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...emptive strike against Mozambique, which has no air force. Rhodesia's Canberras, Hunters and Vampire attack aircraft would have little trouble taking out guerrilla camps and breaking up concentrations of ground forces. The danger is that Moscow might reply by approving the use of Cuban-flown MIG 17s and 21s against the Rhodesian heartland. That would mean the end of all lingering hopes for a peaceful solution of Rhodesia's future...
...also has, in certain areas, an advantage created by sophisticated technology. American missiles are more accurate than their Soviet counterparts, American submarines are less noisy (thus more difficult to detect), and U.S.A.F. F-4s and F-15s are more versatile and powerful than the Russian MIG 21s and MIG 23s. What worries the analysts is that this superiority may not last, since the Soviets seem determined to narrow the quality gap. Moscow publishes no figures on its military expenditures, but the Soviet Union seems to be devoting an ever greater share of national spending to defense. Pentagon experts estimate that...
Cubans are also active in a number of Arab states. They train Polisario guerrillas from Western Sahara in Algeria. In South Yemen, there are more than 3,000 advisers and special forces, including MIG-flying pilots. By far the largest detachment is in Syria: 3,500 to 4,000 men, including an entire armored brigade (with 94 Russian T-62 tanks), two commando battalions, perhaps 30 or more MIG pilots...
...week's end there were many unconfirmed reports from African capitals that the Soviets had moved as many as 400 military personnel and technicians, as well as some 200 tanks, into Luanda to aid the M.P.L.A. The Russians will reportedly man tanks and supply crews for MIG-21 planes. If these stories are true, the U.S. can be expected to protest vigorously. Earlier last week Secretary of State Henry Kissinger warned strongly and publicly against "extracontinental" interference in Angola, singling out the Soviets and Cubans as prime offenders...
...hardware delivered or promised to the Arab countries by the U.S.S.R. in 1974-75. These include at least two squadrons (totaling 36 planes) of the U.S.'s F-15 Eagle fighter. The 1,650-m.p.h. F-15 is the only aircraft that may be capable of outperforming the MIG-23 "Flogger," which threatens to be Israel's scourge in the air. Thus far the Soviet Union has delivered 70 MIG-23s to Syria, and others are on order in Iraq and Egypt...