By Anthony J. Cumming

This persuasive examine assaults the major myths surrounding the conflict of england to revise the relative prestige of maritime and aviation components within the defence of england. with out denigrating the heroism of the fighter pilots, Anthony Cumming demanding situations the effectiveness of the Royal Air strength in 1940 and provides the Royal army a lot better prominence than others have. He vigorously asserts the facility of British warships to frustrate German plans for Operation Sea Lion and to repel Luftwaffe assaults. the writer argues that the RAF took the lion s proportion of the dignity in simple terms simply because its vibrant snapshot may perhaps simply be used to govern American opinion. Cumming contends that the seventieth anniversary of the conflict of england may still have fun the contributions of the various instead of targeting the pilot elite, an statement sure to impress dialogue.

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1960. 31 32 45 History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense, 1956–1972: Volume II An aggressor’s destruction must be so inevitable that initiating war is tantamount to suicide. That strength I believe we have now. . Some of the facts which support this judgment are: (a) Our total strength . . is so great that any surprise attack upon us would result in unacceptable destruction to the attacker. . (b) The establishment of early warning systems, the capability for an airborne alert at the time and on the scale needed, and the deployment of mobile, hardened and concealed missiles are progressing as planned.

39 As illustrated in Table 10, changes in the deployed forces of NORAD and USAF ADC during this period also reflect the general reduction which was occurring. Comments on similar reductions can be found in Chapter IV. , p. 454. , p. 126. , p. 156. 37 38 47 History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missile Defense, 1956–1972: Volume II Table 10—Summary of Force Changes, 31 December 1959–1 July 1960 NORAD Interceptor Sqds NORAD Nike Batteries USAF ADC Interceptor Sqds 31 December 1959 1 July 1960 67 55 258 270* 56 44 * This number had declined to 143 batteries by 1 July 1964.

S. vulnerability to Soviet attack, and consequently a sense that a major change in the world-military situation is impending. R. S. 23 This fearful appraisal of the impending Soviet ICBM achievement was coupled with “. . S. R. S. was behind the Soviet Union in ICBM capabilities and that we were threatened by an offensive power soon to be greater than our own. This threat and the motivation it provided will be dealt with as evidence is presented to support the contention. A variety of measures support the general pattern of policy reflected in the FY 1959 testimony.

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