CHANCES FOR SPACE WAR - - - AND PEACE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400030025-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 1998
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: January 1, 1962
• Content Type: NSPR

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H'v~ ~~'d~'T?'~rlrit'a
;'$,11'f~ed
a r--+
full-blown spaee~'wzlrf
=-v-ith~ inarnmo~+i? boallb
In orbit' cg in
But so, in -the minds of
many experts, is~ a work?
able, enforceable . disarm-
ament treaty that would
truly neutralize , o u t e r
space and -save it for
peaceful science.
The prep :who make the
rockets but rardly, write the
peace trestiea are meeting
here ln` Lot, Angeles: Th!
qu~,pL~vv~r~~tu1 p~~ iu
apace s ,iiiitrong~~ in thei?
minds ~ , ,~
AtO~.
Near ~~'20~60~ a'~ 'gym are at?
tending , tb+~` "sgciety'a ~ 17th
annual :Irteeting here in thf
center `of.. America's'.., space
industry..
DR. HI$133
Dr, .Albert? ~.. Hiiiba,~
physicist and de,?igtte~bf aci
entlffc spacecraft, Weli1 bne o:
the group's major spd~kera
He is now chief of: tb~ 1e'
Propulsion Lobo ~~ta~
catittol: ' u~d men
group., He"b~ten fum ' ons a
a sort of cerebral ll~~~n mar
' between the U. S. Gon
trot-siltd Diaarrnament Agen
' cy and. the U. S. Space Agen
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k f ' I~;oi apaoa:+~
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weapons can be ;
p- caa doh
~`, 3i .
t7RBIT
.ear bombs in orbit. ~} -`
~A slagle Rtudan r
~n `now~.~orblt at lest ~'a
Capon. yk.'. , ~ ;
From ~-low"~, orbit ~ such+'
bombs could be fired down- }
cities. ~-,~
If rocket power;_could be;
approaching-them-, they
uld be exploded at ot~tal
tttude of 150 miles or so
td incinerate a large part
` the North American con=
An orbiting arsenal of .
ermal. high?yleld bombs;- i
ould be primarily of props- '"
ands value, Hibbs said, bu;
he' frtghtett~{ ,,"pi
ass problattr~t ; ,
' THREAT
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p t
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'`Suppose," 'Hibbs asks,'; "
lwrnbs into~orbit anti then an-~
pounce publicly_~ that. ttnles>t'
~.-- - ~
or somewhere elsei
all 'the. RWatan "
explode overq'
burn w up.~,;~,,
There'/ rite
sponse sAd
include
bombs ~rltile
or by `irdt~i~'tbem`
Amerte~tt hutch cotdd~ ~~~`
~ceivablr ? deter,:. art ' `enemY~~
attack. " ~ i .
' if littd ~t;f!,,tbottsattds~
were In ~ ~&its. _>~~~
~r?
Ice Or elaewhs
.act in orbit deupite' ~Y;:
enlr to 1AUn~h in.retalia-,.
me. presumably, ~1'Ofkt Our a
~nounced readltteu;}to~' ttfM
ch a forte if challe., .:
Oaa of our " e-rbiti~ d
for '
R fo! Arei Dtf+Wse.".
uld consist of 2000 to 8
tellitea, each artnad wl
iaalles during early. fllgh'
Fortunately for the arm
ntrollen, ,these system
ill exlst~ only on paper an
rry a price tag roughiy e;
mated at $15 billion o
ore.
DIFFICULTIES
The technical. dUficultie
orbital. bombs, their cost
,ure of ? unreliability, an
e linplbed 'nature of th
argtte againrt them.,
:these ; tacton miry v c r.
l~l ~ :# treaty atttlawin
a 'unnd Annertca - ;;
r'f;~_,ria~r-subatartti'al'treat;
~` y~airs," ~.~Ilbbs says.
Any auclr~?traty, boweve
-?- -- -
,ttdir of -till; kinds, t
be itble .
~ by iYtitrarrad :e ,. ,rv -' : fl
al~u-t~; "And ~
~at,4atTa.ald'~~o uae~~eeoa {
~ sate~tttes.
tt tnlafnnt~e~? ~~ p e'e a-
to accept tlt}ba at
he iaunch.prd;` afrd.'ft; arts
t ' ` " Agency, ac-
t: ;
~'??-~ _ .
~rpect bthet' aatelllies;:, p o a e
adUticult tachnolo cai Grob- ~:;
f cttu. >i9oa?`r ~acamp, : q+ltlaout
btotogtaphic
ae to
itlaell~ ,:ton- ~ "
"taft4t# an`1`m'b` or ::apace
Interesptor tatellltea would
bays si3gl~d ipb telling decoy ~.
weapp~t lydnt real ones, and ~;;`
what.~~tbaut" intercepting a~"
:ateUite ,ho}nb that is trig=~
gei`ect't41'4xplode ~rirett any.
lntsrceptor , auproaches it?
But those pm'btents can cec~-;
tautly be.:eolved,. Nibba says. ;.
aY to ancei~ap~ca- ,
cr~lt #or~~~ ~'tttbe "- Htbba ;
mtnt~u,. ?i1"~'lteY're the momt
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