Word: commander
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...Pentagon once said it needed only 20 B-2s. ``With 20, I can sustain bomber operations over an extended period of time,'' General John Loh, head of the Air Combat Command, told Congress three years ago. Legislators were skeptical, threatening to pay for only 15, but they were eventually convinced. Today, however, B-2 advocates in the defense industry, on Capitol Hill and at the Pentagon are lobbying for 20 more of the Stealth bombers. Seven former Defense Secretaries have urged President Clinton to buy more B- 2s because, they wrote in a Jan. 4 letter...
...soldier see no change in our position and our duty,'' declared the Chechen commander in chief, Colonel Aslan Maskhadov, speaking in Nazran, capital of the neighboring republic of Ingushetia. ``Our high command continues to exist. Our volunteers are at their places and are ready to fight on harder than ever. If they think they can insult and enslave the Chechen people, this fighting will go on for years...
...Europe was destroyed at 10:30 a.m. (2:30 a.m. EST). The killer missile turned out to be a NASA-funded research rocket, launched from Oslo, Norway, to study the Northern lights. "We are a little puzzled by the report," said Erik Lanke, spokesman for the Norwegian Supreme Defense Command in Oslo after the Interfax report. Spokesmen for NATO, several European countries and President Clinton said they were looking into the matter. When the dust settled, Interfax blamed a high-ranking - and not suprisingly, still unidentified -- military source for the error...
Grachev has been feuding with some of the army's top commanders and is trying to fire three of his deputy ministers, including General Boris Gromov, a popular hero of the war in Afghanistan. Gromov in turn has called on Grachev to resign. Such moves, like the plan to shift command of the army to the President, have been left hanging for now. But if Yeltsin is still in the market for scapegoats, that whole group of squabbling generals might fill the bill...
...Russian high command is rethinking the operation now. Reinforcements, paratroops and special forces are massing in Chechnya for another offensive. The rebels, in spite of their proven skill at guerrilla warfare, will probably not be able to hold Grozny long against these forces. But, as many in Russia are asking, at what cost comes victory...