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... SOVIET BOMBERS Mr. SIKES . What is our comparable plane , General Twining ? General TWINING . We do not have one . That is a turboprop . It may have a longer range than the B - 52 . I will show you a chart in a minute which will give ...
... SOVIET BOMBERS Mr. SIKES . What is our comparable plane , General Twining ? General TWINING . We do not have one . That is a turboprop . It may have a longer range than the B - 52 . I will show you a chart in a minute which will give ...
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... Soviet intent not to deli initiate a general war now . " 99 Is " now " necessary in that sentence ? General TWINING . Certainly not now . You could almost " now " out . I think with the " now " out it would still be tru is the last ...
... Soviet intent not to deli initiate a general war now . " 99 Is " now " necessary in that sentence ? General TWINING . Certainly not now . You could almost " now " out . I think with the " now " out it would still be tru is the last ...
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... SOVIET DIVISION STRENGTH AND PERSONNEL STRENGT Mr. MAHON . I do not believe that your explanation of why ther is such a great disparity between the number of divisions of th United States and the Soviet bloc , and a much lesser ...
... SOVIET DIVISION STRENGTH AND PERSONNEL STRENGT Mr. MAHON . I do not believe that your explanation of why ther is such a great disparity between the number of divisions of th United States and the Soviet bloc , and a much lesser ...
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... SOVIET SURFACE FLEET Mr. FLOOD . You did not indicate earlier - maybe you will do it later — this extraordinary ... SOVIET SUBMARINE FORCES Mr. MAHON . I think while you have that chart before us it might be well to discuss your ...
... SOVIET SURFACE FLEET Mr. FLOOD . You did not indicate earlier - maybe you will do it later — this extraordinary ... SOVIET SUBMARINE FORCES Mr. MAHON . I think while you have that chart before us it might be well to discuss your ...
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... SOVIET ICBM CAPABILITIES Mr. MAHON . Missiles , calendar year 1959 , estimated Soviet , number ready to fire not known . also submarine - launched That is what they could hit us with . General TWINING . That is right . ICBM's sometime ...
... SOVIET ICBM CAPABILITIES Mr. MAHON . Missiles , calendar year 1959 , estimated Soviet , number ready to fire not known . also submarine - launched That is what they could hit us with . General TWINING . That is right . ICBM's sometime ...
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Page 666 - Defense, the Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps, we have a multitude of initiatives well underway to make our infrastructure more effective and less costly.
Page 225 - The Marine Corps shall be organized, trained, and equipped to provide fleet marine forces of combined arms, together with supporting air components, for service with the fleet in the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases and for the conduct of such land operations as may bo essantial to the prosecution of a naval campaign.
Page 660 - Objective: to consolidate the dictatorship of the proletariat in one country, using it as a base for the overthrow of imperialism in all countries.
Page 221 - Force, with their assigned combat and service components; to provide for their authoritative coordination and unified direction under civilian control of the Secretary of Defense but not to merge them...
Page 665 - Force, the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps in overseas areas on attache or mission aircraft.
Page 432 - Chiefs are advisers to the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council, and the President.
Page 223 - The Joint Chiefs of Staff are the principal military advisers to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense.
Page 222 - The operational chain of command runs from the President to the Secretary of Defense to the commanders of the unified combatant commands.
Page 296 - President left, trailed by the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Av Lincoln walked over to Hood. "Congratulations, Paul. I sense an ass-kicking.
Page 219 - Memorandum for the Secretaries of the military departments; the Director of Defense Research and Engineering; the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; the Assistant Secretaries of Defense; the General Counsel; the assistants to the Secretary of Defense; and the Directors, defense agencies.