Word: bomb
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...failure to respond to suicide attacks against our troops in Lebanon [Nov. 21] is in sharp contrast to the Israeli reaction, which was to bomb suspected terrorist bases in the Bekaa Valley. It is no surprise that Captain George Tsantes was murdered in Athens. Do terrorists now believe that U.S. citizens can be attacked with impunity...
...country like ours, where freedom of expression is a basic right, it is deplorable and ironic that extremists would bomb the U.S. Capitol [Nov. 21]. The Capitol is where debate and opinions, not terrorism, form American policy...
...policy. Reagan and his National Security Council approved in principle a fiveyear, $21 billion plan to begin more rapidly developing an arsenal of space weapons, in particular orbiting "ray guns" that would fire intense beams of energy at enemy missiles. Said Edward Teller, the father of the H-bomb and one of the plan's most enthusiastic advocates: "I don't see a sliver of an argument why we shouldn't bend all our will to develop protective weapons with all possible haste." Indeed, he says, "it may well be a turning point of history...
Energy-beam weapons are still strictly experimental, but effective antisatellite (ASAT) devices could be deployed in droves within a few years. The Soviets have experimented since the 1960s with ways to destroy satellites. They have developed a rather crude space bomb that is launched into orbit, maneuvered to an enemy satellite and detonated. The U.S. ASAT missile, scheduled to be deployed in 1987, is considerably more sophisticated. The 18-ft.-long missile is carried 18 miles aloft by an F-15 fighter and fired directly toward a satellite; its foot-long nose cone, after homing in by means of eight...
...other side of the country, another potential time bomb, New York's Attica Correctional Facility, is ticking again. The state, strapped for prison space, has allowed Attica's population to rise above the 1,758 limit set after the 1971 riot in which 43 guards and inmates were killed. By this fall, Attica had 2,100 prisoners, which overwhelmed employment and education programs; for 500 there is no work at all. In September most of the inmates went on a two-week protest strike...