High in the sky and deep under the sea, the U.S. proved again last week that it is far from being lapped or gapped in the military race. Items:
¶ Hoping to prove to Congress and the budgetmakers that it is possible to devise a defense against missiles, the Army disclosed that one of its operational Hawk antiaircraft missiles knocked down a supersonic Honest John over White Sands, N. Mex. last month. In the first known kill of a ballistic missile, the two birds collided 1½ miles up at a combined speed of 2,000 m.p.h. Though a far cry from...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
