Word: naval
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...president traveled by helicopter to Bethesda Naval Medical Center early yesterday morning to await the final test results from Saturday's surgery...
...shooting in the gulf climaxed a series of bluffs and threats from Iranian naval forces in the wake of the Sept. 21 seizure of the Iran Ajr, which was disabled by U.S. helicopters as it was laying mines. Although the Iranians have come under increasing diplomatic pressure and have been bloodied in recent confrontations with the U.S., they "are bolder and more belligerent than ever," says a Bahrain-based Western diplomat. Previously the diplomat thought Iran would not dare to attack American ships. Now he says, "We're headed for a confrontation...
...Hawaii, while another, aimed 360 miles southwest of the islands, apparently misfired. The Pentagon claimed the firings were the closest Soviet missiles had come to American soil. Said Senator Malcolm Wallop, Republican of Wyoming: "The Soviets were practicing an attack on America." The Pentagon later acknowledged that a Soviet naval vessel aimed a laser beam at two American surveillance aircraft in the area, apparently to disrupt U.S. monitoring efforts. One pilot reportedly suffered temporary eye damage...
...space program. At any one time, say U.S. intelligence analysts, the U.S.S.R. is operating some 150 satellites, and perhaps as many as 120 are believed to be performing military missions. For hours each day, say intelligence analysts, Soviet Cosmos military satellites drift over the U.S., photographing missile silos and naval deployments. Other Soviet spacecraft lurk with sensitive electronic ears that can pick up telephone conversations in Washington, while Meteor weather satellites monitor conditions over key U.S. targets. Soviet infrared satellites watch for the telltale heat signaling a launch of U.S. ICBMs. At the military launch site in Plesetsk, 500 miles...
...easier. American military space technology still far surpasses that of the Soviets. U.S. KH-11 satellites have sent back such detailed photographs of the Soviets' Krasnoyarsk radar site in Siberia that even the recent inspection by U.S. Congressmen added little to what was known. U.S. monitoring systems follow Soviet naval ships around the world and may eventually be able to spot Soviet submarines underwater. U.S. satellites can track mobile Soviet ICBMs, and would be instrumental in verifying Moscow's compliance with any future arms-control agreements...