Word: antiaircraft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...initial setback. There was a constant movement of men and equipment along the vast network of roads crisscrossing the central Sinai region. Israeli rear bases were jammed with trucks, tires, earth-moving equipment, ammunition and tank vans. Soldiers were bivouacked along the road, with masses of armored cars, artillery, antiaircraft guns and tanks near by. The Israeli logistics system was obviously working well. The soldiers were eating fresh meat, fruit and vegetables. They even seemed to have enough water vans to provide welcome makeshift showers...
...SAM7 Strela, a heat-seeking antiaircraft missile fired in clusters of eight to twelve from portable tubes or individually from the shoulder of an infantryman. It was effective against U.S. helicopters in Viet Nam until crews began firing flares to confuse...
...planes. Prevented by Spain from using U.S. bases there during the crisis, the American transports refueled at Lajes Field in the Portuguese Azores, then flew on to Israel. The Defense Department stationed what it called a "limited" number of Air Force logistics experts in Tel Aviv to help unload antiaircraft and antitank missiles, 105-mm. shells, bombs and radar jammers...
...Heights, the smoldering carcasses of planes and tanks mingled with the rusting wreckage left over from the Six-Day War of 1967. Blackened bodies of slain troops littered the terrain. From Damascus to Cairo and over the neighboring countries of Lebanon and Jordan, dogfights swirled high in the sky, antiaircraft shells and missiles exploded and wreck age fell. On the ground, armies of Arabs and Israelis last week maneuvered and fought each other with an intensity never before witnessed in the seemingly endless conflict in the Middle East...
Despite such tensions. Iran maintains overtly cordial relations with the Soviet Union, with whom it shares nearly 2,000 miles of common border. Indeed, Iran has even received antiaircraft guns and military vehicles, as well as economic aid. from the Soviets. But there is an edge to Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveida's voice when he says: "Subversion under whatever name and from whatever source will not be tolerated in the Persian Gulf...