Word: planes
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Most mystifying of all in the era of flawless space shots is the fact that the military often seems unable to develop new weapons on schedule and in working order. Some projects turn out well, of course, such as the SR-71 reconnaissance plane (see SCIENCE). But the new tank program is a mess, with three separate projects years behind schedule and far in the red. The M-16 rifle now in use in Viet Nam is a sound weapon, but it went into full production inexcusably late. For a time the Communists, with their new Russian-designed...
...Force's B70 was virtually a bust. The Government spent $1.4 billion to build two test models before it was abandoned as obsolete. The F-111 was an attempt to save money while modernizing. McNamara thought he could save $1 billion by developing one plane for three services: Air Force, Navy and Marines. Eventually, the Marines dropped out, and the Navy, after investing $200 million, abandoned the carrier version in favor of its own new plane, the F-14A. The Air Force is reasonably satisfied with its F-111, except that a dozen have crashed so far, and the plane...
Though Vietnamese pilots could learn to fly any plane, the U.S. for now is equipping the V.N.A.F. with less sophisticated models. The A-37 is designed for counterinsurgency fighting: it maneuvers neatly with a sizable bomb load and can linger longer over targets than bigger fighter-bombers. It can reach a target more rapidly than the old A1. "This is the aircraft we need," says Captain Pham Van Pham of the 524th...
...years since Lyndon Johnson told the world of a new U.S. spy plane faster and higher-flying than the old U2, the SR-71 has remained wrapped in secrecy as dark as its dull black paint. Travelers have caught tantalizing glimpses of the mysterious jet at Thailand's Udorn airbase, from which it has flown over Red China and North Viet Nam; there has been talk of speed "faster than a bullet" and a ceiling of 100,000 ft. An occasional unrevealing photograph has been declassified by cautious military censors. But only recently have any more significant details...
...feel what Beskow himself feels, a tremendous sense of loss, a longing to turn back time and correct its flow and see a smiling Dag climb off the plane at Ndola, a sure knowledge that, were he still alive, the world would be a bit better place to live in. Either as a friend or a biographer, Hammarskjold could have asked of him nothing more...