ARMAMENT OF U.S. WARSHIPS
GUIDED MISSILES TO BE SUPPLIED
( Rec. 7 pm.) WASHINGTON, June 19. Many United States warships will be armed with guided missiles" in the I next 12 months, and orders have been E laced for aeroplanes capable of devenng small atomic bombs. I ..Bear-Admiral T. S. Combs, chief of a ? Bureau of Aeronautics, and A. Oftsie, Deputy°fk N + av ?i 1 for Air, said today that the Navy had conducted successful demonstration flights with two types of guided missiles. naval officers were appearing ? enate Appropriations Sub-«to-^usge a P.P r s °val of new or £ uic^e d missiles. They said the money was needed to equip a substantial number of fleet units.” Q t^i, Ce ’^ drn js al^ Oftsie said ‘hat “small SSSmihPJ” 1 ? have created unlimited possibilities for naval aviation.”
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27072, 22 June 1953, Page 9
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