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Source: U.S. News and World Report, December 1957.
MUST U.S. TAKE
THE FIRST BLOW?
The Problem of "Massive Retaliation" in the Missile Age
IN TODAY'S BOMBER AGE
V
It's 10 hours from Soviet bases
to American cities.
Warning systems can alert defenses,
blunt any attack.
American bombers on bases ringing
Soviet Russia, alerted, can strike
in massive retaliation.
RESULT: Stalemate.
IN TOMORROW'S MISSILE AGE
It's to be 35 minutes-at most-from Soviet
missile bases to any point in U.S.
Warning systems will be able to give next
to no time for alert before the blow falls.
Push a button in Russia, and 35 minutes later
much of U.S. could be laid waste - with
power to retaliate limited.
RESULT: A growing question whether a policy
of accepting the first blow may be
the best one.
Copyright 1957, U.S. News Publishing Corp.
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Transcribed Image Text:Document E Source: U.S. News and World Report, December 1957. MUST U.S. TAKE THE FIRST BLOW? The Problem of "Massive Retaliation" in the Missile Age IN TODAY'S BOMBER AGE V It's 10 hours from Soviet bases to American cities. Warning systems can alert defenses, blunt any attack. American bombers on bases ringing Soviet Russia, alerted, can strike in massive retaliation. RESULT: Stalemate. IN TOMORROW'S MISSILE AGE It's to be 35 minutes-at most-from Soviet missile bases to any point in U.S. Warning systems will be able to give next to no time for alert before the blow falls. Push a button in Russia, and 35 minutes later much of U.S. could be laid waste - with power to retaliate limited. RESULT: A growing question whether a policy of accepting the first blow may be the best one. Copyright 1957, U.S. News Publishing Corp.
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