Word: polarises
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Flock of Birds. In the span of the ensuing decade of strategic missilery, the U.S. has accomplished one of the greatest scientific, engineering and construction feats in history. It has produced and deployed a versatile flock of big birds: the pioneering Atlas, the more powerful two-stage Titan, the stopgap...
The Navy had such heroes as Vice Admirals William Raborn Jr. and Hyman Rickover in development of the Polaris system. The Army's German-born Wernher von Braun pushed Jupiter before turning to space research. All of the other projects were Air Force-and no one in blue has...
Even as the U.S. began to deploy Atlas, it pushed on to develop Titan, which could carry a heavier warhead. Yet U.S. intelligence painted a frightening picture of Soviet missile capability. Defense Department experts predicted that the U.S.S.R. could have some 400 long-range missiles by mid-1963, while the...
In an outspoken address at Georgetown University's Center for Strategic Studies, U.S. Under Secretary of State George Ball emphasized Washington's conviction that the multilateral force represents the only practical means of giving NATO nations partial control of nuclear weapons. As advocated by the U.S. since 1960...
As a staunch Tory, Sir Alec can always be counted on for sharp criticism of Labour's nationalization proposals and for somewhat softer attacks on its planning ideas--for the Tories have their plans too. As a former Foreign Minister Sir Alec has made foreign and defense policy his chief...