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...smallish rocket into the satellite's orbit, but in the opposite direction. The rocket (estimated cost: $1,000,000) would be launched when the satellite was on the far side of the earth. When still a quarter revolution (7,792 miles) away from the approaching satellite, its warhead would burst...
...warhead would contain only a mixture of weak gunpowder and fine particles of lead or steel. The particles would spread into a cloud, which would continue moving in the orbit. By the time the cloud reached the satellite, it would-be 70,000 ft. in diameter-so large that the satellite would be almost sure to pass through it. The particles would be thinly spread, but Dr. Thomas figures that at least one in a million would hit the satellite...
...would be about 46,000 ft. per sec. (31,000 m.p.h.). At this enormous, meteorlike speed, he figures, a particle only five-thousandths of an inch in diameter would punch through the satellite's skin. Since each pound of metal contains more than a million such particles, a warhead weighing 8,000 Ibs. would punch 8.000 holes in the satellite station. The deadly little particles would be moving in slightly elliptical orbits around the earth. They would scatter widely, then concentrate again. Each time the damaged satellite circled the earth, it would run into the cloud of particles...
...firm line of defense. Each hour of delay, each blunting skirmish that forced the Communists to detour or deploy, was a small triumph, paid in full with American lives. Four times on the bloody road from Seoul the G.I.s halted the Reds briefly, upsetting their timetable and flattening their warhead...
...tractor-drawn launching trailer, the Matador looks like an odd crossbreed of a jet plane and a Buck Rogers fantasy. It is long, sleek, round as a cigar, and fitted with a pair of stubby supersonic triangular wings. In its nose, the missile carries a sand-filled dummy warhead. In its tail, the Matador carries a jet engine for endurance and a huge, underslung rocket motor for take-off power. Inside the Matador, every inch of space is crammed with fuel and the humming electronic navigator that guides it to its target...