The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-02

rate. Its range is greater than when we believed that to stop it we need only capture the rather miscalled rocket coast"
 The real rockets. the V-l2's, have been striking Britain for over month. They and the robots came from points so numerous and dis porsed that no single counter-mea- ure is fully effective. V-2, unlike VI, can hardly be intercepted, gives llt- tie or no warming. and can probably be guided by radio waves. Already it probably outranges VI and may even carry 600 miles.
 From Europe to America is roughly 5000 miles. To span that is probably, though not certainly, im- possible-in this war. And thus far wind prediction difficulties, so far away would seem to limit accuracy. But what of the next war-if any? Today's news indicates how the V-s are creeping up on us.
 WAR WITHOUT WARNING
 Our defense leaders and scien- tists seriously believe these weap- ons may enable our next enemy to open war upon us without warning, repeating Pearl Haroor not only at New York but at De- troit or Pittsburgh, which would be more serious. And the bursting robots or rockets launched from lard, sea or air, would be followed by the airplanes of the future (we are now nearing Manifestations speedD far greater than our B-29 of today in range and carrying cap aoity in bombs or paratroopers.
 Army and Navy today a r e pushing research and experiment. not only in how to counter the flying death, but how to turn 1t to our purpose Rocket production now has must" priority. Soon we vii; be spending $ll2,000,0C0 q month on it alone. The lonely lands of the Mojave Desert in California will soon see strange experimenting with genuine likenesses to Men from Mars.
 This is but one of many areas sacred and secret to research and experiment into new W weapons which science regrettably but in- evitably is continually putting into mems hands. The services
 Ina ve money now-$500, 900 900 last year. In 1888 Congress gave them only $2,500OO0, They had to let fall many inventions of good American brains which Germans and Japs picked up and developed The Germans were slow with their V-weapons. They might have made D-day impossible - which simply proves research must be unceaslng. After V-day in Europe and Asia, Army and Navy hope the country will not sink back into the com placent penuriousness of 1888, We must continue research, must have money and men,
 Mai. Gen, Oliver P, Echols, chief Air Force authority on supplies says
 To-day we have the greatest Air Force in the world, but with in two or three years every piece of equipment which We now have will be obsolete, To maintain an Air Force equipped with obsolete equipment is false security and waste of money. With the research now going on in connection wlth Jet engines, rockets, supersonies, cleo tronics and improved explosives, we have no idea what the alrplane Of the future will be like or how the Air Force will be equipped or oper- gted in combat, We do know that It will be quite different than 1t Is to- day and there Is every reason to De- licve the changes in the next 10 years will be much greater than the changes during the last 10 years, SPEED ESSENTIAL
 Rear Admiral, J, A, Furer, Navy CoOrdlnatOr of Research and De- velopmeLl, says; True security les in speed of accomplishment,
 Secretaries FOrTestal and sum, son have just approved creation ol n new body that might be called The Never Again Board It's oo- feet Is to see that never again shall We neglect scientific research lt will be a permanent group oI notable American scientists now be. Ing organized by the National Academy of Sciences. to work with the Amy and Navy in keeping up with the newest developments, That Admiral Ftlrer believes, Is "the only way to keep ahead tn this complex technical war of measure and count cr-measure" witch will continue in. to peacetlmc. For other nations Will not stop research, Tomorrow science oonauerS us-unlesS we conquer