Word: skybolts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Anglo-American crisis, said one angry Londoner, was the most serious since Suez. U.S. and British officials argued bitterly, and the British press roared the Lion's wrath. Britain, it was clear, felt that it had been doublecrossed by its closest ally-and all over a missile named Skybolt that has never yet worked...
...Skybolt is a 40-ft.. two-stage, solid-fuel weapon designed to ride under a bomber's wing, then streak off on its own with a nuclear warhead aimed at targets up to 1,000 miles away. So far, the U.S. has spent or committed $657 million to develop Skybolt for use with the Strategic Air Command's B-52 bomber. And Britain has spent $25 million to adapt its otherwise obsolescent Vulcan II bomber to Skybolt...
...place in space. Douglas would make a good mate. It offers a large write-off against future taxes. Due largely to development costs on its DC-8 jetliner, its 1959-60 deficits totaled $52 million. Douglas is the contractor for the nation's first airborne ballistic missile, the Skybolt, and for the Saturn moon rocket booster. In addition, Douglas and McDonnell share a $1,800,000 contract, jointly awarded them by the Federal Aviation Agency, to develop a supersonic transport...
...that can carry weapons of moderate weight only. An improved model will be assigned to interception of enemy aircraft and to tactical duty with NATO and U.S. ground forces. But there seems to be no reason why it could not be stepped up in size. Big-brother VTOLs carrying Skybolt air-to-ground ballistic missiles (TIME, April 27) could be securely hidden on small fields in such small, crowded countries as England or The Netherlands. Taking off from any road or cow pasture, most of them would be full of fight after the most searching surprise attack...
...Skybolt partisans explain the missile's lack of early publicity by pointing out that when it was soaring through its research testing, Pentagon strategists were busy moving heaven and Congress to promote the $10 billion B70 project. Long before the first B70 flies, Skybolt will be competitive with the supersonic bomber...