Sep 10 1967
From The Space Library
Soviet Union reportedly had been giving top priority to efforts to develop multiple warheads for its big missiles, William Beecher wrote in New York Times. If the report was correct and if the Soviet effort succeeded, Moscow could increase several-fold its ability to hit a number of targets in the US. simultaneously. In Britain, Air Commodore Neil Cameron described the new weapon in Royal Air Force Quarterly. "It is widely believed that the Russians have developed the multiple individually guided reentry vehicle, known as MIRV, which could revolutionize nuclear strategy. . . . It would mean that each Soviet missile dispatched could carry ten or more individually guided warheads in the megaton class, which could neutralize the Americans' numerical lead in this field and make a counter-force strategy as far as the Soviets are concerned a realistic possibility." (Beecher, NYT, 9/10/67; AP, B Sun, 9/15/67; Cameron, RAF Quart, Autumn 67, 175-83)
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