The Third World War

JAMES BURNHAM Who Rules Aerospace .. .

Last winter I predicted (March 7, 1967) that “as a result of the present agitation we are probably going to get some kind of anti-missile sys- tem,” and I added my judgment that “the best case can be made for a deployment de- signed to help de- fend our own mis- siles.” Two months ago Defense Sec- retary McNamara announced the de- cision to deploy a “thin” system, pri- marily for defense against the Chi- nese missile threat expected during the Seventies. At

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James Burnham

JAMES BURNHAM Who Rules Aerospace .. .

Last winter I predicted (March 7, 1967) that “as a result of the present agitation we are probably going to get some kind of anti-missile sys- tem,” and I added my judgment that “the best case can be made for a deployment de- signed to help de- fend our own mis- siles.” Two months ago Defense Sec- retary McNamara announced the de- cision to deploy a “thin” system, pri- marily for defense against the Chi- nese missile threat expected during the Seventies. At