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...Strategic Air Command last week took operational control of two new nine-bird squadrons of Titan II missiles at the Little Rock, Ark., Air Force Base. These are the last liquid-fueled intercontinental missiles scheduled for the U.S. arsenal. With the U.S. now well into the phase of second-generation missiles, the heavy emphasis is on the solid-fueled birds-land-based Minutemen and submarine-borne Polaris missiles. Herewith the U.S.'s fabulous strategic missile roster. A red dot · means operational...
...TITAN I: Range 8,000 miles...
...long and 10 ft. in diameter -approximately the size of a small house trailer. It will be attached to the blunt heat shield of one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's two-man Gemini capsules, and it will be heaved aloft by a hefty Titan III rocket, which, with its two solid-fuel boosters, develops as much as 2,000,000 Ibs. of thrust...
...moon program, it has left management of the project completely in NASA's hands. It has watched the development of the Gemini project closely, however, because it sees some future military uses of rendezvous-in-space techniques. The Pentagon has also followed the progress of large boosters like the Titan II and the Saturn V-although it is not really sure what their military potential will...
Unpleasant Habit. Aside from such unknowns that no one can now evaluate, the moon rocket's propulsion system threatens the most delay. Titan II, a two-stage military rocket, is giving trouble as a launcher for the Gemini capsule. It vibrates too violently for a manned booster, and if this unpleasant habit is not eliminated soon, the Gemini program will fall even farther behind. Since Gemini is the training tool for the vital rendezvous maneuvers, delay will slow the entire program...