Science: Push-Button War

In peacetime, alert soldiers are always busy trying to figure out what the next war will be like. In the June and July issues of the Marine Corps Gazette, Lieut. Colonel Keith McCutcheon tells marines about guided missiles, the weapons most military men believe will dominate World War III, if the war is staved off long enough.

Every war, says Colonel McCutcheon, produces at least one new weapon, which usually appears too late to get in its full effect. The airplane, used in World War I, dominated World War II. The most promising new...

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