August 13, 1979

August 13, 1979

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Editorial

The Voice of Experience

Management

Defense Spending Demands Spur Needs List

By David R. Griffiths

Management

BQM-74C Tested

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Editorial

The Voice of Experience

Henry Kissinger’s appearances before two Senate committees deliberating the SALT 2 treaty were archetypical Kissinger. The former secretary of State, the architect of SALT 1, kept carefully quiet about SALT 2 until his heralded time to testify—dropping the other shoe with the greatest possible plop.
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Management

Defense Spending Demands Spur Needs List

Calls for bigger appropriations coming from SALT hearings generate requirements across tactical, strategic spectrum

By David R. Griffiths

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Management

BQM-74C Tested

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Missile Engineering

Presidential Approval of Racetrack Expected

Washington —Final presidential approval of the racetrack concept for the basing of the MX mobile missile (AW&ST July 23, p. 14) is expected by the end of this month or early in September. The system, a hybrid of previous concepts that also is being called a horizontal multiple protective shelter, gained general approval at an Aug. 7 meeting of the Presidential Review Council.
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Management

SAMSO to Be Revamped

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Management

F-15' F-111s Help Depress USAF Tactical Readiness

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Space Technology

Pioneer 11 Readied for Saturn Flyby

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Management

Aluminum Concern Extended to Testing

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Space Technology

NASA to Replace Kennedy Center Director

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Missile Engineering

Boeing Probes Crash of ALCM Entry

Los Angeles—Boeing Aerospace Co. is preparing for the second powered flight of its AGM-86B missile in the USAF air launched cruise missile (ALCM) competition while investigators attempt to pinpoint why the first AGM-86B flight earlier this month ended in a crash.
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