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...Sometimes I wish I were a dictator ... A ruler, a strong man, a titan ... With a ruthless grasp on power and an iron grip on the helm of government ... But loved ... The law is my law the people are my people, whomever I conquer remains conquered. Premier Bernard, King Bernard, Czar Bernard ... Boy ... Then Could I meet girls...
...bomb in lead instead of raw uranium. More important, they made vast improvements in the vital weight-yield ratios of their nuclear weapons. The tests opened the way for the Russians to develop nuclear warheads for their missiles that will be much more powerful than the warhead on the Titan II, the biggest U.S. missile, which has a punch of less than 10 megatons. The Russians also developed fission triggers for their H-bombs superior to American models, and worked on an anti-missile rocket...
...Kennedy did not neglect strategic nuclear deterrents. He called for a step-up in ballistic missile production, particularly of Atlas and Titan ICBMs; for funds to build twelve more Polaris submarines to be started in '63 and '64, bringing the planned total to 41; for a 1,200-plane operational force of transcontinental bombers (one-eighth of them on continuous airborne alert), and for a step-up in the production of nuclear weapons. He also requested $700 million for civil defense, including a $460 million program for shelter construction in community buildings. His entire 1963 defense budget assumes...
Denunciation of Russell has continued with few interruptions for the last forty years. For the title of "corrupter of youth" and Socratic godfly no equally robust contenders have appeared this century. And the west to active intellectual titan has received more abuse and persecution...
Simple, compact and rugged, the Minuteman is 54 ft. tall, weighs 60,000 Ibs., which makes it about half the size of the Titan II. Liquid-fueled missiles are largely crafted by hand, but Boeing, prime contractor for the Minuteman, will treat the weapon much like a production-line item. Says Boeing's Chief Engineer Ernest ("Tex") Boullioun: "It will take us a year to install the first 150 in their silos, nine months for the next 150, six months for the next 150, and after that we expect to put 150 in every three months...