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NATO's northern flank is being probed with increasing frequency these days by Soviet forces. In addition to the dangerous game of chicken played in the air by Moscow's reconnaissance planes, Soviet warships in mounting numbers maneuver perilously close to the Danish and Norwegian coasts. The Soviet muscle flexing near the desolate Arctic Circle worries Western military officials. Warns Supreme Allied Commander in Europe Alexander M. Haig: "If you look at the current situation of strategic parity, it is evident that we are not going to be faced in the short term with a major onslaught across...
...Soviet Union's strength on NATO's northern flank has a direct bearing on the East-West nuclear balance. The Soviets have been sending their highly sophisticated Delta-class 14,000-ton nuclear submarines, armed with SSN8 missiles (range: nearly 5,000 miles), ever deeper into the Arctic Sea. Says Willy Østreng, research associate at the Norwegian Arctic Research Institute: "For the first time the Soviets have direct access to the high seas, even if under ice, without having to go through international straits. From that area, their Delta-class subs can shower any part...
Like the Americans, the West Germans love their cars. There are no speed limits on the two autobahns that flank the suburb, and most commuters drive the twelve miles to Cologne instead of taking the train, which comes only hourly. But many of the cars in Rösrath are gas-sipping compacts or minis, an understandable situation with the price of fuel at $1.40 a gallon. The few standard-size American cars stand out like whales in a school of porpoises...
...President Makarios, Turkish troops invaded the island, and the savage war left Cyprus with an internal frontier of barbed wire, mines and armor. Turkish forces seized the northerly 40% of the island, causing some 200,000 Greek Cypriots to flee to the south. The war also left the eastern flank of NATO in a shambles, with both the Greeks and the Turks blaming their American allies for trying to maintain a measure of neutrality...
That argument comes from the Rev. Carl F.H. Henry in the first two volumes of his projected four-volume work, God, Revelation and Authority (Word Books; $12.95 per volume). Publication of the two volumes establishes Baptist Henry, 64, as the leading theologian of the nation's growing Evangelical flank...