Word: antiaircraft
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Weinberger said little until his plane reached the Jordanian capital of Amman. But then he declared that he "favors" the sale of U.S. mobile Hawk antiaircraft missiles and F-16 fighters to Jordan. The Israelis were aghast at the prospect of these weapons in the hands of an unfriendly state that has rejected all overtures to join the Camp David peace process. Haig, returning to the U.S. from a trip to Portugal, Spain, Morocco, and Rumania, just as Weinberger was getting back from Amman, hastened to assert that "there was no specific request [from Jordan for U.S. arms], no offer...
...transistor, for which three of its scientists won the 1956 Nobel Prize in physics. It also developed the laser, high-fidelity phonograph records, stereo and sound movies. In 1927, Bell Labs demonstrated the first long-distance, live, television transmission over wires. One of its early computers helped direct antiaircraft fire during World War II and knocked down 76% of Nazi buzz bombs in areas it defended in England. Bell scientists pioneered work in semiconductors, integrated circuits and microchips, all necessary parts of the computer explosion. They have now won a total of seven Nobel Prizes in physics...
...Israelis last week revived a dormant but still explosive issue. Israeli Defense Minister Sharon charged that P.L.O. units in southern Lebanon were rapidly building up their artillery and rocket arsenals in defiance of a July cease-fire agreement. He also complained of the continuing presence there of Syrian antiaircraft missiles. Accusing the U.S. and Europe of ignoring the problem while they flirted with the Fahd plan, Sharon warned that if "political means" failed to get results, "Israel will have to act." As the search for peace continued, so did the threat of war. - By Thomas A. Sancton. Reported by David...
...Union into Middle East diplomacy. Even Reagan's success in forging a warm, personal relationship with Hussein was less cheering than it might be: at the end of a visit to Washington, the Jordanian King surprised his host by disclosing that he had agreed to buy SA-6 antiaircraft missiles from the Soviets. Altogether, the week's news reinforced an impression that the Administration is improvising day to day in Middle East diplomacy rather than following a careful strategy. Said one American lobbyist for Israel, alluding to U.S. efforts to build a radar-eluding airplane: "Reagan...
...Egypt has served as a channel for the U.S. to infiltrate Soviet-designed weapons to the rebels, the mujahedin insist that they still rely primarily on what they can capture from their fallen or routed enemies. They have acquired from the outside, mainly the U.S., China and Egypt, some antiaircraft guns and antitank weapons, but not in sufficient quantity to neutralize the MiGs, helicopter gunships and heavy armor that throw such devastating firepower against rebel encampments and villages...