After unveiling its latest jet (see above), the Air Force last week looked immediately to a future in which the Voodoo (not yet off the production line) would be outdated. In a speech at the National Press Club, Air Force Secretary Harold E. Talbott said:
"Remember this: the speed of the Germans' V-2 ballistic missile as it plunged down on its target was over 3,500 miles an hour. Can you imagine intercepting it? Two of us might as well stand at opposite ends of a hall and pitch needles at each other in the hope that the needles might collide."
Behind his words...
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