Word: armaments
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...worth it." He taunted those opponents who challenged his qualifications with the acid remark that government ministers, "rightly or wrongly, are not appointed by the opposition." Krishna Menon told Parliament that troop movements toward the border, "consistent with our resources," had taken place, and boasted that Indian armament production had nearly doubled since...
...achieved only one concrete measure-a temporary suspension of nuclear testing, which expires, so far as the U.S. is concerned, Dec. 31. The U.S. is talking about resuming underground tests. And France made clear last week at the U.N. that unless "the first three atomic powers renounce their nuclear armament," it intends to explode its own A-bomb at its testing ground in the Sahara desert some time within the next year...
...days are long past when German opinion was hostile to remilitarization: according to a poll, 73% of West Germans favor a German share in Europe's defense. Also disappearing are some of the limitations on German armament manufacturing...
North & South. Previously, German industry, its order books full, turned up its nose at armament orders. Fritz Berg, president of the Federation of German Industry, said "Never again." But in a speech a month ago, he changed his tune: "We see no reason why military contracts should be handed to foreign firms when German industry can handle them just as well." The big Henschel locomotive and truck-building firm has just contracted to make tanks, already manufactures Hispano-Suiza armored troop carriers under license. In fact, close to half of Bundeswehr procurement now benefits German firms. Germany's once...
...Armament. Longstanding Allied view: an armed Germany must be the spearhead of NATO forces with U.S.-controlled nuclear weapons. Macmillan view: the West, in pursuit of a Berlin settlement, can afford to discuss 1) a "freeze" of force levels on both sides, with inspection on both sides, and 2) perhaps later a "thinning-out" of both East and West forces in certain unspecified areas. The British say that they would not agree to anything that would tend to increase the Communist balance of military power, believe the East Germans should sign the agreement, say they are not advocating a prohibition...