Show guided G u id e d bomb domb B om b ready soon air materiel chief fixes year deadline washington D C the chief of the air materiel command hns has predicted that the air force would have ready for operational use within byear a year yean a pound bomb that can be guided all the way to the target gen joseph T head of the air materiel command also abo said 1 united states aircraft engineers and manufacturers have the know know how to produce faster than sound combat planes nove novi now but he said the air force planned to wait until at least three more experimental models similar to the supersonic XI rocket plane hald had haid been tested the X xia la being built now is designed to fly 1700 miles an hour sound round speed at sea level is Im about miles elles an hour the X 1 has been flown many times at speeds 41 several hundred bundred miles ralles an hour faster than sound 2 the conventional machine grun arun guns on an fighter planes will be replaced within a relatively short time with rocket missiles having a radar homing hon ang device this device will guide the missiles to an enemy bomber regardless of its evasive action these rockets Mt said sald will be launched several miles from an enemy bomber win will track trade it down at supersonic speed and explode within lethal range by means of a proximity fuse 3 american research engineers have made great progress recently toward development of devices to guide missiles with speeds up to miles an hour and ranges of 5 miles but pinpoint accuracy curare yet been reached said and push but button buttone tord tore warfare with such guided missiles future is still ia in the rather distan distant t i |