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ladies and gentlemen, you were looking at the world's first atomic powered submarine, the Nautilus. All of us have recently read about the miraculous trip which had made under the North Pole or the polar caps. The man who was responsible for designing the power plant in the submarine and for the building of it, my guest here today, Admiral Rick Whole.

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Indeed. I'm highly honored to have him as my guest. Thank Admiral. Would you tell us a little bit about this trip? Where did it start from? And finally, where did it end? The trip started at Honolulu and ended in England was an unstoppable trip during which the Nautilus was submerged about 97% of the time.

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Many all the time under order. Yes, sir. No, under the polar ice cap. Now they, of course, by virtue of this atomic power they did not have to stop for refuelling or anything of that nature. No, sir. The nuclear core on the Nautilus enables her to go around the world with full speed more than three times without the admiral.

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What do you think is the significance of this trip which has recently been made by this submarine. This trip of the Nautilus shows that we now have a large area of the world from which we can wage war. We are now able to put missile carrying submarines under the polar ice, and the ice extends down on an average of about 30 ft.

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Hi. These submarines and their missiles. And if anyone ever dares to declare war on us and even if they were successful in wiping out our whole country, he himself would be inevitably destroyed because he could never locate these submarines. And he knows that they can fire their atomic missiles on him.

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And so the significance of this is that it may Harold Harold in for us a perfectly turned to war. Well, that's wonderful, Admiral. Now, as a practical matter, you've already said it. But I'd like to have you just explain it. Would this submarine with the Polaris will say missile?

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Would that miss will be able to go up through 60 ft of ice? How would they actually work there? No, sir. There are frequent small open spaces in the ice that our submarine can find, and she gets into these areas and fires her missiles. Of course, she will be able to fire these missiles while she submerged.

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The missiles will have a range of about 1500 miles, and so can reach most any part of the earth from the polar area. This sort of revamps everyone's idea of making war, does it not? Yes, sir. It opens up an entirely new field of war because you must remember that the nuclear submarine is not a new submarine.

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It's a new weapon, Admiral. At the present time, I think you are in charge of building the world's biggest atomic power. Reacted at shipping sport Pennsylvania, is that correct? Yes, sir. That plant has been completed and is now operating is currently furnishing 60,000 kilowatts of power to the city of pets.

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Now, what does that mean? Could you give us some look into the future, so to speak. What will that mean For the future of the United States in the world? Well, the United States and the world to a greater extent or something like Florida, You don't have much coal in Florida.

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You must import coal in oil. But the coal and oil in the world are running out and we must develop this new source of energy in order to maintain our industrial civilization. That is the real significance of shipping ports. We are learning many lessons there, which would be applicable to nuclear power plants, not only in the United States but throughout the world.

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And our president has been very generous and has given all of this information to all other countries. And you believe that this 18 to 20 billions of dollars that the Congress appropriates each year for the building of this type of reactor and the experimentation in this type work is certainly will be justified by the future.

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Yes, sir. The sums that Congress are appropriating are very necessary. We must plan ahead. Well, Admiral, may I say it's been a pleasure to have you on the program? I know that. Yeah, well, I guess that you were pleased when the Congress saw fit to give you recognition.

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And in the Senate, we introduced the resolution just this week to present you with the gold medal for the marvelous work that you have done in this whole atomic powered field. And we're grateful to you. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for looking in. I hope you're looking again at the same time next week.

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Admiral Rickover as the father of this Nautilus submarine, the first nuclear powered submarine in the world. What do you think is the military significance of its having steamed under the North Pole all the way to Great Britain? The significance is that we now have a large area for submarine operations.

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We can hide missile carrying submarines under the polar ice cap. This means that if anyone dares to attack the United States, even if he succeeds in wiping us out, he himself will inevitably be destroyed because he cannot locate these missile carrying submarines. They can further missiles through openings in the ice and destroy him.

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And I hope that this new weapon will give us a completely turned to war.