Word: polarises
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Many admirals are grumbling that President Kennedy's new proposals do little to solve the Navy's two main problems: replacing rapidly obsolescing ships, and replacing the skilled personnel that are being sucked up by the augmented Polaris program with its trusted weapons of nuclear retaliation-six
Polaris subs now in service with 16 missiles apiece, and 23 more subs scheduled for completion by 1964. But the Navy is delighted by its new allotment of $709 million for procurement-the biggest package given any armed service. Most of the money will be spent for strengthening the carrier...
The man who made the nuclear submarine has some explosive reactions to the Navy. Said Vice Admiral Hyman George Rickover, 61, to the House Appropriations Committee last May (according to testimony released last week) : "The Navy would rather have aircraft carriers than any other type of ship, including the Polaris...
The Russian display was a cause for concern although not necessarily for alarm. It was yet another spur to Washington's current reappraisal of U.S. military planning (see THE NATION) to determine whether the U.S. had the hard ware necessary for its defense. But the best answer to Russia...
Sea War. In addition to the Polaris program, the Navy will get delivery of the 60,000-ton Constellation, the conventional carrier that was swept by fire last December while still in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the 75,700-ton Enterprise, first nuclear-powered carrier, and the 14,000-ton...