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NUCLEAR ARMS. Nixon hinted that arms control will top the agenda. Even as Pentagon officials were warning of a continuing Soviet arms buildup, Nixon said that he and Soviet leaders should be able to agree "that neither major power can get a decisive advantage over the other" so as to...
Triple Trailers. The same shadow game is played aloft, but there are very special rules. Soviet TU-16 Badger bombers with Egyptian markings fly out of Cairo West airbase to follow the Sixth Fleet and look for Polaris submarines. Whenever they get near the U.S. carriers, a "fastback alert" is...
Ultimately the Navy and the Administration will have to make some new decisions about the Sixth Fleet's makeup and mission. It now defends NATO's supply lines, provides a small but sinewy landing force, supports and protects the Polaris nuclear submarines that operate out of the U.S...
Kistiakowsky's post-war research assisted the military in developing the Polaris submarine and various missiles, including the Atlas, Minuteman, and ICBM. "Until I actually became involved in the activities of the White House office, in 1957, I saw my role as that of a technician." Kistiakowsky became a full...
Enthoven and McNamara soon ran afoul of service leaders, whose basic idea was "more of everything." How Much Is Enough? offers new evidence, if any were needed, that the military bureaucracy must have strong civilian leadership to prevent waste and duplication, and that competing interests among and within the services...