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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...aircraft (though not necessarily in airframe weight); Soviet superiority in numbers of fighter, fighter-interceptor, fighter-bomber and light-bomber types; U.S. superiority in ship-based naval air power (the Russians have none); U.S. superiority in numbers of long-range jet medium bombers (the B-47, of which more than1,000 have been produced); U.S. superiority-or at least approximate equality-in numbers of heavy jet medium bombers (the B-52 type); U.S. superiority in modern troop carriers and military transport and cargo craft. But comfortable comparisons of current situations are not enough. For Soviet air power has made great...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judgments & Prophecies, Jun. 6, 1955 | 6/6/1955 | See Source »

Alarmed at last, police began a sweep of Communist areas, arrested more than1,000 suspects throughout the country. Last week, roundups reached the capital-and the top. In the early morning hours, police and MPs filtered along Jakarta's dusty, canal-lined streets, calling at the homes of Red-dominated Labor Ministry officials, leftist Chinese newspapermen, and 15 left-wing members of Parliament. Soldiers surrounded Parliament, waiting for a 16th legislator-who claimed immunity to arrest but was grabbed as he left the building at noon. Later, Dr. Sakirman, left-wing faction leader, called on President Soekarno to protest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DANGER ZONES: Roundup Time | 8/27/1951 | See Source »

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