Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-08

energetic support OF not just
the Cove rnm e n I but every
American, If we are to make il
successful.
q. S. Strong Today
First: Some facts about oul
present security posture. It il
one Of great strength-but By
no means should this assurance
satisfy any of us. Our defenseI
must be adequate not just to.
day. but tomorrow and in al
the years to come. until undel
the safety of these defenses
we shall have secured a durable
and just peace for all the world
AS of now. the United States
Is strong. Our Nation has today
and has had for some years,
enough power in its strategic
retaliatory forces to bring near
humiliation to the war-making
capabilities of any other coun-
try.
This position of present
strength did not come about by
accident. The Korean War had
the effect of greatly expanding
our peacetime defense forces
AS we began the partial de-
mobilization of these forces we
undertook also an accelerated
program of modernization.
AS a first step, scientific sur
veys were instituted soon after
the Korean armistice. The re-
suit was a decision to give a
New Look" to the defense
establishment. depending fol
increased efficiency more upon
modern science and less upon
mere numbers Of men.
Defenses M0dernized
In succeeding years there has
been an across-the board pro-
gram to bring all units of our
defense into line with the pos
sibilities of modern technology
There has been, also, a high
level of expenditure on research
and development for defense
now running in the aggregate
at something over 5 billion
dollars a year.
Later, scientific surveys TO-
cused attention and emphasis
on long-range ballistic missiles
Development on this item got
into high gear more than two
years ago. We have since been
spending a billion dollars a year
on this item alone.
Before discussing some Of the
things we urgently need to do,
I would like to give you a few
examples of the things that
have been done in recent years
by our military forces. scientists
and engineers to put current
scientific discovery at the serv-
ice of your defense.
38 Kinds Of Missiles
In our diversified family OF
missiles, We have weapons
adapted to every kind Of dis
lance, launching and use. There
are now 38 different types,
either in operation or under
development. And almost one
third of these are in actual
operation.
All combat vessels of the Navy
built since 1855 have guided
missiles in place of. or to sup
plement guns. The Navy has
in both oceans submarines
which can rise to the surface
and launch, in a matter OF
minutes. missile carrying a
nuclear warhead, and sub
merge immediately-while the
missile is guided to target
hundreds of miles away.
The Navy possesses an atomic
depth bomb.
Since Korea. both the Army's
and Nays anti-aircraft guns
have been largely replaced by
Surface-to-air missiles. All of
our new interceptor aircraft
are armed with air-to-sir mis-
siles.
Many OF the traditional func-
tons Of the Army's artillery
and support aircraft have been
taken over by guided missiles
For example. we have already
produced. in various distance
ranges. hundreds OF Matador
Honest John and Corporal mis-
siles. To give you some idea OF
what this means in terms OF
explosive power Four battal-
ions OF Corporal missiles alone
are equivalent in fire power &c
all the artillery used in Worlo
War II on all fronts.
Some OF these missiles have
their own built-in mechanism!
for seeking out and destroying
q target many miles away
Thus. the other day. a Bomart
missile. by itself. sought out 8
fast-moving. unnamed air
plane As miles at sea and &C,
tually met 1t head-on,
Vast Power in B-52s
Except for a dwindling mum
Der Of B-36s. there is hardl!
an alrplane in the combat unit,
OF the Air Force that was il
them even as late as the Ko
Sean conflict. The B-52 ie
bomber, supported by its lie
tankers. is STANDARD In oul
StrategicsAir CommaZ Again
20 show you what II mean
In term of power &e BIS
can ~ as much destructiv,