Far more important: the effectiveness of an active ballistic missile defense system in saving lives depends in large part upon the existence of an adequate civil defense system. Indeed, in the absence of adequate fallout shelters, an active defense might... Hearings - Page 43by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations - 1963Full view - About this book
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations - Finance - 1964 - 1574 pages
...defense program could do more to save lives than many active defense measures. To cite just one example, the effectiveness of an active ballistic missile defense...system in saving lives depends in large part upon the availability of adequate fallout shelters for the population. Last year I stated to the committee that... | |
| United States. Office of Civil Defense - Civil defense - 1962 - 1104 pages
...tens of millions, at a total investment cost to the Federal Government of about $3% billion. . . . The effectiveness of an active ballistic missile defense...the population surviving an all-out nuclear attack. Offensive missiles could easily be targeted at points outside the defended area and thereby achieve... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services - Atomic bomb - 1963 - 72 pages
...ineffective for protection of lives as a result of fallout from surrounding nuclear ground bursts. The effectiveness of an active ballistic missile defense...this reason, the very austere civil defense program recommended by the President, which I will discuss later, should be given priority over any major additions... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee - 1963 - 1516 pages
...military posture hearings Secretary McNamara said: “The effectiveness of an active ballistic missile system In saving lives depends in large part upon...this reason, the very austere civil defense program recommended by the President, which I will discuss later, should be given priority over any major additions... | |
| United States. Office of Civil Defense - Civil defense - 1963 - 148 pages
...Defense program could do more to save lives than many active defense measures. To cite just one example, the effectiveness of an active ballistic missile defense...system in saving lives depends in large part upon the availability of adequate fallout shelters for the population." Secretary McNamara also stated to the... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services - United States - 1963 - 1100 pages
...defense program could do more to save lives than many active defense measures. To cite just one example, the effectiveness of an active ballistic missile defense...system in saving lives depends in large part upon the availability of adequate fallout shelters for the population. Last year I stated to the committee that... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - Aeronautics, Military - 1963 - 1090 pages
...defense program could do more to save lives than many active defense measures. To cite just one example, the effectiveness of an active ballistic missile defense...system in saving lives depends in large part upon the availability of adequate fallout shelters for the population. Last year I stated to the committee that... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations - United States - 1964 - 1984 pages
...do more to save lives than many active defense measures. To cite just one example, the effectiveMSS of an active ballistic missile defense system in saving lives depends in large part upon the availability of adequate fallout shelters for the population. Last year I stated to the committee that... | |
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