 | United States. Congress. House. Appropriations - 1954 - 1498 pages
...to maintain the capability to deter an enemy from attack and to blunt that attack if it comes — by a combination of effective retaliatory power and a continental defense system of steadily increa-:; e effectiveness. These two tasks logically demand priority in all planning. Thus we will... | |
 | United States. Department of Defense - 1955 - 162 pages
...appropriations that can be made available for military programs within the framework of a growing economy. As a nation we reject the concept of preventive war....capable of performing. The sea lanes would have to be cleared and protected to enable us to support our forces overseas and those of our Allies. To provide... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations - 1956 - 850 pages
...to maintain the capability to deter an enemy from attack and to blunt that attack if it comes — by a combination of effective retaliatory power and a...increasing effectiveness. These two tasks logically demand priority in all planning. Thus we will assure that our industrial capacity can continue throughout... | |
 | United States. Department of Defense - 1955 - 164 pages
...maintain the capability to deter an enemy from attack and to blunt that attack, if it comes — by a combination of effective retaliatory power and a...defense system of steadily increasing effectiveness. Both of these tasks are a great challenge to our science and technology. In each, our position is relative... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee - 1955 - 1558 pages
...to maintain the capability to deter an enemy from attack and to blunt that attack if it comes—by a combination of effective retaliatory power and a continental defense system of steadily increassIgn effectiveness. These two tasks logically demand priority In all planning. Thus we will... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations - 1955 - 1558 pages
...to maintain the capability to deter an enemy from attack and to blunt that attack if it comes — by a combination of effective retaliatory power and a continental defense system of steadily increasign effectiveness. These two tasks logically demand priority in all planning. Thus we will assure... | |
 | United States. President (1953-1961 : Eisenhower) - 1960 - 1176 pages
...to maintain the capability to deter an enemy from attack and to blunt that attack if it comes — by a combination of effective retaliatory power and a...increasing effectiveness. These two tasks logically demand priority in all planning. Thus we will assure that our industrial capacity can continue throughout... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services - 1368 pages
...primary objective must be to maintain the capability, first to deter an enemy from such an attack: ancl second, to blunt any such attack if it comes. Both...upon us, which we must be capable of performing;. The sealanes would have to be cleared and protected to enable us to support our forces overseas and those... | |
 | Robert J. Watson - 1986 - 468 pages
..."to maintain the capability to deter an enemy from attack and to blunt that attack if it comes — by a combination of effective retaliatory power and a...increasing effectiveness. These two tasks logically demand priority in all planning." To meet lesser hostile action, he said, "growing reliance can be placed... | |
 | Kenneth W. Condit - 1992 - 344 pages
...to maintain the capability to deter an enemy from attack and to blunt that attack if it comes — by a combination of effective retaliatory power and a...increasing effectiveness. These two tasks logically demand priority in all planning. Other essential tasks during the initial period of a possible future war... | |
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Our first objective must therefore be to maintain the capability to deter an enemy from attack and to blunt that attack if it comes — by a combination of effective retaliatory power and a continental defense system of steadily increasing effectiveness. 
