Word: 16s
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...before Egypt's break with Moscow in 1972. "Sadat made a very good case for arms," said Washington's Senator Henry Jackson, who is known as one of Israel's best friends in Washington. Although Sadat had asked for sophisticated F-15s and F-16s, the prospect was that Carter would recommend sale of 50 to 60 of the more modest F-5E fighter planes to Egypt...
...pressing at Camp David for up to 120 of America's F-5E Tiger fighter-bombers totaling close to half a billion dollars, Israel was seeking two dozen of the faster and more sophisticated F-15 Eagles, which carry a price tag of $20 million each, plus 160 F-16s at $10 million each...
...rituals; the "war counselor" plans the "ripoffs" and "gang-hits" and commands the "gestapo" squads, which consist of the enforcers; the "armorer" keeps the weapons functioning in a safe place such as an abandoned building or a girl friend's apartment. Even automatic and semiautomatic firearms-like M-16s and M-15s-can be bought or stolen. Also available for bigger bashes are hand grenades many decibels above the zip guns of the old days...
Belgium had been the holdout in a NATO consortium that also includes Norway, Denmark and The Netherlands. Once the Belgians decided, General Dynamics was assured of sales to the four countries of 348 planes worth $2.1 billion. That will be in addition to the 650 F-16s already ordered by the U.S. Air Force as its new generation of fighters for the 1980s. General Dynamics estimated that the 998-plane sale could create 40,000 jobs in the U.S., plus thousands more in the four NATO countries, which will share in production...
...before, Lam Son Square had echoed with the sound of carbines, M-16s and rooftop machine guns. Now the square was quiet, the pavement under our feet baked to cooking temperature by the morning sun. I glanced at my watch: it was 10:42. People peered through iron gates that had been pulled shut because of the 24-hour curfew. Their eyes were easy to read. "You're leaving us," they said...