Show 1 PAUL MALLON L l tar Weakness of o Russia TUCH A UCH has been made of the superior size of the Russian army 1 1 V- V Our military men frequently mentioned this recently to get their appropriations through congress But little or nothing has been reported of the critical military weaknesses of Russia She may be an Isolated economic and political power existing behind an iron curtain but from t standpoint she is wide open from the air on three sides and andin extremely vulnerable in oiL because of Russia as unconquerable The custom Is to regard her vast spaces Hitler's military mistake was In attempting tot to to think of Russia's Russia's Rus- Rus devour more than he could chew No one seems t 4 sias sia's far vaster outer circumference of defense which Is really too extensive to be defensible beyond current military realities The But these considerations run aggressive in the world of politics does docs not I Russia which has become so I comprise eight million square miles but the few square miles occupied by byI large cities say Moscow its few thousand political leaders chiefly in a few I and Russia Leningrad could be effectively isolated In war from the rest of the world the atomic missile and band hand without much difficulty On the other her her are somewhat dulled by against other bombing rocket threats distribution of industry except oil oll of such missiles Is our most For defense against use our part everywhere except Inthe In Inthe n We are protected vital necessary concern excepting from at atomic mj the air We are protected In every way missiles In these baskets mos most tot of our eggs may possibilities and defense not offense We atomic now be put We must think of must concentrate on air and missile protection L |