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This article comments on the nomenclature of missiles developed by the U.S. Air Force and the Navy. Divine names of Greek mythology were appropriate for the new titans and yet these would offend nobody's religious feelings, for the Greek gods were long dead. For another theological rule governing the Greek pantheon is that one awakened god starts a chain reaction which wakes up all the rest in no time. A whisper in an American general's ear and another rocket came into being to glorify another deity: A whisper to a Soviet general, and a Communist counter-rocket moves the spiral of competition one spin higher.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Comment on an article about the economic conditions in Thailand and India; "The Case That Will Not Die," which focused on ballistic testing of bullets.

Focuses on the charges of a noted French anti-Communist fighter that the United States, in her push for bigger and better missiles, is adopting a Maginot Line psychology. Focus on the American martial power; Views of the author that there is no missile gap between the two countries but a serious propaganda gap; Opinion that the stratagem of today is propaganda, and the Soviets have raised this once secondary principle of war to a first rank in their panoply; View that if, instead of inventing more missiles, the United States would spend that amount of money in counter-political warfare, the world situation would be changed; Issues related to the United States' ability to wage political warfare.