Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Soviet forces continued to subjugate Afghanistan last week, and some crack units took up stations perilously close to the Iran and Pakistan borders. At the same time, a flotilla of five Soviet warships was spotted steaming through the Sea of Japan, apparently on its way to reinforce the Soviet fleet contingent in the Indian Ocean. No less worrisome were the medical bulletins from Belgrade, reporting on the rapidly deteriorating health of Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito, 87. Without Tito, who broke with the Kremlin in 1948, Yugoslavia might fall prey to internal conflicts that could inspire another Soviet intervention. This...
...formally expired in October 1977. The Carter Administration and the Kremlin agreed to extend it informally until SALT II was complete. But now, with SALT II in limbo, the Soviets may feel justified in ignoring the SALT I limits as they press ahead with the modernization of their submarine fleet...