European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Stripes daily Magazine the next generation of missiles Ryphe defense department plans to Al build versatile new nuclear tipped missiles that could hit enemy Strong holds in any weather fool radar and withstand nuclear  in the Early 1970s, improved versions of the silo launched minuteman and submarine launched Polaris inter Continental ballistic missile will make their debuts along with a new nuclear tipped aircraft to ground weapon called ram for Short Range attack missile. Spam is rated by air Force Sou Cesas one of the Best strategic weapons Ever  its advantage they by Jim Strothman a staff writer said lies in the High Price an enemy must pay to defend against it far More than the $235.8 million being paid by the defense department to develop and initially procure the missile. To be carried four at a time by fb111warplanes, srams will have a Range up to 100 Miles. The weapon will Beable to hit a 12-foot Circle from High or Low altitudes through Snow Thunder storms or fair weather one source said. Two radar Sites a Quarter Mil apart could be completely destroyed by a single spam he added. Guidance and control problems not yet resolved hav put out of action substantial number of minuteman 2 mis Siles in the nation s present ice Arsenal. The exact number is secret for Security reasons. The minuteman Force consists of 250 minuteman 2s and 750 of the earlier version minuteman is. At Cape Kennedy fla., several minuteman 2 warheads launched recently went out of control during test flight because of guidance problems. If the trouble cannot be overcome soothe defense department will have to delay plans to replace the older minute Man is with minuteman 2s. It also could Aphis Short Range attack missile spam May be fired from of Iii is effective up to 100 Miles. Slow up plans to develop the most advanced icbms yet approved the minuteman 3, announced last december by Secretary of defense Robert s. Mcnamara. Looking into the not too Distant future defense department and Industry planners know they must eventually develop a new Type icbms far Superior to anything now in existence including minuteman 3. The reasons Are a Chang ing world Power situation and improve technology on the part of potential ene Mies. The problem is explained to Craddock manager of try inc s strategic systems project if you stretch the other fellow s technology 10 or 15 years there seems to be a weakness in every concept we look  for example constantly improving spy in the sky satellites could permit an enemy to keep track of Mobile Type icbms such As those aboard aircraft submarines or ground based transport ers. Improved guidance and larger War Heads on enemy icbms could enable a nation to Knock out fixed based  complexes such As silo launched minutemen unless a tremendous amount of Money was invested to Harden the Complex against devastating nuclear at tacks. J. He icbms of tomorrow must also take into account the changing world Power situation defense department sources said. A minuteman 2 missile for example can be programmed to select any of eight different targets. This amount of versatility was sufficient when Russia and the United states were the Only two nuclear Powers. With red China and other nations get Ting into the nuclear act however the United states will be forced either to deploy larger numbers of missiles at great expense or More Likely to develop a versatile icbms with a guidance system that can give it far More than eight target selections. In addition tomorrow s icbms Mustbe Able to Dodge enemy antimissile mis Siles that will try to Knock any  icbms out of the skies. This Means faster and More  with better decoys to fool enemy radars. All details about the nature of the next generation of icbms Are under tight Security but sources say two types Are being considered. One is a super minuteman far Superior to even the not yet developed minuteman 3. This advanced air Force icbms would carry a heavier pay Load hardened against nuclear explosions that would try to Knock it out of control. It would pack multiple and More  with better decoys and would be launched from either a Mobile plat form or greatly improved silo that could resist nuclear  second missile under study would be launched from an underwater site not necessarily a submarine. To Knock it out an enemy icbms would have to travel through both the atmosphere and water. Also under study is a concept called Medusa which envisions firing multiple Polaris Type icbms from the fuselage of High flying Jet cargo planes and a huge ground based Mobile missile launcher that could shift Sites constant  fear that enemy reconnaissance satellites could spot the location of ground missile transporters however and could use conventional Means to Knock missile packing aircraft out of the skies. Thursday september 28, 1967 spam is rated As on of the Best strategic weapons Ever conceived the stars and stripes a Page 11