Word: transport
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Suez," Katzenbach cites the inadequacies of the post-Korean War policy of "gradual deterrence," that is, the use of restrained force rather than nuclear bombs. This plan required that troops move with "flexibility" and speed to the area of conflict, which, the author maintains, neither the Marines nor a transport air fleet...
...transport an army airborne division would require the use of "practically the whole of the available Air Force transport capability," Katzenbach writes. The author also holds that it would take 1,800 man-weeks to convert enough aircraft to cargo planes in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet, planes set aside by airline companies for military emergencies...
...Transport Inadequate...
...transport is equally inadequate, Katzenbach continues, since 31 days would be needed to transport a combat-ready Marine division from the United States to the Middle East. To discuss 31-day movements is "almost meaningless," he quotes the Chief of Army Research and Development as saying...
...light of the transport problem, Katzenbach feels that the Pentagon will now be forced to use atomic weapons in place of troops to pursue its policy of "gradual deterrence." The author cites Air Force Secretary Donald Quarles's belief that conflicts must be localized through "carefully chosen atomic weapons." Katzenbach doubts, however, that atomic weapons could be used successfully in the Suez crisis, or in central Europe...