Word: weaponeering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...accepted the idea of the double deterrent. Once the necessity and function of the tactical claw are grasped, some of its future characteristics become immediately apparent. Two essentials toward meeting the requirements of the claw are massive airlift and the determination-preferably the advertised determination-to use tactical atomic weapons. Despite opposition, the decision to use atomic weapons in limited wars seems to have been made. Secretary Dulles has said: "The present policies will gradually involve the use of atomic weapons as conventional weapons for tactical purposes." This week JCS Chairman Arthur Radford said that the U.S. is ready...
...Secret Weapon. In San Pablo, Calif., Cab Driver William Myer and Filling Station Attendant William E. Van Meter reported that a gunman had robbed them of $20, handed them a fifth of whisky, gave them six minutes to drink it, thereby rendered them unable to tell their story to police for several hours...
...maintain high speeds in all sea conditions-say three large carriers, seven cruisers, and two high-speed supply ships per task force . . . This force will be spread out over an ocean area the size of the state of Maine. It will be so widely dispersed that no single weapon of any size we now can visualize can seriously damage more than one ship...
...executive body with far-reaching power, together with a sort of congress, will be created. When prestige grows out of bigness and physical power, a superstate of unprecedented size which would embrace almost half of humanity is in itself a forceful weapon...
Russian Reservations. The U.S.'s princely package means 220 Ibs. of atomically active U-235-The actual bulk delivered might be much more, since U-235 is mixed with other uranium in various concentrations depending on its intended use. None would be "weapon-grade," i.e., concentrated enough for bombs, and the quantity, when divvied up, was less than a large power reactor would require. But it was enough to run an estimated 30 to 40 research reactors in as many countries. Said Lodge pointedly: "I hope this will once and for all remove from the minds...