Word: deployable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first term on ruffling feathers among the Western allies. The exponent of a nebulous "Third Road to Socialism," Papandreou irked the Reagan Administration by dubbing the U.S. the "metropolis of imperialism." Even though Greece has been a NATO member since 1952, he opposed the alliance's decision to deploy cruise and Pershing II missiles in Western Europe, while barely mentioning a deeply threatening Soviet buildup of SS-20 missiles on the Continent. At times, Papandreou's anti-Western posturing reached surprising extremes. In 1983, for example, his government refused to condemn the shooting down of a Korean airliner by Soviet...
...that will have important civilian applications. European allies fear that if they do not share in those discoveries, they could be left in a technological backwater. They hope too that if they become partners in the research, they will gain a voice in Washington's decisions on whether to deploy a Star Wars defense and how to treat SDI in negotiations with the Soviets. Says Horst Teltschik, senior security adviser to West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl: "Maybe in joining SDI we can enhance our own influence...
...actually spent as much on defensive as on offensive missile development for more than 20 years. A recent Pentagon publication goes so far as to claim that "with high priority and some significant risk of failure, the Soviets could skip some testing steps and be ready to deploy a ground- based laser BMD (ballistic missile defense) by the early-to-mid-1990s." That seems alarmist; the Pentagon itself describes the Soviets as being about equal to the U.S. in laser technology...
...like but insists they do not deal in arms. The magazine has, however, recruited specialists to teach the contras about weaponry and maintenance. One of its teams has been advising the rebels on how to counter Soviet-built Mi-24 Hind helicopter gunships that the Sandinistas are expected to deploy soon...
Legislators from Gulf Coast states have been asking the Administration to fund additional balloons, and last week it agreed to allocate $9 million to deploy three more, largely at the urging of Florida Senator Paula Hawkins. The new balloons will have a further advantage: they will be ship-tethered and able to roam over the Gulf, thus extending their search range...