European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Off a ".?. A wow a -rwiif%ffiiiej0ik a -.-.-x". T "3�/1 of the Nike Hercules suitable targets Are getting to be a problem. Army photo America s mighty missiles by Bem Price a staff writer editor s note the United slates ground to air defences Are in the hands of the army. Hero is an on the spot re port of How Good those defences Are an what the future May hold for Aerial War fare Down in Elpaso tex., where the desert echoes daily to the rockets Roar the . Army makes no Bones about its belief that in warfare the Jet age has come and gone. One Swift look at the kill court forthe now outmoded Nike Ajax alone shows you that the army apparently has solid grounds for so believing. Brig Gen Stephen m. Mellnik assistant commandant of the . Army air de sense school at it. Bliss said in an inter View we can Knock Down anything that breathes Nir which is now operational or which is on the drawing  Brief the army believes it can shoot Down anything with  truth the army has just about run out of targets against which to lest its mighty Nike Hercules  Hercules already has knocked Down a Ramjet drone plane travelling in excess of 2,100 Mph at 100,000-plus feet. There Are reports that the Hercules can reach up Ward to 180,000 feet about 32 Miles with ease. So hard up is the army for challenging targets that it is seriously contemplating firing the Nike Hercules Ngn inst its Little brother the Nike Ajax. If the army carries through with its i Hercules Ajax shoot it will be the first known attempt in this country to intercept one guided missile with  Hercules is a larger More powerful and More accurate version of the Ajax which it will supplant ultimately. Just How Good the Hercules is has been classified  the Ajax is being replaced the army has released some data on just How effective it is. The figures should curl an airman s  1955 the Ajax shot Down 60 per cent of the targets against which it was  kill rate today 79.8 per cent. By the end of this year the army expects the Ajax to reach maximum efficiency 88 per cent kills. Since it first began keeping score the army has figured that 10 per cent of the misses will because by equipment malfunction and 2 per cent by human fallibility. This does t mean that in a wave upon wave attack by aircraft against a Nike defended target that 12 per cent of the aircraft necessarily will get through. Rapid fire by battalions shooting atomic warheads is expected to compensate forthe error and malfunction factors. Bach year the men who actually fire the nikes return to Elpaso from the 68battalions in this country and around the world to test their  heart of any guided missile system is radar. At present the relatively Ancien Ajax system picks up and begins tracking targets about 200 Miles away. Cannot a plane carry devices to Jam the radar my engineers Tell me said Gen Mellnik that for every jamming measure there is a counter jamming Meas ure. What is to prevent us from homing on the jamming device itself As if the Pilot did t have troubles enough with Ajax and Hercules there Isth new missile Hawk designed to protect troops cities and Field installations against aircraft flying anywhere from Treetop level to 50,000 feet. The Hawk employs a completely new system of radar and to Date it has been so accurate that the army boasts nothing can evade it. While the actual operation of the Hawk is highly classified secret this much i known it has a homing device in its nose which if it misses on intercept will cause the missile to turn and Chase its victim. All the controls for the Hawk Are built into its nose. There is a radar device on the ground called an illuminator which bounces radar Waves off the target. This illuminator does t bother with stationary objects. It will pick up and illuminate Only moving objects no matter at what Speed or what evasive action it takes. Since it is a Protection for troop against Low flying aircraft the Marine corps is vitally interested in the Hawk. To indicate the Hawk s accuracy army officers quote the Marine major who said that the marines weren t going to bother loading the Hawk with a warhead the were just going to equip it with a Bayonet. In order to test the Hawk the army has to build errors into its nose. Other Wise the Bill for destroyed aircraft would be enormous. As for the antimissile missile the Nike zeus there Are indications that it is simply going to be a larger More powerful and More refined Hercules. At the desolate White Sands missile Range in new Mexico engineers Are at work on a crash basis building a zeus test area partly  zeus is in the hardware testing stage and the air defense school at  already has men working with the contractors in anticipation of the zeus moving out of the prototype stage and into production in about two years. Presumably the zeus will be designed to intercept intercontinental ballistic mis Siles travelling toward a target at speeds of 18,000 Miles per  army officer explained the zeus does t have to be As fast As the  matter How fast the missile is All we have to do is plot an intercept course based on the tracked Speed of the incoming missile and the known Speed of our  key to the whole business he continued is radar. I guess we could have knocked together a zeus missile itself i about six months but the radar is some thing else. It is going to be enormous and completely  a Titan Tat Iao motor. Thi stars and strips Apo 179. Of. Forcett. A a4d m my a it Toto Ami kept confide Shaf Wir Uil. Uinn ctn Tum tar pm Sollmi Rahm Tuch wilting o m net alter Rin to Nina of he tax form distribution i am a personnel officer in a Field unit and have received numerous queries concerning Avail ability of 1958 Federal income tax forms 1040 and 1040a in Usa eur. Can you Tell me whether distribution is planned or will they be available through Apo channels i received mine through my permanent Home address in the states on automatic mailing from the District internal Revenue office through which i filed my last return 1957. Name withheld by request editor s note Usa eur he replies As follows initial distribution of forms 1040 and 1040a a made on nov. 28, 1958, to All publications stockrooms in Usa eur. The number of copies distributed was based on the strength of the units serviced by the stockrooms As reflected on department of the army form 12-ae which is submitted by each unit in Accord Ance with Usa eur circular 310-80.an adequate Supply of these forms is on hand at the . Army publications and training aids Center Hoechst Germany and can be procured by submit Ting a requisition on a form 17through Normal publications Supply channels. Weight allowances three cheers for the wife of the sp6 and her letter on the unfairness of weight allowances. If she thinks the allowances Are unfair going to Germany she should be in our position of be ing transferred from Germany where we were allowed 2,000 pounds and occupied furnished quarters to France where behave to furnish our own quarters and were Only allowed Totake 2,000 pounds out. That move hit right where it Hurt the most in the pocket Book. Name withheld by request Goren on Bridge Bridge quiz answers q. 1as South you hold 4105 f/ak963 4a75 j32the bidding has proceeded North East South west1 it pass 3 v pass 3 it pass what do you bid now . With this evenly balanced hand prospects for slam Are not Bright even if partner has a maximum. Your hand is Worth 13 Points valued at heartland partner has a maximum of 18 Points in High cards. Assum ing he has a distributional Point in addition the play for slam should still be indifferent. Q. 2as South you hold 4q853 f/ak87 6 kq54the bidding has proceeded East South West north1 4 dbl pass 1 pass what do you bid now  hearts. This hand snot quite Strong enough for a double raise in View of the fac that partner was forced to bid. A double raise in this situation should be based on 19 Points. Q. 3as South you hold 475 jkqj98 4a6 ak98the bidding has proceeded South West North east1 v pass 1 4 pass ? what do you bid now  this Strong hand jump bid of some kind is indicated and our Choice is three hearts. It is not quite Strong enough to make an absolute Force to game and therefore we veto a bid of three clubs. Q. 4you Are South Vulner Able and you hold 4 pkg f/1094 4ak982 kj5 the bidding has proceeded South West North east1 4 pass 34 3 of ? what do you bid now . This is to enable partner to contract for three no Trump if he has a heart stopper do not fall into the error of bid Ding four diamonds for a con tract of 11 tricks might be out of reach. Q. 5as South you hold 4aj1084 f/106542 63 9 the bidding has proceeded North East South west1 pass 1 4 pass 3 4 pass f 14 the stars and stripes what do you bid now? Spades. In this Case nothing is to be gained by show ing the anaemic five card heart suit and it might easily delude partner into taking More aggressive action than is warranted. Q. A partner opens with one club and you hold 4742 9/853 497432 4.k6 what is your response? it is our practice to stretch a Point to keep alive a opening bid of one club we do not feel justified in such action in this particular hand with Only one King and no distributional advantages. A pass is therefore clearly indicated. We occasionally keep the bidding open with five Points but not with four. Q. 7as South you hold 4aj104 9/aj 4qj105 �kj6the bidding has proceeded South West North east1 4 pass 1 v pass what do you bid now  rebid of one Spade is our Clear Choice. The hand contains Only 17 Points in High cards and is therefore two Points Short of the requirements for a jump to two no Trump. You must there fore bide your time with a bid of one Spade and Hope to get an other Chance. On hands of this Type we find that it is Superior strategy to open with one no Trump in the first place. Q. 8as South you hold 4k62 9jaq9753 k742the bidding has proceeded South West North East 1 1 49j 55 9f dbl pass 6 � pass pass dbl pass pass pass what is your opening Lead? slam double Conven Tion should not apply to Thi Scase for it is very Clear that East is sacrificing against your bid of five hearts because he can not stand his partner s  the bidding has developed it is reasonable to suppose that West the Dummy has a Good Spade suit so that the King of Spades is trapped. There is great likelihood that East is void of hearts and the recommended Lead therefore is the two of Dia monds. It would be very Surpris ing if partner did not have theace of that suit. Now Rilet it. Tot Cuomo try Bull monday february 23, 1959