ARMED FORCES: The First Whoosh!

Army missilemen have been bristling furiously ever since Defense Secretary Charles Wilson set forth orders last month which in effect turned over to the Air Force and the Navy the development of all guided missiles that range farther than 200 miles (TIME, Dec. 10). In theory, this gave the Air Force control of the Army's "unproved" intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM)—the Jupiter—as well as final control over its own intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Just how furious the Army was, only relatively few could know—until last week.

From Erik Bergaust, editor of Missiles and Rockets magazine, came word that two months...