Word: fleetness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Would Russia fight the ground armies of Europe, then endeavor to attack the U.S.A. across the Atlantic? With her incomplete . navy? Or would she, allied with 400 million Chinese, with a tremendous ground force, and with the world's largest and perhaps most effective submarine fleet, attack across the narrows of Bering Strait...
...greater import than the hill itself was the fact that the new ROK army -which now outnumbers the U.S. and all other U.N. units combined-had proved itself a brave and effective fighting force. Twelve months ago, General Van Fleet began pulling the ROK units out of line for thorough training, regrouping and refitting. Recently, U.S. liaison officers have been saying that the ROKs had been metamorphosed into first-class infantry fighters. Without the test of battle, nobody could be sure. White Horse was the test...
...operate. "In the light of these requirements," said he, "no jet transport here or abroad . . . will be available prior to 1956 except in prototype form . . . The building of a prototype transport and its translation into a production airplane so that it will be available in quantities sufficient for fleet replacement will require most of another five-year period ending...
...British jets, he added, have "a limited demand." But "we must draw a clear distinction between the supplemental operation of jet transports [with piston ships] as compared to the real objective which all of us are now aiming for, namely a type of jet air transport ... for complete fleet replacement...
...facts clearly show that the type of air transport capable of meeting the requirements for worldwide fleet replacement does not exist; such an aircraft still is pretty much on the drawing board both here and abroad. At this time, this country has a distinct advantage from the standpoint of future power plants both as to size and fuel economy. The realistic conclusion ... is that we are not behind the British with respect to the jet transports that will comprise the air fleets of the future. Rather, we are probably in position to accomplish more quickly the final objective of world...