Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...under arms (3,658,000). Nearly one out of every six soldiers on earth serves in the Soviet armed forces. Over the past 30 years, its navy has evolved from little more than a well-armed coast guard to an armada of global reach; it challenges the U.S. Seventh Fleet for command of the Indian and western Pacific oceans, and the South China Sea. Technicians of the Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces man command-and-control silos that can launch intercontinental ballistic missiles, some of them with as many as ten independently targetable warheads...
Commissioned officers do even better and rank higher in prestige than lawyers and doctors. An army senior lieutenant with three years of service makes about 150 rubles monthly. A colonel's 500 rubles a month is roughly equal to the earnings of a factory manager; the 48 marshals and fleet admirals of the Soviet Union are paid 2,000 rubles monthly, about the same as a Cabinet minister. More important than salary, however, is the officers' access to luxuries unavailable to most Soviet citizens. Officers enjoy free annual vacations at exclusive resorts, top-quality housing and privileges at shops that...
...fast-charge, lead-acid batteries, but has a small rotary gasoline engine to boost power for passing and to rescue drivers from battery failure. Jet Industries of Austin, Texas, takes Ford, Chrysler and Fuji cars and trucks from the factory, installs lead-acid batteries and resells the vehicles to fleet owners for $10,000 to $14,000 each...
...Three were further stung when Congress imposed stringent fuel economy standards. These dictated that each manufacturer's fleet of cars would achieve 18 m.p.g. by 1978, increasing each year, to 27.5 m.p.g. by 1985. Already burdened by costly safety and emission standards, Detroit screamed that the mileage standards were ruinous. With the lead time for all-new cars a minimum of five years, the industry felt it scarcely had time to comply...
...industry is counterattacking. All three major companies are bringing out new smaller cars beginning this fall. Chrysler has its K cars, which are similar in size to GM's compact X cars. Ford will bring out its new Escort and Mercury Lynx. GM will continue downsizing its fleet with the introduction of its J car subcompacts...