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...that have already shelled out money to Bosnian Muslim businessmen, who then procure the weapons. The smuggling routes also suggest how the newly sanctioned equipment would wend its way to Muslim fighters. Arms are shipped or flown to the Croatian capital of Zagreb, then transferred into Bosnia by lighter aircraft and trucks. But all equipment must pass through Croatia, which has extracted a sizable portion of the weapons that cross its lands. This Croatian usury is unlikely to diminish...
...Croatia suddenly balks at being a stop on the pipeline, there are chancier options. Heavy equipment can be flown into the U.N.-controlled Sarajevo airfield -- at least until the Serbs close it down. Ammunition and light weapons can be parachuted into the region by the same C-130 aircraft the U.S. has used for humanitarian missions. With arms, though, the planes would have to fly lower to the ground to ensure that the weapons reach their pinpointed targets -- and do not fall into Serbian hands...
...path to the stars, especially those worn on uniforms, was opened last week. Defense Secretary Les Aspin ordered all the services to remove restrictions on women flying combat aircraft and said he would ask Congress to lift the ban on women serving aboard warships at sea. The change has long been visible on the horizon, but it was hurried along by a Navy eager to do something to smooth the choppy wake left by its official report on Tailhook. As the damaging document was readied for release two weeks ago, Navy brass quietly assured servicewomen at the Pentagon that...
...defense companies planning displays at the Paris Air Show in June were explicitly targeted for industrial spying. The document detailed precisely what the French were after -- ranging from General Electric's satellite technology to Lockheed Corp.'s Stealth materials. The French sniffed. One targeted firm, GM's Hughes Aircraft subsidiary, chose to pull out of Paris altogether. While President Clinton decided against barring American participation, he did order a war against industrial espionage...
After World War II, a defeated Germany vowed that its soldiers would never again march off to war. Slowly, however, Germany is joining international military missions that march off to make peace. Two weeks ago, German airmen were cleared to fly over Bosnia as crew members on AWACS surveillance aircraft. Now, after lengthy debate, Bonn has agreed to send 1,600 ground troops to join the United Nations mission in Somalia -- a recognition of Germany's emerging role in the new world order...