Word: awayfrom
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...take up their stations in the open waters of the North Pacific, between Hawaii and Alaska. Their movements can be monitored relatively easily by U.S. antisubmarine warfare (ASW) forces. But the latest Soviet submarines, fitted with new longer-range missiles, could hit targets in the continental U.S. from farther awayfrom the Sea of Okhotsk north of Hokkaido, which is sheltered by the Soviet mainland, a peninsula and the Kuril Islands. Japanese and American experts believe the Soviet Union is trying to seal off the Sea of Okhotsk from American ASW forces and turn it into a protected launching area...