Word: fleetness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Until the mid-1950s, Russia maintained only a coastal-defense fleet. Since then, it has rapidly expanded its fleet, outbuilding the U.S. in naval vessels by a ratio of 8 to 1, and the Russian fleet of 221 major surface combat ships today sails all oceans of the world. For the most part, Russian vessels are younger than American ships (an average of about eight years v. about 18 years), and the Soviet guided-missile cruisers of the Kresta
...that day of running competition, Harvard will pit top miler Ric Rojas against arch-rival Mike Buckley of Northeastern. After edging out Buckley in a dual meet at Northeastern, Rojas succumbed to the fleet Buckley in a televised mile at Bentley College...
...United States has 41 ballistic-missile carrying submarines with over 600 missiles, and a fleet of over 400 long-range bombers. In the missile force alone, the United States has over 8000 separately targetable nuclear warheads. Ten years ago we had only one-tenth that number...
Some of its largest deals last year included Mirage jet fighters to Zaire, AMX-30 tanks to Venezuela, antitank missiles to several Middle East countries and Super Frelon helicopters to China. Recently, it is reported, France agreed to sell a fleet of Mirages to the tiny Persian Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi...
...October ordered the restrictive fuel allocations that began this month, airline executives set about slicing overhead like so many chefs trimming fat from a steak. They took 1,500 domestic flights from the daily schedule of 13,800. They grounded 275 planes, 16 of them jumbo 747s, from their fleet of 2,400. And they furloughed low-seniority workers from jobs that may never be restored...