Word: susac
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Dates: during 1954-1954
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...very nearly capable of a knockout blow delivered without warning. In 1949, when the Reds first tested an atomic bomb, they lacked the means to strike directly at the U.S. They have since built a massive intercontinental striking force: Aviatsiya Dalnevo Deyst-viya, known to U.S. airmen as SUSAC (Soviet Union Strategic Air Command...
...SUSAC now has at least 1,200 TU4 heavy bombers stationed at newly built bases in the Soviet arctic, only a few hours' flying time from the U.S. In the last year SUSAC crews have been trained intensively in instrument flying and tanker-refueling techniques for long-range raids (equaling round trips from Siberia to Los Angeles). They have been supplied with electronic bombsights, two new types of 600-m.p.h. jet bombers (the T-37 and T-39, resembling respectively the U.S. 6-52 and 6-47), and probably with hydrogen bombs...
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