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The Strategic Air Command is the principal element of our long-range nuclear capability.
One of the important and difficult decisions which had to be made in this budget concerned the role of the B-70, a long-range supersonic bomber.
This aircraft, which was planned for initial operational use about 1965, would be complementary to but likewise competitive with the four strategic ballistic missile systems, all of which are scheduled to become available earlier.
The first Atlas ICBM's are now operational, the first two Polaris submarines are expected to be operational this calendar year, and the first Titan ICBM's next year.
The Minuteman solid-fueled ICBM is planned to be operational about mid-1963.
By 1965, several or all of these systems will have been fully tested and their reliability established.
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