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...riel, India also has the edge: of its 1,450 tanks, about 450 are Russian medium tanks, and about 300 Indian-made Vijayanta tanks. India has 625 combat aircraft, including some 120 MIG-21 supersonic fighters and eight squadrons of Indian-made Gnats. For its part, Pakistan has about 1,100 tanks, including 200 American Patton tanks, 225 Chinese T-59s, and numerous old American Shermans and Chaffees of limited utility. Pakistan's 285 combat aircraft include two squadrons of Mirage 111 fighters and eight squadrons of American F-86 Sabres...
...have proved unjustified. The new Soviet strategic bomber, officially designated "Backfire" by NATO, has been spotted and tracked during a number of test flights from the Ramenskoye test center near Moscow. At the same time, intelligence sources report that the Soviets are well along in the design of the MIG-25 and MIG-27; they are potential successors to the MIG-23 "Foxbat," one of the most advanced fighters in the world...
Numeiry's stance underscored the deep-rooted resistance in Arab lands to Communist ideology, as distinct from Soviet aid (TIME, Aug. 9). Egypt, for example, relies almost totally on Moscow for military equipment, including some sophisticated Soviet aircraft-a handful of MIG-235 and about 20 SU-11s the hottest planes in the Russian air force. Even so, President Anwar Sadat told a closed session of his Arab Socialist Union two weeks ago that Egypt would never become Communist, would never recognize an Arab Communist government and would continue to resist Communism throughout the Arab world. A prominent Egyptian...
...Soviet-flown MIG-23s which can fly at 80,000 ft., an altitude that Phantoms cannot reach, are conducting intelligence missions out of Egyptian bases...
...essential to U.S. sea defense because 1) it is a launching platform for the Navy's air-to-air Phoenix missile, the key to future fleet protection against enemy aircraft, and 2) no other Navy plane will be a match for the Soviets' newest interceptor, the MIG-23 Foxbat. In addition, Navy men point out, advanced models of the F-14 will use the same engine as the Air Force's F-15 fighter, which is being built by McDonnell-Douglas. Thus, cancellation of one craft might well price the other out of reach. A decision...