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...core of the Argentine air force and navy consists of old, but updated and well-maintained American-made planes and ships. The air force has 68 versatile A-4P Skyhawk attack aircraft. In addition, Argentina has 14 A-4Q navy Skyhawks; seven C-130 transports; two KC-130 tankers; and some 20 Hughes and Bell helicopters. The navy's only cruiser, the General Belgrano, was commissioned in 1939 and bought from the U.S. in 1951 for $7.8 million. Six Argentine destroyers are U.S.-built World War II vintage vessels fitted with French-built surface-to-surface missiles. The navy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dealing with Old Reliable Firms | 4/26/1982 | See Source »

...Force Verne Orr advised McDonnell Douglas last August that, although it had been named prime contractor for the C-17, the military had made no actual commitment to build the airplane. McDonnell Douglas can look forward to a consolation prize. The Pentagon is expected to order 44 McDonnell Douglas KC-10A military tankers, which the company sells to the Government at $49 million apiece...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lucky Lockheed | 2/1/1982 | See Source »

Second, the program will develop a variant of the B-1 bomber, possibly deploy 100 aircraft beginning 1986, and will continue research and development toward an advanced technology bomber--"Stealth." B-52Gs and B-52Hs (and eventually B-1s) will carry more than 3000 cruise missiles beginning 1982. Existing KC-135 aerial tankers will receive new engines. I thoroughly support the deployment of 3000 cruise missiles on the B-52s, but believe that since the B-52s launch their cruise missiles from outside Soviet airspace, only the missiles have to penetrate Soviet air defenses, diminishing the need for a penetrating...

Author: By Richard L. Garwin, | Title: Reagan's Strategic Plan: Right on the MX, Wrong on the B-1 | 12/11/1981 | See Source »

...miles. The new sale also includes 1,177 Sidewinder missiles for the F-15s, the same deadly weapon that U.S. F-14 fighters used to shoot down two Libyan aircraft two weeks ago.* To refuel both the fighters and the AWACS, the Administration also proposes to throw in eight KC-707 tankers. Delivery of the package would not start until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the AWACS Deal Fly? | 9/7/1981 | See Source »

While it will take years to fulfill all its plans for a more rapid deployment of U.S. forces to meet a Persian Gulf crisis, the Pentagon request includes $887 million this fiscal year and next to build eight new KC-10 advanced tanker planes for the Air Force, put new engines in half of the nation's 517 KC-135 Stratotankers and buy seven Boeing 707s. Other funds would be used to convert eight commercial cargo ships to fast Navy resupply vessels. There are also funds to lengthen the runways at the U.S.-leased military base on Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bonanza for Defense | 3/16/1981 | See Source »

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