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...part, at least, is an attempt to draw Egypt back into the battle. Last week Syrian artillery once again pounded Israeli positions on the occupied Golan Heights, including the new settlement of Benei Yehuda. Israeli Phantoms scrambled to hit back at the Syrian guns and to tangle with the MIG-21s that climbed to meet them...
...only plane equipped to carry the Phoenix missile, which in turn is the sole U.S. defense system capable of knocking out the new high-altitude Soviet MIG-23 (NATO code name: Foxbat...
...were four specific items of offensive weaponry that he had sought from the Soviet Union unsuccessfully. One was fighter-bombers "to enable us to strike in depth when Israel strikes at us in depth, and so we may not have to resort to kamikaze operations." Sadat had wanted the MIG-23, the hottest new airplane in the Soviet air force. "We have tested the MIG-23 here in Egypt," he told al Hawadess. "It flew more than once deep into Israel and took photographs. It has been proved that neither the Phantom nor the American-made missiles can reach...
...North Viet Nam would continue, and armed escort fighter-bombers would accompany the unarmed photographic craft simply for protection. The rules of self-defense were that the planes could not open fire or drop their bombs unless they were 1) fired on by anti-aircraft emplacements, 2) engaged by MIG fighters in the air or 3) threatened by surface-to-air (SAM) missiles. Pilots could readily tell when they were in danger from SAMs because an indicator on their control panel would automatically light up when a SAM'S tracking radar locked onto their planes. Any of these three...
...shell on another front-the sea. Since the invasion began, a flotilla of more than a score of U.S. destroyers and guided-missile frigates and cruisers had been shelling North Vietnamese positions north and south of the DMZ. Then, last week, the North Vietnamese responded. At least three enemy MIGs swept over the destroyer U.S.S. Higbee. During two passes, they landed a bomb square atop the ship's magazine, causing an explosion that blew out a portion of the superstructure. One MIG was shot down, but four sailors were wounded and the Higbee was forced to withdraw to Danang...