Word: c2
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Honduras the Israeli-supplied equipment in use by the armed forces includes Galil assault rifles and Super-Mystère jets that Israel bought from France in the mid-1950s, refurbished and sold to Honduras in 1976. Israel is on the verge of selling its Kfir-C2 jet fighter to the Honduran air force, but it must first secure U.S. permission because the Kfirs are equipped with American-built General Electric J79 turbojets. Despite warnings from some U.S. Government quarters that such a deal will simply invite the stationing of Soviet MiGs in Nicaragua and escalate the Central American arms...
Franklin Charles Spinney not only does not appear dangerous, he does not even seem readily distinguishable from hordes of other bureaucrats. His round, smiling face and well-brushed hair rather give him the look of a 37-year-old Charlie Brown. His drab office on Corridor C2 of the Pentagon differs from innumerable others only in that it is piled somewhat higher with computer printouts. He speaks coolly, even diffidently, and writes in the most leaden Pentagonese (sample: "It is obvious that the cumulative effect of these political externalities has not been able to generate a growth pattern that...
...more meaningful in view of Israel's troublesome and deepening isolation in the world. From the moment Mitterrand's official DC-8 jet flew into Israeli airspace, where it was met and escorted to Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv by four Israeli-made Kfir-C2 jet fighters, the occasion was electric with excitement and symbolism...
...world. The weapons have been designed for Israel's own needs: the lightweight, high-powered UZI submachine gun, which has become a symbol of Israeli arms technology; the heavily armored and sharpshooting Merkava (Chariot) main battle tank, which can carry five infantrymen; and the highly maneuverable Kfir-C2 fighter-bomber. But Israel also sells increasing quantities of these and other weapons on the world market. At least 750,000 UZls have gone to 40 countries, and last week a new mini-uzi, much smaller but nearly as high-powered, went on public display for the first time. Bolivia, Colombia...