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...Indonesian commandos had flown to Bangkok two days prior to the attack. After initial reluctance the Thais agreed to deploy 50 army sharpshooters around the DC-9 to back up the Indonesian antiterrorist force. Other governments concurred in the no-deals approach. Said U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Morton Abramowitz, reflecting Washington's sentiment: "The only way to deal with terrorists is a firm refusal to give in to their demands...
...nuclear role in NATO. So far, European leaders have managed to hold the line against this current and maintain a pro-Alliance course. But if the antimilitaristic mood continues to grow, it will hamper the ability of NATO governments to carry out their December 1979 pledge to deploy 572 U.S.-built cruise and Pershing II missiles on their soil...
...strategic problems. To the north, two radical neighbors, Syria and Iraq. To the south, Marxist South Yemen, teeming with East bloc advisers. Across the gulf, revolutionary Iran, which regards the Saudi monarchy as corrupt and Saudi society as decadent. To defend itself in this cockpit, the Saudis can deploy a 45,000-man army, a 4,000-man navy and a 17,000-man air force...
...SALT agreements on offensive weapons, signed in 1912 and 1919, set modest but helpful bounds on the strategic arms race and high but still useful ceilings on the number of missile launchers and warheads that the Soviets could deploy. The agreements also establish some important rules for verification-that is, the ability of each side to monitor the testing and deployment of the other side's most dangerous weapons. SALT I expired 3% years ago, and SALT II has not been ratified-a victim both of mismanagement by the Carter Administration and of senatorial anger over Soviet intervention...
...understrength, and a confidential Army report rated six of them as "noncombat ready." Overall, the Navy is short 20,000 petty officers, the Army 7,000 NCOS. One of the most important military requirements is the capacity to airlift combat troops to a crisis area, but the Rapid Deployment Force established by President Carter last March cannot begin to deploy rapidly. It lacks airlift and sealift capability and even such basics as adequate communications gear. Its command function is mired in a jurisdictional dispute between the Army and the Marine Corps...