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...money and military. Just two weeks ago, President Clinton renewed the U.S. commitment to Colombian anti-drug efforts by delivering $1.3 billion in aid for the purchase of military equipment and counter-drug training. House leaders are currently considering whether to approve an additional $99.5 million to purchase more aircraft, ammunition and other equipment for the Colombian police. And, as the woman began to explain, this kind of military spending by the U.S. contributes to a political situation beyond her worst nightmares...
...even if the cause of the accident is pinpointed, fixing the plane to the satisfaction of British and French regulators will add to the cost of operating the aircraft, already among the most expensive aircraft to operate in history. The Boeing 747, by contrast, carries four times as many people as the Concorde but costs half as much to maintain. The fixes to the supersonic plane could include tires that resist rupture and explosion, reinforcing the protection of fuel tanks and perhaps coating the underside of the wings with tough materials like kevlar. Even minor changes would be uneconomical. Says...
...navy at least to the levels of the French and British fleets, if not to the size and might of the U.S. Navy. It was intended as a dress rehearsal for a show-of-force cruise of the eastern Mediterranean later this year to be led by the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and the battle cruiser Peter the Great. Losing the Kursk is a major setback for these plans and for Putin's naval ambitions. "He has aligned himself personally with the revival of the navy's fortunes," says Kidd. "This is a big humiliation...
...years ago, Air France told the National Air and Space Museum in Washington that it would consider donating a Concorde when the aircraft's flying days were over. Those days may have come. Last week British Airways and Air France, the only two airlines that operate the 12 remaining supersonic Concordes, were forced by British and French regulators to ground their planes. And given the expensive measures likely to be required to prove its flightworthiness, the plane may never fly in regular service again...
...motion by a ruptured tire. Pierced by a strip of metal, the tire virtually exploded, sending bits of rubber into the huge fuel tanks in the Concorde's wings. "It is clear to us all that a tire burst alone should never cause a loss of a public-transport aircraft," said Sir Malcolm Field, head of Britain's Civil Aviation Authority. The British say the Concordes are to remain parked until "appropriate measures" are taken to guarantee the tires' safety...