Evening star., 1960-02-08
Admiral Burke
SaysU. Scan
Destroy Russia
Tells House Unit
War Would Be
FutuI to Soviet
By RICHARD FRYKLUND
Star Stan Writer

By RICHARD FRYKLUND
Star Stan Writer
IF the Soviet Union starts a
war she will be destroyed, /"
Admiral Arleigh "A. Burke said
today.
He was testifying before the
House Science and Astronauti-
cal Committee, answering ques-
tions about Navy space prof.
ectS and the general state Of
American defenseS.
Asked how we stood in rela-
ton to Russia, Admiral Burke
replied that at this time the
United States "is the most pow
erful country in the world"
Russia. if not now, some
time in the future, will be able
to do great damage to this
country-but it still will not be
able to escape retaliation.
This is true now. believe
it will be true in the future"
Mobile Force Cited
Some day, he said, both sides
will be able to destroy any tar
get on earth whose location Is
known.
What is needed is invul-
nerability," he said.
The Navy now offers its at
tack carriers as a mobile force
unreachable by ballistic mis-
SileS, Admiral Burke said.
Later this year the first Po-
lariS submarine-carried 1900
mile ballistic missiles will be in
operation.
"It will be impossible to de-
stroy" the submarines, he said.
Admiral Burke, Chief of
Naval Operations, said the con-
troversy over Americas defense
posture stemmed at least in
part from the fact that defense
experts must predict what the
Soviet Union, the United States
and its allies will do in the
future.
Space Requirements
The Navy, he continued, will
have many requirements for
space vehicles in the future II
for navigation, communica-
tions. surveillance, weather,
surveying and detection of
other space vehicles.
All three services are CO.
operating closely on satellite
projects, he said.
In advance of his public tes-
timony today, portions of Ad-
miral Burke'S closed-door testi-
mony given before a House
Appropriations subcommittee
last month were made public.
In this testimony, he said that
while Russia has cut down on
submarine production, the So
Wet submersible fleet still poses
lone of the gravest military
threats we face"
1t is known that some Soviet
submarines can fire missiles, he
said, according to the Associat-
ed Press.
Supports Intelligence Data
Admiral Burke also supported
current United States intelli-
gence estimates that have been
the subject of heavy Democra-
tic fire.
"We have made gross errors
in the past by using the old
system" he said.
The Admiral said the Navy
is considering installing launch
ers for its PolariS missiles in
merchant-type ships as well
as submarines.
AS for proposals to put Po-
laris submarines under overall
Air Force command, Admiral
Burke said: THE enemy will
create enough problems for us
at sea as it is. Let us not de-
liberately create more of our
own"
Meanwhile, Senator jackson,
Democrat of Washington, said
today he will urge Congress to
add an additional SO billion to
President Eisenhower's SAL bill
lion defense budget.
Senator Jackson said the
money should be spent to
strengthen ballistic missile, air.
borne alert and Army moderni-
zation programs.
He said he is confident the
Senate will add mot less than
a billion dollars" and added: II
think it should be more"
Airb0rne Alert Funds
Another key Democratic law
maker, Representative Mahon
of Texas, said yesterday he
thinks Congress will authorize
three or four times more than
the $85 million asked by Presi-
dent Eisenhower to prepare for
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