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to reduce- the strength of the Naional Guard, the Army Reserve and the Marine Corps.
Defense costs obviously have bec6me tremendous. Not only have weapons became infinitely more ^expensive in their development land production, but the aH-pervading influences havc boosted substantially the cost of everything the armed forces buy, from mess tits to missiles. Then,, too, we have had to revise our military programs to take into account start•v ling evidence of Soviet advances in weaponry and overall war readiness. For exantple, the President found it necessary to amend his original budget and send to Congress nearly $1.5 billion in additional estimates while the military spending program was under committee (consideration.
Space Age names and phrases were sprinkled through the committee report which was in the hands of members of the House as they considered the defense appropriation bill. Thor, Jupiter, Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, Talos, Tartar, Terrier, Sidewinder, Polaris, Nike-Zeiis, Hawk, Pershing, Sergeant, Corporal, Nike Hercules, Lacrosse, Dart, Hound Dog —how the missile family is’growingf The Hound Dog is a missile shot from a B-52 bomber hundreds of miles from its target. The committee was sufficiently impressed by the closed-doors testimony on this missile to recommend a $48 million increase to accelerate equipment of the entire Stratgic Air Command with it. Every one of the mentioned missile ^presents many millions of dollars in development cost which must be absorbed before even one reaches an
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