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Built in the 1960s, the A-7 Corsair fighter-bomber has been outmoded by more advanced planes such as the F-16. At Nevada's Nellis Air Force Base, where a squadron of A-7s is located, pilots say the plane is a "dead stick without power" -- meaning that without engine thrust, the jet cannot easily be guided...
According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a London-based organization that keeps track of military arsenals around the world, Kuwait is known to have purchased SA-7s from Russia. The SA-7 is a small, shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile that relies on a heat-seeking warhead...
...pacified valley in the shadow of a Soviet base, where the crops grow tall and farmers toil in unbombed fields, the walls of the local teahouses are plastered with guerrilla posters and photographs of mujahedin heroes. Bands of guerrillas move about openly by daylight, carrying AK-47s and RPG-7s, on their way to attack Communist positions. In almost every valley a guerrilla base camp is hidden away in some ravine...
...influx of new funds, the contra arsenal is expected to improve over the next six weeks. Pentagon officials say they can provide Stinger and Redeye surface-to-air missiles to combat the Sandinistas' estimated 60 Soviet armored helicopters; the contras, however, may opt to buy cheaper, Soviet- built SA-7s on the international arms market. U.S. officials hope to persuade the contras to switch from the pressure-triggered mines they have been using to explosives that have to be detonated by remote control, thereby giving the rebels control over specific targets. "Pressure mines kill too indiscriminately," says one. "Pictures...
...Cuban. It was the first time the contras had used such rockets in battle. Declared Secretary of State George Shultz: "Fine, I'm all for it. I hope they get more of these weapons." The incident marked a turning point of sorts for the Sandinistas. "Now that (SA-7s) are introduced, the war has a new character," warned Ortega. Never before, he insisted, have Latin American guerrilla forces used such advanced weaponry. "When Shultz says it is right that the irregulars use these rockets, then that is giving the go-ahead to the use of rockets to any irregular force...