https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/cc2f76c60882c4f98477498ab56b2665.pdf e243804adf4aac1aedffd67e960c4fa5 PDF Text Text it/disclos&J uncle*, the Access to Information Act DocumeTi"divulgue en vertu ere la Loi sur I'acces a I'information yi AAAJA1 ^>/ AFFAIRES EXTERIEURES /EXTERNAL AFFAIR&V/^ TO / FROM G . J . SMIT: De REFERENCE Q/FMA'S MEMO OF MARCH 3_7"I$o9 llwM DATE SECRET—CDN EXES ONLY JMBCH 1 9 , NUMBER Num.ro FILE OTTAWA SUBJECT 1969. DOSSIER POSSIBLE USE OF ABMs AS AN__--A__RGRAFT -WEAPONS Sir|ef __t-3_ ENCLOSURES Annexes I n reading th e memorandum under reference i t occurred t o me t h a t Mr, Nutt has become somewhat confused as t o what c o n s t i t u t e s an ABM* DISTRIBUTION 2. An ABM by d e f i n i t i o n i s an a n t i - m i s s i l e m i s s i l e , not an a n t i - a i r c r a f t missile* 3. l_r. Nutt makes t h i s d i s t i n c t i o n himself when he s t a t e s t h a t the ABM would require different warheads, depending on i t s t a r g e t — t h a t i s , i t would use a li-megaton warhead against an ICBM and a 10-kiloton against an a i r d r a f t . The same missile would not have two warheads, r a t h e r there would be two missiles each with a different warhead. The missile with t h e smaller warhead would in effect be a s u r f a c e - t o - a i r missile (SAM) and would function j u s t as a BOMARC would. Since SAMs are already under HORAD's command t h e r e wculd appear t o be nothing new i n t h i s l a t e s t suggestion* GJS Ext. 407A/BII. 000021 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CDBM00202 Title A name given to the resource Letter from Smith to Bow (External Affairs) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/19/1969 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived RG25-A-3-c, file 27-11-7, "DEFENCE - CONVENTIONAL AND NUCLEAR ARMAMENTS - ANTI - BALLISTIC MISSILES (ABM) = DEFENSE - ARMEMENTS DE TYPE CLASSIQUE ET NUCLEAIRE - ENGINS ANTIMISSILES (ABM)," vol. 10357, part 5, Library and Archives Canada, (LAC). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource External Affairs Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Canadian Crown Subject The topic of the resource Anti-ballistic missiles Description An account of the resource Possible use of ABMs as Ante-Aircraft Weapons Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Canada Declassified Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Language A language of the resource en