https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/bd90cd8fe03b1cbf4d703c6c5e4a2d11.pdf c743e9209e2236033fbc96ee94f2fbdc PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur Tacces a Tinformation DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAI E7-7 / / - ' Subject. Date J™.?J.7... W 6 ? Publication ^.....^^.MiESioLf.': - U.S. soon to replace aircraft with missiles WASHINGTON — (AP) - the older version without The U.S; Army soon will send leaving any gap in NATO's a faster firing, quicker mov- nuclear shield. ing version of its 400-mile While the basic missile iS range Pershing missile • to not changed, virtually all of Europe to replace tactical its supporting equipment has aircraft in the nuclear defence been updated. of NATO. A switch to solid-state elecThe improved Pershing sys- tronics has led to greater tem is mounted on wheels so reliability and a faster rate of it can change position faster fire for the equipment which than the older model, which was designed more than 10 moves on tank-like treads, years ago. making the new version unit Mounting the missile, its less vulnerable. launcher and other associated The Pershing 1-A's faster equipment on . wheels was rate of fire and greater more suitable to West Euromobility are vital to itspean terrain than the tank-like newest job on what is called treads now used. "quick reaction alert." Riding on wheels, the misIn this role the Pershing sile and its sensitive elecmissile will r e p l a c e war tronics are less subject to planes on nuclear alert, free- jarring, and therefore less ing more tactical fighter- likely 'to be out of commisb o m b e r s for conventional sion, army men say. warfare roles. The Pershing's warhead is Originally, the Pershing was rated at the blast equivalent sent to Europe five years ago of less than 1,000,000 tons of to provide heavy atomic artil- TNT. N lery support for the U.S. 7th Army deployed in West Ger- r many facing the Iron Curtain. M i s s i l e crews will be trained for the new Pershing equipment at the • army's artillery and' missile school at Fort Sill Okla. Then, later this year, the army will begin shipping the gear to Europe where it will & swapped, unit by unit,, for � 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 CDBM00279 Title A name given to the resource Transcript from The Gazette Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/27/1969 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 6, 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 US Soon to Replace Aircraft with Missiles 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