Word: targeting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...headaches," said Shah Mo hammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran to the Na tional Press Club. "During the whole of these 20 years of my reign, I have continually lived under the strain and stress of my duties." In the past two decades, said the Shah, he had been the target of several assassination attempts, been vilified by "elements of international sub version," turned over 90% of his private fortune to be used "for the benefit of my people." As he moved from Washing ton to New York last week on the second leg of his U.S. visit, he reinforced...
...Vulcan bombers.) A combat-ready B-52 will carry four Sky-bolts under its wings, each armed with a nuclear warhead that will make it as devastating as the submarine-borne Polaris missiles that are now in service. Both in eventual impact and versatility on the way to its target, Skybolt is an impressive testament to nuclear age technology...
...look up, and you feel shouting. And then you look You kick your feet. You steer chute, and head toward the target, you don't really care about hitting spot. Not on your first jump, anyway...
...experienced jumpers seem to the only bunch of guys who assume by-products of the "crisis", and concentrate on the various skills such free-fall position (before the parachute opens) and landing on target. For this reason, they seem to be the only people who see it as a sport...
Mouth of Hell. Some planes followed the first wave on its wrong course, others plunged on toward Ploesti. Over the target, there was utter confusion. Planes roared in over the city from all different directions, often had to swerve to avoid head-on collisions. German gunners laid a curtain of flak over the refineries; Liberators flying lower than factory smokestacks were buffeted by exploding oil storage tanks. Luftwaffe Messerschmitts buzzed around the sheets of flame to pick off the disorganized and wounded bombers. Said a survivor: "We were dragged through the mouth of hell...