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...Soviet arms talks devoted specifically to the problems surrounding medium-range missiles. Launched largely at the instigation of NATO's European members, these negotiations will seek to find ways of reducing the numbers of, if not eliminating altogether, the 250 Soviet SS-20s and 350 older SS-4s and SS-5s already trained on Western Europe, and the 572 U.S. Pershing II and cruise missiles scheduled to be deployed by 1983 in West Germany, Britain, Italy, Belgium and The Netherlands...
...First, the Soviet missiles are already in place, while the ones proposed for NATO are still in the testing stage. Second, there is a considerable disparity in the range and potency of the weapons involved. The new U.S. missiles carry only one warhead, as do the SS-4s and SS-5s. But the SS-20s are equipped to carry three warheads. Thus Reagan's proposal really calls for a trade-off of 572 American nuclear warheads for more than 1,000 Soviet ones. In his speech, Reagan claimed that the Soviets had a 6-to-1 nuclear advantage over...
...face this panoply of forces, Iran threw in units and equipment diminished by revolutionary confusion and the decimation of the military's top echelons, but still formidable in regional terms. Its air force included 445 combat planes, among them not only 188 Phantom F-4s and 166 F-5s but also 77 advanced F-14 interceptors. The principal problems with the planes as well as with the Iranian navy and ground forces: lack of maintenance and spare parts. According to Western analysts, only eight of the F-14s were airworthy and one-third of the army...
...fountain equipment business and intrigued by the "tough traditions" of the Marines, he had signed up fresh out of his suburban Detroit high school. He served first as a base electrician at Camp Lejeune, N.C., then was transferred to El Toro in 1973 to work on fighter planes - F-4s, A6s, Harriers. He switched to his present assignment...
...4S is associated with the Program for Science and International Affairs (PSIA), which in turn grew out of the Center for International Affairs. The program funds scholars studying the influence of science on world politics--in particular, arms control and disarmament...