The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-10-09

our military services. The design,
development, and testing of mis-
siles is a long and costly pro-
cess which must be undergone
before the weapon can be finally
placed in use. At the same time,
new designs and discoveries
cause this program to change
constantly.
Among the missiles already
mass produced and in our arsenal
are number which strengthen
the nations defense. Among these
are the .Army's Corporal and
Redstone. The Corporal is a mis-
sile approximately As feet long
and 80 inches in diameter with a
range of rs miles. The Redstone
is 70 feet long and six feet in dia-
meter with a range Of 200 miles.
Both can carry either atomic or
conventional warheads. Also de-
ployed with our forces is the
Navy's Regulus I which can be
launched from submarines or
surface ships and has a range Of
several hundred miles. The Air
Forces Matador, also in opera
ton, has range of several hun
dred miles.
Other missiles include the
Navy's Petrol, "a feet long, which
uses radar system to locate and
destroy surface ships. To protect
cities and military installations
against enemy air attack, the
Army has the Nike-AjaX and the
Nike Hercules which can be seen
ringing our cities today. The Side
winder and Sparrow / and III
designed by the Navy and in use
today also by the Air Force and
Marine Corps are for planes IN
the air against other aircraft.
They can be used at attitudes up
TO and over $4,000 feet and are
attracted to their targets by
'nfra-red heat given off by
enemy planes.
Many other missiles are in the
testing stage and about to be
mass produced Chief among
these are the huge intercontin-
entail ballistic missiles, the Atlas,
Shark and Titan. The Shark has
already demonstrated its ability
to carry accurately its destruc-
tive punch to a target 5000 miles
away. The Atlas is now under
Going flight tests and tests of the
Titan are scheduled to begin be-
fore next January Missiles with
ranges of something over 1,00C
miles include the Army's Jupiter
and the Thor, both to be placed
in use by the Air Force before
The end of the year. The Navy's
ReguluS II and PolariS are also
nearing successful completion OF
their tests.
We often hear that the years OF
lead time between the design OF
new weapons and their accept
ance and mass production makes
weapons obsolete before the
actually reach the hands of men
in the field who would use them
| This may be true, but the Wea.
pons of today are so complicated
that many years are needed fol-
their perfection. While the --latest
models are being tested, the ma.
ton has a good supply of Wea-
| pons which by standards a de
cade ago, are tremendous ad.
vancements in keeping America
strong to keep the peace.
Weather Study
| Mans eternal search for mean:
to modify the damaging effect:
of some weather phenomena re
ceived attention during the pas
session of Congress. From evid
ence submitted to Congress, it i:
clear that we are a long way
from preventing droughts, floods
cyclones, or the ravage of storm:
such as Helene which made {
brief but destructive visit to tht
eastern seaboard recently. Since
we know so little about Wha
causes the weather to behave a:
it does, the studies Congress!
authorized this year can bs
greeted with cautious optimism
For some years laws have beer
passed to evaluate experiment.
in weather control. The last sucl
study occurred in 1857 and con
cerned the value of cloud seeding
to produce rain. The results Wer,
inconclusive although they show
ed that in the western mountains
seeding clouds under certain cir
cumstances produced an increas'
of rain by 10 to Is percent. II
other parts of the country, par
ticularly the middle west, tn,
study left the value of CLIQUE
| seeding unsettled
The new law directs the Ma
tional Science Foundation t,
| study and perform research il
the field of weather modification
with particular attention to area
, that have experienced damaging
, flooding, drought, hail, lightning
fog, tornadoes, hurricanes AM
I other weather phenomena. Eacl
year, the progress is to be report
) ed back to Congress. We canno
, expect miracles, but even mino
break-throughs can mean signifi
cant new protection for lives ant
> property. Even SO, we are likel,
to find that tampering with ma
tures complicated order ma,
result in side effects which viii
raise new problems.