each. Additionally, six small nozzles would be installed to provide  spatial attitude control in pitch, yaw, and roll. The gimbaled engines also served to assist in correcting the same problems, and the swivel would be hydraulically activated 10 . The June and July proposals orally presented by Dr. Wernher von Braun, chief of the Redstone development team, before the Armed Services Policy  Council began to interest officials at the high Washington level. Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson designated Reuben B. Robertson of DOD to  investigate the IRBM field. Then, OCRD requested OCO to compile a list of facts favoring development of the1,500-mile missile at Redstone. OCO quickly  complied, listing many of the reasons that had been included in past studies, that is, facilities, competent personnel, and proven components that could  be redesigned. One new feature was added: that the REDSTONE missile had been transferred to a production contractor. This meant that an industrial  capability would be available when the 1,500-missile reached that stage, an important point to be considered 11 . By August 1955, the matter had reached a cost study stage. In this respect, the Army Chief of Staff requested an estimate for developing a 1,500-mile  missile at Redstone. 0C0 placed the cost of a six-year development program at $240 million, but OCRD believed this to be too conservative and estimated  that the costs would run between $400 and $500 million. Redstone's plans as of September indicated that the time frame of the development would be  somewhat telescoped, giving an Ordnance Readiness Date of ______________________________

10. RSA OML Study, 1 Jul 55, subj: OML Prop for a Ball GM Sys of 1,500 NM Range, pp. 14-16, Hist Off files. 11. ABMA Ref Book, Part I, JUP, Tab A-4.