Word: 1990s
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Concrete foundations 40 feet into the earth were being poured last week in Columbus to secure the sensitive machinery that will produce central portions of this strategic bomber. The B-l will be an integral part of America's strategic deterrent only from 1986 to the mid-1990s, when the advanced-technology Stealth bomber is scheduled to replace it. The B-l is also likely to be virtually obsolete by the end of the decade because of improved Soviet air defenses. If Congress decided to scrap the $29 billion program, it could cut $4.7 billion from next year...
...have long envisioned a France powered by nuclear energy--it already is more dependent on its reactors than any other country except Switzerland--and natural gas is at most a stepping stone toward the realization of that goal. Despite the go-slow policies of the Socialists, by the late 1990s the new crop of reactors will make the Soviet gas virtually superfluous...
...Senators on conditions of the AWACS sale. The letter mainly implied what had already been stated publicly: that the deal would not proceed if the Saudis did not support the Middle East peace process and that Americans would have a role in operating the planes "well into the 1990s." The document originated at a meeting in early October at Virginia Republican John Warner's house, attended by Georgia Democrat Sam Nunn and top White House aides. Wavering Senators were allowed to amend the letter to make sure that their particular concerns were addressed. "The object...
...serve as carriers for the cruise missile. Reagan also declared that research would continue on an entirely new bomber, the "Stealth," whose design enables it to thwart enemy detection by means of its streamlined shape and radar-absorbent coating. The Stealth, however, will not be finished until the 1990s; the refurbished B-52s and the new B-1s are designed to fill the strategic void until the next decade...
...Boeing has invested more than $3 billion in bringing the two aircraft to market. The company estimates the total potential market for the 767, which can cost up to $43.5 million a plane, to be as many as 1,500 aircraft by the 1990s. For the 757, the company is shooting at a target of perhaps as many as 1,200 planes during the same period. If the company comes anywhere near those goals, Boeing's dominance of the world aircraft industry will remain intact...