SURPRISE BY USING SECRET WEAPONS
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| "EACH SIDE SECRETLY DEVELOPS NEW MEANS OF
WARFARE IN ORDER TO EMPLOY THEM UNEXPECTEDLY. HISTORY KNOWS MANY EXAMPLES HOW THE EMPLOYMENT OF A NEW WEAPON INITIALLY GAVE CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS BECAUSE THE ENEMY, CAUGHT UNAWARES AND NOT KNOWING THE COMBAT CAPABILITIES OF THIS WEAPON, WAS FOR SOME TIME INCAPABLE OF EFFECTIVE COUNTERACTION".
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The Soviets took to heart the lesson of our secret development
of the atomic bomb. Thrust suddenly upon a fanatical nation. the atomic bomb brought the empire of Japan to its knees.
Other lesser examples -- such as the impact of the German V-1
and V-2 missiles and jet fighter -- also were not lost on the Soviets.