Word: polarisation
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¶ The U.S.'s strategic nuclear force still remains the keystone of national security, but the Kennedy corollaries bring it sharply up to date. The U.S. is still committed to receiving the first surprise blow," but to make the privilege as unattractive as possible to the Soviets, Kennedy put...
¶ Backing up Polaris is the long-range, solid-fueled Minuteman, the Air Force's second-generation missile. Kennedy's program: 150 additional Minutemen, plus a new stand-by production line. The plan to put Minutemen on mobile railroad cars was pigeonholed, but three additional fixed installations were...
Shortly after he took hold, the new Secretary made what is called in Pentagonese some "quick and dirty fixes." Given the charter by President Kennedy, he rescinded Dwight Eisenhower's morale-damaging order calling for a cut in the number of military dependents abroad (to slow down the dollar...
¶ Ten additional Polaris subs (making a total of 29 authorized and under construction), quicker development of a boost in Polaris missile range from the current 1,200 miles to 2,500 miles.
For weeks, the air in the Pentagon had a kind of tense expectancy as the Kennedy Administration made its promised hard-boiled study of U.S. military might. The promise in the air, bolstered by the President's own words, indicated a movement toward a radical strengthening of the Navy...