Word: poseidons
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...that now exists between the U.S. and the Soviet Union will eventually be upset. Already, both sides have started running the next lap in the arms race: the U.S. has begun deploying Hydraheaded, almost unstoppable MIRV (for multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicle) missiles in the Minuteman 3 and Poseidon submarine programs, and the Soviets may be on the verge of fitting their giant S59 missiles with multiple warheads...
...SALT talks have dragged on, the Pentagon has been pushing for stepped-up development of bigger and better strategic weapons. Meanwhile, the Air Force has deployed its first squadron of 50 Minuteman 3 missiles at Minot Air Force Base, N. Dak., and the Navy has sent on patrol a Poseidon-equipped submarine with 16 MIRV missiles carrying ten to twelve warheads apiece...
...company's other major aerospace products?Poseidon missiles, C-130 cargo planes, S-3A antisubmarine planes and Agena satellites?are performing well and earning money. But the losses on its two flops are so huge that Lockheed is in deep trouble...
...washed out, it is conceivable-though highly unlikely-that Lockheed would have to cancel the TriStar and follow Rolls into bankruptcy; in that case, the Pentagon would doubtless find some way to keep Lockheed producing C-5A cargo planes and Poseidon missiles. The issues are serious enough to have prompted at least one transatlantic telephone conversation between President Nixon and British Prime Minister Edward Heath...
LOCKHEED Aircraft Corp., a pioneer in plane building and long the biggest U.S. defense contractor, has gained fame through its Constellation and Electra aircraft, its Polaris and Poseidon missiles, its U-2 spy plane. Rolls-Royce Ltd. has become one of Britain's brightest industrial ornaments by making the most luxurious cars in the world, as well as engines for the Concorde supersonic jet, nearly every plane in the Royal Air Force, and rocket and diesel motors for road, rail and water transport in more than 100 countries. Last week those two storied giants threatened to push each other...