. At his slick best. Rodgers is a marvel of balance and bounce who can dribble behind his back at full tilt, delicately dissect opponents' defenses with pinpoint passes. Weighing a compact 188 Ibs., Rodgers is so superbly coordinated that he often does not bother to catch a pass, instead taps the ball to the floor to start his dribble. In just his second year as a pro, Rodgers is second in assists-per-game only to Boston...