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... applied to any employment of nuclear weapons in limited war , which is unreasonable . This confused thinking is not confined to the man in the street but is unfortunately shared by many men in scientific , governmental , and military ...
... applied to any employment of nuclear weapons in limited war , which is unreasonable . This confused thinking is not confined to the man in the street but is unfortunately shared by many men in scientific , governmental , and military ...
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... applying sample weapons to these targets , zero winds have been assumed in most cases . Fallout must always be considered in connection with the safety of friendly troops , but in relation to the enemy is a bonus effect . For ground ...
... applying sample weapons to these targets , zero winds have been assumed in most cases . Fallout must always be considered in connection with the safety of friendly troops , but in relation to the enemy is a bonus effect . For ground ...
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... applying the larger - yield weapon results from the " K " factor , an intensifying blast effect associated with the longer duration of the positive phase of larger nuclear weapons . Depending on the nature of the target , more damage ...
... applying the larger - yield weapon results from the " K " factor , an intensifying blast effect associated with the longer duration of the positive phase of larger nuclear weapons . Depending on the nature of the target , more damage ...
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... applied profitably at points more distant from friendly troops . This latter point is especially true as regards the 40-45,000 hostile troops beyond the range of friendly artillery . It has been demonstrated that nonnuclear weapons are ...
... applied profitably at points more distant from friendly troops . This latter point is especially true as regards the 40-45,000 hostile troops beyond the range of friendly artillery . It has been demonstrated that nonnuclear weapons are ...
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... applied to enemy troop concentrations . In short , the enemy has lost any option that could bring him victory . The siege is broken . In the wide variety of limited - war situations that might confront the United States and its allies ...
... applied to enemy troop concentrations . In short , the enemy has lost any option that could bring him victory . The siege is broken . In the wide variety of limited - war situations that might confront the United States and its allies ...
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Page 60 - ... susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction, and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restriction. All exceptions, therefore, to the full and complete power of a nation within its own territories, must be traced up to the consent of the nation itself. They can flow from no other legitimate...
Page 54 - The United States of America is hereby declared to possess and exercise complete and exclusive national sovereignty in the air space above the United States, including the air space above all inland waters and the air space above those portions of the adjacent marginal high seas, bays, and lakes, over which by international law or treaty or convention the United States exercises national jurisdiction.
Page 50 - An enlisted member of an armed force on active duty whose term of enlistment expires while he is suffering from disease or injury incident to service and not due to his misconduct, and who needs medical care or hospitalization, may be retained on active duty, with his consent, until he recovers to the extent that he is able to meet the physical requirements for reenlistment, or it is determined that recovery to that extent is impossible.
Page 148 - It is certain that Europe would have been Communized, like Czechoslovakia, and London under bombardment some time ago but for the deterrent of the atomic bomb in the hands of the United States.
Page 61 - Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, constitute the immediate military staff of the Secretary of Defense. The Joint Chiefs of Staff are the principal military advisers to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense.
Page 45 - Force, shall be transferred to and vested in the Secretary of the Air Force...
Page 54 - The Congress hereby declares that the Government of the United States has, to the exclusion of all foreign nations, complete sovereignty of the airspace over the lands and waters of the United States, including the Canal Zone.
Page 55 - For the purposes of this Convention the territory of a State shall be deemed to be the land areas and territorial waters adjacent thereto under the sovereignty, suzerainty, protection or mandate of such State.
Page 55 - DASA, is responsible to the Secretary of Defense through the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Page 63 - Commission, is quoted in a 1959 staff report of the House Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration...