Word: alerted
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...President could hardly have been surprised that another big question at his news conference dealt with the state of U.S. defenses; his morning Washington Post headlined the plea of Air Force General Thomas Power, chief of the Strategic Air Command, for a round-the-clock SAC airborne alert to cover the years (1961-63) when the U.S. will lag in missile production...
...year out of one factory]. It is, therefore, conceivable that within about two years they will have a sufficient stockpile to permit a massive missile attack on the U.S. . . . We will not have in full operation warning systems which will give SAC enough warning time to get the alert force airborne before it can be destroyed on the ground...
Power's recommendations: immediate funds to get SAC's B-52 bombers ready for a round-the-clock airborne alert, large-scale procurement of the B70 Mach 3 bomber, and a big military space program -"control of space may well mean control of the globe in a future war." Power was seconded on the space argument by Major General John B. Medaris, chief of the Army Ordnance Missile Command. In an interview with Missiles and Rockets, on the eve of his retirement, Medaris blasted as "utter nonsense" the Administration's dividing the space program into civilian...
...warning by SAC's commander, General Thomas S. Power, that with a mere 300 ballistic missiles the U.S.S.R. could "wipe out our entire nuclear strike capability within a span of 30 minutes," is much to the point. General Power's answer to the threat-an "airborne alert" that would keep 25% of SAC's B-52s in the air at all times - would be enormously strenuous and costly. It would require more flight and maintenance crews, more spare parts to keep up with wear and tear, more tankers, enormous quantities of fuel, all adding...
...Airborne Alert. Dependence on SAC during the years of the missile gap requires that SAC's bombers be safeguarded from a surprise missile attack. The 1961 budget includes a skimpy $90 million to provide for preparations for an airborne alert at some unspecified future time. Needed: additional funds to ensure that 25% of SAC's B-52s can go on airborne alert...