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...against hostile neighbors -- but not so much that it could continue to threaten them. A rough gauge of where that balance lies can be found in the military muscle of Iran and Syria, the two heavies that Iraq's forces must counterweigh. Iran commands 504,000 soldiers, 185 combat aircraft and perhaps 500 tanks. Syria has 404,000 troops, 558 combat planes and 4,000 tanks. Iraq's losses in the current struggle have pared its hardware roughly to Syria's level. But since a country that is only defending its territory generally needs less firepower than its attacker, Iraq...
...threat of war and the pain of recession, and they figured things couldn't get any worse. They were wrong. With bombs falling in the Middle East and the world economy almost motionless, this year is shaping up as an even bigger disaster. From passenger airlines to aircraft makers, the aviation business is in a tailspin. Losses and failures are mounting, planes are flying half empty, and the transatlantic fare war is certain to create more ruin. Says Lee Howard, chief executive of Airline Economics: "This is the most serious crisis in the history of the airline business...
...this year, international traffic is down 40%. In the U.S. 2 of every 5 seats are flying empty. As the war and the recession roll on, carriers are lightening their loads by suspending unprofitable routes, flying remaining ones less often and cutting costs. Airlines have reduced new orders for aircraft as much as 50%; 44,000 airline workers worldwide, from machinists in Kansas City to flight attendants in Amsterdam, have lost their jobs since January. USAir, which reported $221 million in losses for the fourth quarter, last week laid off 3,600 workers. Belgium's national airline, Sabena, and Spain...
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...pass. Iraq's heavy armor would be kept at arm's length, picked off from a distance by armor-piercing rounds, laser-guided Hellfires and heat- seeking Mavericks fired from the air. Scout planes and helicopters would identify targets, "squirt" them with lasers, and guide helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft in for the kill. "The point is to reduce our casualty rates by staying out of the enemy's range," said division commander General Paul Funk...