Word: hawked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Excessive curiosity, however, can cause unexpected problems. Only last June, Secretary Lehman declared that the navies of the two superpowers had successfully reduced the number of dangerous encounters between their ships. But last month a Soviet submarine collided with the U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk in the Sea of Japan. During a training exercise, U.S. ships had been stalking the Soviet submarine "and, by their calculations, had "killed" it several times...
...accept my request for restraint. At this delicate juncture, Caspar Weinberger, on a tour of Saudi Arabia, Oman and Jordan, was reported to have stated that the U.S. needed more than one I friend in the Middle East and that the Administration might provide F-16 fighters and mobile Hawk antiaircraft missiles to Jordan. The Israelis were outraged. Begin wrote to the President: "I do not understand why it was necessary for the Secretary of Defense to make his worrying statements [while] visiting Arab countries that . . . but for one, are in a state of war with us." Neither...
...classic case of ships not quite passing in the night. Darkness had fallen, and the U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk was plying the Sea of Japan after taking part in "Team Spirit '84" military exercises with South Korean forces. Suddenly, the 80,000-ton conventionally powered vessel seemed to shudder from stem to stern. Something solid had struck it. Crewmen rushed to the starboard side just in time to catch a glimpse of what had hit the ship. A submarine without running lights was slinking off into the black waters...
...submarine of the Victor class. The 5,000-ton craft was limping home on the surface at a speed of 3 knots, under the escort of a Soviet cruiser flying a salvage flag. A telltale dent marked the spot where the submarine had grazed the bottom of the Kitty Hawk while trying to pass underneath. That is no easy feat; the huge carrier draws 50 feet of water...
Such superpower cat-and-mouse games are common at sea, but the latest encounter was a bit too close for comfort. Had the submarine come a few inches closer to the surface, there might have been a catastrophic collision. Escort ships following the Kitty Hawk had monitored the sub for several days but apparently broke off contact, and the Soviets managed to get to the aircraft carrier undetected. U.S. officials explained that there is little they can do in peacetime to prevent a Soviet vessel from going where it chooses...