Statement - ICBM [Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001

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University of MontanaScholarWorks at University of MontanaMike Mansfield Speeches Mike Mansfield Papers1-4-1956Statement - ICBM [Intercontinental BallisticMissile]Mike Mansfield 1903-2001Let us know how access to this document benefits you.Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mansfield_speechesThis Speech is brought to you for free and open access by the Mike Mansfield Papers at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been acceptedfor inclusion in Mike Mansfield Speeches by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, pleasecontact scholarworks@mso.umt.edu.Recommended CitationMansfield, Mike 1903-2001, "Statement - ICBM [Intercontinental Ballistic Missile]" (1956). Mike Mansfield Speeches. 218.https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mansfield_speeches/218Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 5, Mansfield Library, University of Montanaent of c tor lke an field (D., .r:~nta.na.) ICBM (INTERCONTINENTAL ALLIS'I1C 1-AISSILE) Th re oema ~ be dbputed evidence that last year the S viot Union t~uted &11 rfs --a bombastic mia•ile o£ unknown acclll'acy but with a ranae f at lealt 800 mile• -- far areater than that of anything we y yet have fired. Senator Henry 1ackaon. of aahington, c airman of the Military Appllcatlona Subcommittee of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Enercy, warned the Senate in .January ' there la a dancer the Soviet• may fire a 1500 mile balll1tlc mie 1Ue before the end of the year. Tbe ICB has been called the ultimate weapon. This type of rocket with a thermo-unclear warhead, with a destructive capability o£ mecatona (million• o£ tona of TNT), h the aupremo inatrument of offen1e . It arches so hi&h (600 to 800 mile• above the earth), and moves so fa•t (12, 000 to 16, 00 milea an our}, that, once it baa been launched, defense against it will be nearly, l£ not entirety~ impoeaible . The German V-2, the amall 200- mile range forerunner of the ICB.M. mbarded L ndoJl durins orld ar n. and even the conventional oxploaivea then ueed in the warhead caased thouanda o! caeualt\ea and lew whole building• apart. Furthermore, there waa no nown defense a ainst t1ie German V- 2 . There ia no known defense now agat .at any of the balli8tlc mlaallea which might be developed, but Mike Mansfield Papers, Series 21, Box 38, Folder 5, Mansfield Library, University of Montana

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