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The book provides a rather broad review on an international scale of recent thinking on the subject of scientific planning, forecasting, and decisionmaking as it relates to the military. The scientific approach to these matters is observed to be highly essential in an age in which scientific and technical development gives rise to rapid changes in weapons and techniques. The results of the use of nuclear weapons are likely to be such as to deny decisionmakers the luxury approach to their task. Scientific forecasting is proposed as a means of ensuring the rapid production of soundly based information on which to make proper decisions in military affairs. It is not put forth as a substitute for the thinking of talented and experienced military experts but as a means for them to achieve their decisions in a more timely and scientific manner. The authors employ a mathematical-statistical approach in arriving at their hypotehtical forecasts, and, particulary because of the numerous examples of forecasting situations to which these techniques are applied, those involved or interested in the activity should be able to confirm their understanding of the methods of arrival at the various conclusions., Trans. from Military Publishing House of the Ministry of Defense (USSR).

Object of the Invention: A centripetal gas turbine with a nozzle apparatus designed in the form of a ring with inclined bores which has the distinguishing feature that for the purpose of simplifying the technology of its production and lessening the noises in the nozzle place the bores are designed conical in the input and cylindrical in the output, so that the forward outflow edge of each preceding nozzle crosses the rear output edge of the following nozzle. (Author), Unedited rough draft trans. of Russian patent 166555, pub 24 Jun 63, appl. 843067/24-6.