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...that four Soviet Russian Bear bombers had made nine passes over the Constellation about 600 miles southwest of Midway. Earlier, McNamara had announced four other such overflights. These flights could hardly help point up the vulnerability of the carriers-despite Navy insistence that the Soviet planes were detected on radar while still 200 miles from the Constellation, were intercepted by the carrier's planes while some 100 miles away and were escorted in their passes. When asked whether the announcement of the over flights had anything to do with McNamara's doubts about carriers, a top Defense Department...
...frog could catch insects with RCA's crude and ponderous eye, but the Air Force has high hopes of developing it into a practical instrument that can view a scene and make instant, frog-quick decisions. Unblinkingly focused on a radar scope, it might report only those aircraft or missiles that are potentially hostile. In an even more refined version, it could ride in a missile and steer its warhead toward targets that it had been trained to seek...
...experiment, thinks that at ground level, Venus' atmospheric pressure may be 10 to 20 times that of Earth. Its dry, unbreathable air contains perhaps 10% carbon dioxide (v. .03% for Earth) and probably a little nitrogen. The clouds are so dense that the surface is probably dark. Radar waves bounced off Venus indicate rather uncertainly that there may be both mountains and smooth places, as on the earth...
...Delhi this week is a team of U.S., British, Canadian and Australian air force officers. Foreseen is the lengthening of Indian runways and the establishment of a radar network so that Western interceptor squadrons, complete with pilots and ground personnel, can move into India to provide a protective air umbrella over its cities. The idea would not quite constitute a military alliance, but it would surely be India's most decisive step away from neutralism...
...traditionally acted as its own prime contractor on planes, Saab will perform that role for the Viggen and is now letting out subcontracts to 1,500 other Swedish firms. L. M. Ericsson, Sweden's aggressive manufacturer of telephone equipment, will be responsible for the Viggen's radar, Standard Radio (a Swedish subsidiary of International Telephone and Telegraph) will make the operations control system, and Svenska Flygmotor will build the souped-up JT8D engine under license from Pratt & Whitney. Slated to reach quantity production in 1969-70, Viggen is expected to keep 10,000 Swedish workmen busy for several...