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Examination of representative and recently declassified samples of imagery from the type of radar developed especially for reconnaissance and mapping purposes by the military, the Side-Looking Airborne Radar ("SLAB"), indicates that SLAB images look very much like medium-grade aerial photos and will serve the following types of geographic tasks even better. 1) Tasks which require an overview of subcontinental magnitude. 2) Tasks which require an overview in which careful timing is critical. 3) Tasks which require an overview with maximum economy of time and money.

The article offers news briefs related to civilian and continental defense in the U.S. In the first part of November 1955, the Committee Disaster Studies of the National Research Council met with Federal Civilian Defense Administration officials. Meanwhile, though the line of radar stations along the northernmost rim of the continent will be a joint undertaking, the country will be responsible for the construction and installation.

The article discusses on the significance of radar in air defense in the U.S. Robert Watson-Watt, a distinguished pioneer and authority in radar research describes radar in a nonscientific language on how it works, how it will be used and how it may be frustrated during the January Foreign Affairs. According to the author, the application of an early warning radar networks can possibly detect aircraft crossing in the U.S. The author suggests that is necessary to apply a special radar network for the interception control in which these two radar networks are necessary to the defense of the U.S. and to its economy.