Word: torpedoed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Only when he was completely satisfied that the attacks were deliberate and unprovoked did he okay the retaliatory bombing of North Vietnamese torpedo boats and bases. Though some advisers hesitated about striking one big nest of boats dangerously close to Red China, Johnson specifically ordered a strike against that target...
...enough to give a submarine skipper the shakes: the U.S. Navy announced that it is adding to its arsenal the Mark-46 torpedo, a solid-fuel missile with an underwater speed faster than the newest nuclear subs. Thanks to the wonders of computerdom, the Mark-46 also has a built-in, all-but-infallible killer's instinct...
...torpedo can be launched either from aircraft or surface ships. It dives to a preset depth, speeds around in large circles, using secret, supersophisticated devices to seek out an enemy sub. If it finds nothing, the Mark-46 switches to "active echo ranging," breaks its circular pattern and snakes zigzag through the water like a hunter stalking a deer. Once the enemy is located, the torpedo homes in with its sonar...
Farm Flap. Many uncertainties still loom over the course of the talks, and the fear is general that France may yet torpedo them over the problem of common tariffs for European agriculture. That fear was heightened last week when Italy announced that it is reluctant to agree to standardize feed-grain prices before 1970 because that would inflate Italian food bills. Coming on top of the Franco-German fight over grain prices, Italy's stand made it even more unlikely that Europe can devise a common policy by mid-December, as the French demand on pain of walking...
...August 5, the day after American jets bombed North Vietnam's torpedo-boat bases, both China and the Soviet Union announced that they would not "sit idly by" in the face of any U.S. "aggression" against North Vietnam. It is clear that were South Vietnam to attack North Vietnam, American would risk another Korea and probably worse...