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...passes, and Israel's General Staff has hitherto considered them indispensable to the country's security. Since the October war in 1973, Jerusalem has spent $60 million fortifying nature's own impressive defenses, honeycombing the black granite with miniforts and electronic gear that can detect MIG planes preparing to take off from Egyptian fields on the other side of the Suez Canal...
...assigned to the army and air force. The Somali army, less than half the size of neighboring Ethiopia's, now has far superior firepower-and the largest tank force south of the Sahara. The air force boasts a squadron of Ilyushin-28 bombers and at least 50 MIGS, including seven MIG-21s that were presented to Somalia by Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny when he visited the country last year. All top officers of Somalia's highly efficient National Security Service have been trained...
...Sadat and his guests moved by launch to the October Six, a gaggle of tugs, pilot boats and harbor runabouts sounded horns and whistled furiously. Egyptian MIG fighters and a pride of helicopters circled overhead. The amplified recorded voice of the late beloved Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum (TIME, Feb. 17) mixed with the martial music...
Nonetheless, other Gulf states have responded by undertaking weapons-expansion programs. Iraq has already received MIG fighters, heavy artillery and the Scud surface-to-surface missiles, which can be fitted with nuclear warheads, from the Soviets; in addition to the American A-4 Skyhawks, Kuwait is ordering Mirages from France; even tiny Abu Dhabi, a member sheikdom of the United Arab Emirates, has obtained C-130 transports and Mirages...
...more desirable than others. An artist's rendition of the most sought-after arms on the market today (from lower left): Soviet Union's T-55 battle tank (estimated exports: 14,500), AK-47 combat rifle (225,000), SA-2 ground-to-air missile (8,000) and MIG-21 fighter-bomb er (1,900); the U.S.'s Sidewinder air-to-air missile (12,000), CH-47 Chinook helicopter (309), F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber (1,100), C-130 Hercules transport (230), F-5 fighter-bomber (1,500), A-4 Skyhawk attack fighter (460) and TOW anti-tank...