Word: antiaircraft
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Soviets that they must cease their armed provocations or "you will certainly receive even more severe punishment from the Chinese people." Though the Chinese do not so far appear to be reinforcing their military defenses in the Amur-Ussuri sector, there are reports that two armored and three antiaircraft divisions have been moved into the Lop Nor nuclear-and rocket-testing site in Sinkiang Province as protection against a pre-emptive Soviet airborne attack. The Chinese concern is understandable since Lop Nor is only 500 miles southeast of the Dzungarian Gates, the main pass through the Tien Shaw Mountains, where...
...have enough of its deterrent left for an overwhelming retaliatory strike even if the Soviets did wipe out most of the U.S. ICBMs? No one knows for sure. Some of the remaining ICBMs might misfire. The B-52s and B-58s are vulnerable to Soviet fighters and antiaircraft missiles; many of them probably would not reach their targets. Laird hints at Soviet antisubmarine warfare developments that may seriously threaten the Polaris submarine fleet in a few years. Further, he says that Moscow is developing an advanced ABM that could be more effective than its present Galosh system...
...action produced exactly the effect that the Nigerians had anticipated. Most food flights flown by civilian crews have been grounded until flight rules can be worked out that are agreeable to both combatants. Planes that do make the flight are targets for the newly unleashed MIGs or for antiaircraft fire that appears to be directed by five radar-equipped Russian trawlers lying off the coast. Flying into Uli aboard one such flight last week, TIME Correspondent James Wilde found Biafrans grim. The struggling country had a good harvest recently, but supplies will last no longer than three months. Food rationing...
...junctions on the sprawling city's edges. Sonic booms occasionally rattle the windows of Cairenes as MIG fighters scramble daily on simulated interception missions. Through the clear air, as gun crews perfect their skills in the nearby desert, come the crump of artillery and the rhythmic tat too of antiaircraft fire...
...heavily guarded military checkpoints. In the surrounding hills, thousands of troops are emplaced to block the traditional north-south invasion route. Along the 151-mile-long DMZ itself, more than 300,000 U.S., South Korean and allied troops stand guard, backed by a layer of Hawk and Nike Hercules antiaircraft missiles...