Word: naval
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...operation, he refuses to undergo one. Tip is terrified of surgery. Instead, he takes medication constantly, despite the fact that the doctors have warned him to cut back. A couple of months ago, he was in such pain that he had to be rushed by helicopter to the Bethesda Naval Hospital for emergency relief...
According to Dinitz, Syria was to have no more than one infantry brigade south of a line between Beirut and Damascus, to engage in no naval operations on the Lebanese coast or air activity against Syrian opponents, and to deploy no missiles in Lebanon. Helicopters were not mentioned. Dinitz added that it was left up to the U.S. to convey the terms to Syria. "Since it was not a formal agreement with the Syrians," Dinitz added, "there was no indication from them of consent to it. But we made it clear that we would not tolerate any breach of those...
...Caribbean today is the theater for a naval war. At stake are the sea lanes through which in 1980 passed 20 million lbs. of Colombian gold-marijuana worth $16 billion on the street. Challenging the smuggling fleets with a thin, stalwart line of vessels is the U.S. Coast Guard. Since January the Coast Guard has intercepted and seized 779,847 lbs. of marijuana, with a market value of $273 million. The best record of interceptions is held by Dauntless, a 210-ft.-long cutter with a crew of 85; 40 marijuana leaves have been painted on the ship...
...jets go it is neither very fast (530 m.p.h. maximum) nor maneuverable. But packed on board is an incredibly sophisticated computerized radar system that makes each Sentry a $150 million mobile air-traffic control center. A state-of-the-art AWACS can, in any weather, track all aircraft and naval vessels (though not trucks or tanks) within 250 miles. A Sentry can stay aloft, at 30,000 ft., for eleven hours-and twice as long with mid-air refueling. As an all-seeing airborne base from which fighter and bomber strikes can be orchestrated, the AWACS has revolutionized aerial combat...
...most controversial element in the $25 million U.S. military aid package for El Salvador is the accompanying contingent of 54 American military "trainers." They are naval technicians and helicopter pilots, assigned to teaching their Salvadoran counterparts how to use and maintain the sophisticated equipment the U.S. is providing. Just as important, they are teaching them the skills and tactics needed to fight a counterinsurgency war, combat for which the Salvadoran armed forces had never prepared...