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...famed Triumvirate, or rule of three, had begun, and at first Caesar did not find three a crowd. Caesar was 39 before he had an active troop command, 41 when he began his conquest of Gaul; yet he proved a legendary general...
...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 strides over the whole course of the last decade, possibly -though by no means certainly-greater than...
...varsity meets once-beaten Navy here tonight in the I. A. B. at 8:30 p.m., and the freshmen troop to the Phillips Exeter Acadamy for an afternoon contest at 3 p.m. The Yardlings face the relatively stronger...
COMMERCIAL TURBOPROP engine will soon be out on the market for U.S. civilian planes by the Allison division of General Motors. It is the 3,750-h.p. T56 military turboprop now being used to power Lockheed's prototype C-130 troop transport...
Regrettably, modern warfare does not allow for a policy of pure defense. To be valid, any "line" theory must take into account activities on the other side of the line, such as pre-invasion troop concentrations and other threatening actions. With this in mind, the President has suggested that action might be taken if the Communists attempt to seize the key islands of Quemoy and Matsu. But he has not made this policy explicit, and to a certain extent has opened United States planning to the very charges of vagueness which it is now trying to avoid. For this reason...