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Already, the Navy is at work on a weapons system that mates the solid-fuel intermediate-range Polaris to the nuclear submarine (TIME, March 3). Now, with his decision to move ahead into the research and development phase of Minuteman, Defense Secretary Neil McElroy, only 20 weeks in office, is...
The Air Force had long been concerned about the mounting costs and complexities of the U.S.'s liquid-fueled missiles-the ICBMs Atlas and Titan, the IRBMs Thor and Jupiter-and had also been aware that long-countdown liquid-fuel missiles were not weapons of true instant retaliation. Barred...
The Costs. One day last month Air Force Secretary James Douglas signaled the new Minuteman breakthrough when he hustled in to see McElroy, his arms loaded with papers and charts. Douglas asked McElroy for $26 million this year, $230 million next year, to get Minuteman development under way right now...
SAC bases, they argue, are already prime Russian targets, and SAC missile-launching sites (where liquid-fuel rockets require considerable time getting up steam) will be, too. Polaris subs, on the other hand, are moving platforms that would defy pinpointing. Moreover, with U.S.-manned Polaris subs operating in foreign waters...
With all this, the fact is that a full-fledged Polaris has not even been fired. One is scheduled for its first full test late this summer or early this fall. But Polaris' progress has been indisputable. And if it keeps its promise, it will do one thing that...