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...crew of a U.S. P-3C Orion antisubmarine plane circling overhead, substantial damage was clearly visible. The sub was venting smoke from a gaping hole behind its sail, or vertical superstructure, where a hatch covering one of the 16 missile-launching tubes had been located. Said Defense Department Spokesman Commander Robert Prucha after examining photos: "The hatch was peeled back like a sardine can." But when the nearby U.S. oceangoing tug Powhatan offered assistance, the sub declined, requesting that the tug "stand clear...
...costs. This tactic resulted in continued funding, for example, for the AMRAAM, a radar-guided Air Force and Navy missile that has technical problems, is more than two years behind schedule and is costing about twice the original estimates (now about $450,000 a missile); and for the P-3C Orion, a patrol plane used in antisubmarine warfare (more than $40 million an aircraft...
...going so far as to pressure Taiwan to shut down such a program in the early 1980s. And Taiwan is in the middle of a spirited national debate on an $18 billion proposed purchase of largely defensive hardware from the U.S., which includes eight diesel-electric submarines, 12 P-3C Orion antisubmarine aircraft and Patriot missile defense systems. Taiwan's doves, and even some of its former military officers, oppose the purchase, arguing that it is too expensive and will only raise cross-strait tensions...
...mineral pools, and say hello to Hector, a wirehaired terrier rescued by manager Nancy Morgan from the surrounding desert. (The lobby fire pit, done over as a tile fountain, is Hector's unofficial water bowl.) Better yet, stay in town--at L'Horizon, where Marilyn Monroe always took Room 3C, or at Herbert Burns' 1957 Orbit In, which has been meticulously restored and impeccably decorated with furnishings by mid-century icons Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen and George Nelson. It's hard to imagine another hotel whose devotion to style is so intense. The guest lounge is named after...
After collecting coarse blankets and plastic cups, the guests report to their assigned cells. They're segregated by gender, and the men are led to Unit 3C, where an officer monitors 32 two-person cells from an elevated control center. There are no windows, only small, dim skylights. A concrete racquetball court adjoins the common room, which doubles as a cafeteria, and a visiting room is located on the second floor. Prisoners leave the unit only in case of an emergency...