KSec T) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Sun., Dec. 18, '55
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See. Wilsdnto TclLHow U.S.
OrgjiiiKing A-Missiles Race
i By ELTON C, f AT' jpon design. Th former motor and Intercontinental ballistic mis
WASHINGTON Secretary of! corporation executive cites Indus-' Bile (ICBM) program is Maj. Gen.
uerense vnanes t.. Wilson Diana iiry as an example 01 me penciius uermrra n
to teU-tM country and (he world ; neauny compeimon.
next week bow the United States
Is organising its race with Russia
tor atomic .missiles supremacy.
his discussion at a news con-
Jobs Divided
Within the intermediate ranee
missile oroeram. it is understood.
there Is an allocation between the '
xerence will be aimed primarily Air Force and a Joint Army-Navy
at scotching reports of Interser- development team. Part of this
Vice maneuvering and rivalry in latter work Is being done-t the
the missile field. I Army's Redstone Arsenal, near
However, such a discussion also 1 Huntsville, Ala., to which the Army
must touch on progress made in has just assigned its top ranking
the urgent effort to produce work-j missile expert. Gen. John B.
able long and intermediate ranee
. ballistic missiles, armed with lis-,
ion or thermonuclear warheads.
And whatever a nation says of
ficially about its armament ob
jectives has impact on its friends
and potential enemies abroad. The
words become psychological wea
pons of the cold war.
Eve of Vital Sessiras
Wilson and his service officials
set out to mane their announce
ment a week. ago. But It occurred
. to military and diplomatic experts
that this was on the eve of two
Important international . sessions
a NATO meeting in Europe and
the Uhited Nations session where
- the question of new member na
lions was at issue. . .
The Pentagon laid aside the plan
to issue i comparatively long, de
tailed ' statement of the missLe
organizational program. Instead it
issued1 a" brief announcement say
ing oily that there would be an
expansion of development and test
ing faculties.
Xaee Accelerated
Wilson said at that time that
the development of both inter
continental and Intermediate range
missiles has been on an "acceler
ated" basis for some time. Presum
ably he had in mind the followine:
AH Jhree services the Army,
Navy and Air Force are working
on medium range ballistic mis
siles. HA medium range would be
Between 1,000 and 1,500 mile.
"Baflistk!" means that the missile
' it, essentially, an unguided rocket.
traveeng in trajectory like a
aimed before firing and, for a few
seconds, by rudimentary guidance
durin its initial flighty While
discouraging interservice quarrels
over missions and prestige. Wilson
does encourtge competttitm arwea-
Aledaris. His opposite in the Navy
is Rear Adml. William F. Raborn.
Schriever, with head
quarters at Inglewood, Calif.
Twe If BM Projects
The Air Force now has at least
two ICBM projects undnr "way.
Air Force specifications for an
ICB Mare approximately these:
Range between 4, MM and S.506
miles (enough to reach most tar
gets in Eurasia from continental
American bases); speed sufficient
to put the missile over a target
at that range within 30 minutes of
launching; accuracy sufficient to
put the missile within the circle
In line with Wilson's encourage- of total destruction or major dam-
ment of competitive designs the age for hydrogen explosive war
Air Force is expected hi have been head.
given co-equal status with the 1 The advance of thermonuclear
Army-Navy team in producing an 1 'hydrogen 1 weapons has made the
intermediate ranee missile. But work of missile designers a little
the Air Force also has primary easier. Precision of aim does not
responsibility for long range, inter- have to be quite as fine. The
continental ballistic missiles. Over-1 "circle of error" to be allowed
seeing the Air Force s medium, can be greater.
Man Convicted"
Fok" Slaying in
Sju jcide Attempt
TAIPEI. Formosa un Last
Auguer policeman Sun Tung-Ping,
.racked by tuberculosis. lay down
en hit bunk, put a revolver to
bis head, and pulled the trigger.
But his hand shook, and the shot
wenttoat through ;wfndW and
killed! a. fellow policeman.
Friday the district court at
Hualien convicted Sun and senten
ced lira to a year in jail on a
Charge -of manslaughter.
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