1960-12-17 — Page 5

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For the first time-the facts that matter in the Holy Loch deal

MISSILE WITH NO FIXED

"THE

THE Polaris missile is like Marilyn Monroe-it has something for everybody." So says Admiral William Raborn, "Father" of the Polaris, when "selling" the weapon's versatility,

But what have the Russians got for Polaris-in the form of counter- measures to this multi-million-dollar marriage of nuclear missile and nuclear submarine?

After weeks of delving in I SUSPECT

Washington, Cape

Cam-

eral and London, Ind

at though this missile THIS IS WHY

ith no fixell address poses

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extreinely formidable

treat, it has built-in weak- WE HAVE

esses which the Russians

ill undoubtedly exploit. NOT BEEN

And I suspect that the unter-mensures the Russians a take may well explaire the overnment': reluctor

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vulge delalla of ita commit- ents to the Americans over

Holy Lach base, on which Macmillan is to be cizal- nged in Parliament,

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- Drawback

TOLD ALL

This could lead to unpleasant polities) Incidents of Britain,

`The second drawback is over communications.

The

has to be poked above the sur- Ince.

Thus, during Д timè of tension, when the "Fire" order

#1 might come any moment and rich a period might last several days the submarine must be taken UD Bear the surface.

by

ADDRESS

Chapman Pincher

I found in Canada re- cently that Russian submarinos are regularly operating within the three-mile limi off the and are Nova Scotia coast, tracked Lat never attacked by the Canadian Navy.

I have also found out And this weakness gives the that two US non-atomic sub-

marines caught in Soviet terri Ruglans their chance,

They can hunt the submarines torial waters were chased until with land-based helfcopters they had to surface. They were But then allowed to depart. which dunk electronic "car"

this was before U.S. submarines Into the sea on wires,

were patrolling with H-bomb nilies at the ready.

And they might detect them from the air with that excellent human device which British pilots call the "Mark One Eye- ball"

Explain!

There is another dangerous

communications The danger now is that the

Kursions aspect of the

may sink a Polaris system,

Polaris submarines con cruise at a safe and *secret At a time of great tension the submarine as they destroyed dth of 1,000 feet. Rador can- Russians would obviously try to the Amrican RB47 recon- and the block US radio messages to their naisance bomber and clan

The not

penetrale water

The first drawback to daris-tanying famarines in range of Red Navy listening subs. at they will have to return devices is only about 15 miles. And, of course, the most effee

frequent intervals to Holy

have little tive way to do this would be to Gther

knock out the stations the of anding

sub-

ch and their

r

bases

So the Russian maintenance of their H-chance

that it was in territorial waters when it was not,

from

If that submarine happened to come from Holy Loch, Bri- tain would be involvd in an in- ternational incident of great langer.

mb warheads and also be marines when they are in firing which they were being sent.

use of the psychological difl- position, cut on petrol, in the lues of

on 2,000,000 quare miles of fiquid

keeping erews bmerge patrol for Tenger hunching pad surrounding the

few weeks,

an u

Ro with their alomie bmarines, which Mr already

ebry claims

to seom

make

Startling

It may be to Britain's advan- Are there any "Fire" message tage to accept these risks as stations in Britain? I suspect contribution to the Allantle

alllence, but surely the Govern

Soviet coast. hunter This would Khru- Polaris submarines undetectable, there is at leant one. exist, they can shake off their

e Russians are likely to lie in shadowers.

and track the Polaris

sscle as they leave base lo

on patrol again.

If the Kussians keep pace

The aerial

Ith US atomic submarine But I And that, to launch his

As for the Holy Loch base ment should explain its case to itself, the Russians will certain the publle by publishing the ly have long-range H-bomb details of the Holy Loch deal. mulssiles zeroed on it.

Putting the H-bomb out to Every Polaris submarine De TV be the best way yet carries 16 missiles, each enpoble devised for digging today's de- of destroying the heart of terrent ditch without making it major ely. The Russians are tomorrow's gruve. ilding we may see the silun- lethal load. the Polaris sub- unlikely to neglect the oppor

hunter-killer marine commander must keep unity of i witch

knocking out any dmaxirxs of each tide are in touch with headquarters by which happen to be holed up in HERE adowing the missile-launching radio. Some messages can be Holy Loch or any other base, bmarines of the other. as rerelved to a depth of 90 feet, So far, both sides have shown with claims that

now shadow but for a "Fire" message, which astonishing st and West ch. other's diplomats.

must be acknowledged, an aerial cubmarine incidents.

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forbearance

But from the facts revealed Parilament and the Tubilo should not be fobbed off the Polaris IMMUNE

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