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...decision to hold on to Saddam's planes allows Tehran to play each side against the other in the gulf conflict, to its own advantage. By facilitating the removal of some 10% of Iraq's planes from combat, Iran earns the gratitude of the U.S. and its allies. "These aircraft are capable of reaching Israel, and their absconding from Iraq greatly reduces Iraq's war potential," said Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens last week...
...haven't really stepped up production at all," said John Morris, manager of media relations for the aircraft engine division of General Electric in Lynn, Mass., which produces engines for many of the helicopters and airplanes employed in the Gulf. "I don't see [the war] having any major impact soon...
...which are standard issue for ground forces, rely on the same light-gathering technology used in video camcorders to amplify ambient light up to 60,000 times. But pilots flying over Kuwait and Iraq had another window into the darkness. Affixed to F-16s, F-15Es and other attack aircraft is an imaging system called LANTIRN (low-altitude navigation and targeting infrared system for night), which illuminates objects with infrared beams. This system projects the view on a phosphorus screen in the cockpit. Objects appear as yellow-green shapes in an image that resembles a photographic negative...
...that when such systems encounter unexpected trouble they usually do not just slow down; they crash. The Pentagon has not shown any TV pictures of "smart" bombs flying a perfect path into the side of a camel. But as the Scud hits have demonstrated, mistakes do happen. One aircraft expert says the desert sand has wreaked havoc with the British Tornado jets, lodging in the turbine engine blades and melting into glass. If blades on U.S. jets are faring better, it may be because enginemakers imported tons of Saudi sand for tests several years ago and modified their equipment accordingly...
JANUARY has been the Month of the Gulf. Intellectual debate, Congressional speeches, television news coverage and newspaper headlines have been dominated by images of missile launches, anti-aircraft fire, the steely glare of Saddam Hussein and the "New World Order" of George Bush...