Word: polarises
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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∙DEFENSE. The President ticked off the specifics of the U.S. buildup in military strength over the last year, including a doubling of the delivery rate of Polaris submarines and the production capacity of Minuteman missiles. Because "we have rejected any all-or-nothing posture which would leave no choice...
Each Atlas missile requires a five-man operating crew. But a three-man crew, working from a concrete bunker 60 ft. below the surface, can fire up to ten Minutemen. Such savings make the Minuteman the nation's cheapest intercontinental missile by far. At an estimated $3,000,000...
As Glenn Seaborg sees it. the U.S.S.R. probably had several good nonpolitical reasons for testing. Among them: to reduce the weight of Russia's large and clumsy atomic warheads, thus getting more punch for a small load; to improve the range and effectiveness of Soviet battlefield atomic weapons; to...
The feats of the X-15 and the Ethan Allen were gratifying to thousands of Americans who made them possible. Few could take such personal satisfaction as a trimly handsome man who makes his contribution to U.S. defense from a paneled penthouse office overlooking Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, Calif...
Bailing Out Astronauts. Most fruitful fallout came from the Snark. A refinement of the Snark's star-tracking guidance system now helps to guide the Polaris-firing submarines and the Air Force's air-to-ground Skybolt missile; it will also ride on the Project Ranger moon shoot...