Word: fleetly
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...Although each side now has roughly 7,000 strategic warheads, the Soviets put more than twice as many of theirs on big land-based missiles. In turn, the U.S. would have to dismantle almost 2,500 submarine-based warheads, while the Soviets could add to their fleet. Reagan's speech, with its stated focus on land-based warheads, put some Americans in the awkward position of doubting the sincerity of their own leader. Said former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie: "What troubles me about the program is that it may be a secret agenda for sidetracking disarmament...
...after a month-long peace-keeping effort by U.S. Secretary of State Haig ended in failure. Perez's peace proposals do not differ markedly from those originally put forward by Haig. They include: 1) a ceasefire; 2) phased and corresponding withdrawal of Argentine troops and the British fleet; 3) establishment of a temporary administration over the islands, under U.N. auspices; 4) the opening of direct negotiations on the final disposition of the disputed territory...
There was also a dispute over the outcome of a midweek raid by mainland-based Argentine A-4 attack bombers against the British fleet. According to the British, twelve of the U.S.-built Skyhawks, carrying bombs and rockets, bore down on the ships. British Defense Ministry sources said that two of the aircraft were downed by British frigates using sophisticated Sea wolf missiles, while a third disappeared from task force radar screens and was presumed destroyed. (The Argentines said two aircraft were lost.) The Argentines claimed that their bombers had inflicted considerable damage on the frigates during the attack, while...
Britain's gravest weakness was in the air. The 17 Sea Harriers aboard the British fleet cannot achieve superiority over Argentina's 42 Mirage and Dagger fighters and 64 Skyhawk bombers based on the mainland. An additional 18 Harriers, most of which had arrived in the Falklands battle area last week, would not be enough to make up the difference. The British reportedly asked Washington for a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft for in-flight refueling...
...members of the world's press, the battle for the Falkland Islands has been mainly a losing one. Except for 27 British newsmen with their country's fleet, neither reporters nor photographers have been able to get near the fighting, and the only real news has been from conflicting government statements issued in London and Buenos Aires. "We're covering this war with excruciating difficulty," admits Jeff Gralnick, executive producer of ABC's World News Tonight. "It's the first major story in a decade in which the press has not had immediate contact...