Word: fleets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...enough fuel for the fleet...
...Marines fired back with everything they had, as ships of the Sixth Fleet joined the defense with their 5-in. guns. Throughout the evening, one of the hottest spots was Checkpoint 7, two rooftop observation posts outside the Marines' eastern flank, which were manned by a total of 19 Marines. So intense was the fire that five members of one squad left their bunkers voluntarily, scampered up two flights of stairs and a metal ladder, to join their firepower to that of five comrades who were already in the rooftop fighting position. That act of gallantry cost them dearly. Three...
...Aramco now buys its oil from the Saudis and does little more than manage the oilfields for the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. U.S. oil consumption has not been as ravenous as it once was, dampened by three years of recession, a genuine concern for conservation and an ever larger fleet of fuel-efficient cars...
...second reason Korea has been attracting additional attention is the new Asian military balance between the superpowers. Growing Soviet naval and air forces pose new threats throughout the region. Since 1970 the Soviet Pacific Fleet has increased its total tonnage from one million to 1.6 million, while the US Seventh Fleet's tonnage has declined from one million to 600,000. In addition, access to formerly US naval facilities at Cam Ranh Bay and Danang. Vietnam, give the Soviet Union a vastly increased ability to project power along Asia's vital links to Mideast oil. Furthermore. SS-20 missiles...
...both efficient and elaborate. The VAX was bought by an unidentified firm in New York State and apparently shipped by air to South Africa. Then, authorities suspect, a West German named Richard Mueller arranged to have the computer transported via Sweden to the Soviet Union. Mueller, who owns a fleet of shadowy companies with ever shifting names, has already been implicated in two major violations of U.S. export...