IjF.sm'K the fact that atumic bombs " have lieen exploding since 1015 — and that is twelve years ago — the United States today is the most vulnerable to atomic attack of all the major nation, with the possible exception of Great Britain. The British can do very little about their situation, which is aggravated by the smallness of the island and its nearness to Europe. However, they may have already done more than the United States. In this country, our armament industry is concentrated in metropolitan areas and an atomic attack on many of our defense plants and industrial cities, where so much of our industry is located, would cause un told havoc and destruction. In spite of this obvious fact, no one has been able to face the terrific problem of building sufficient underground facilities, factories and shelters to carry on a war ef fort in case we are surprised by an enemy
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