Word: arsenal
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...newest and most important additions to the local guerrilla arsenal, however, are two highly accurate rapid-firing Swiss 20-mm Oerlikon antiaircraft guns that keep the deadly Soviet Mi-24 helicopter gunships at bay. There are reportedly some 40 Oerlikons now in Afghanistan. In the absence of reliable shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, they give the rebels effective antihelicopter weapons for the first time...
...than 1,500 Soviet and East German advisers, should have gained the upper hand long ago. Luanda has received $2 billion in military hardware from Moscow in recent years; airports are crowded with Soviet assault helicopters and fighter aircraft, and ports provide havens for Soviet warships. Despite this mighty arsenal, some Angolan troops are in rags and many are demoralized. Observes a church worker who has lived in the country three years: "When things get tough, they peel off their uniforms and take to the bush...
...Soviets had rejected the initial U.S. demand because it would have forced abandonment of many of the heavy land-based missiles that are the core of their nuclear arsenal...
...secretary said the "moral difference" between the two superpowers forces the U.S. to develop SDI and bolster its military arsenal to make it clear to the Soviets that "it would be in their national interest not to fight and not to launch an attack...
...secretary said the "moral difference" between the two superpowers forces the U.S. to develop SDI and bolster its military arsenal to make it clear to the Soviets that "it would be in their national interest not to fight and not to launch an attack...