14 November 1958: ICBM Revisions

This draft revision reflects an evolving assessment of the role of ICBMs in major war. Section 5(d) (titled 5(c) in the previous draft of 2 October 1957) previously stated that “the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) will not be in use operationally by either side” in a general war. In this version, that assessment has been revised: Section 5(d) now states that ICBMs and submarine-launched missiles “will be in use operationally by both sides.”