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...arms sales or shipments to Iran. But Adonis was already on its way to Iran, reportedly laden with a 1,200-ton shipment of war materiel from Spain that was originally, and fraudulently, listed for a final destination in Portugal. Tipped off about the subterfuge, Lisbon did not permit Adonis to dock, and on Jan. 14 the ship canceled its request. Thus, when it came time to ship the country's own armaments to Iran, a vessel had to be chartered. Enter the ill-fated Gretl...
...extremely unlikely that the U.S. would deploy SDI under conditions of an arms reduction, considering the extremely negative political, economic and strategic consequences of deployment and the harm SDI would do to the stability of the world situation. (Prominent U.S. political figures are convinced that Congress would not permit it.) If disarmament begins, the SDI program in the U.S. will lose its popularity...
This then is the choice, either insistence on the package approach and a continuation of the arms race at existing and growing levels, combined with inevitable deployment of SDI, or abandonment of the package approach, which would permit an escape from the Reykjavik deadlock. Of course, in the worst case ((SDI deployment)), which I do not believe likely, a new round of the arms race would begin with the U.S.S.R. replacing silo-based missiles with mobile ones. Even in that event, I do not believe that the strategic position of the U.S.S.R. and the stability of the international situation would...
Nuclear weapons divide and threaten mankind. But there are peaceful uses of nuclear energy that should promote the unity of mankind. Permit me to say a few words on this subject. Participants in the forum have mentioned in their speeches the disaster at Chernobyl, an example of the tragic interaction of equipment failure and human error. Nevertheless, the aversion people rightly feel for military applications must not spill over to the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Mankind cannot do without nuclear power. We must find a solution to the safety problem that will rule out the possibility of another Chernobyl...
...residents of a dorm want the dispensers in their residence, then the university will permit their installation, said Michael Newman, editor-in-chief of The Stanford Daily. But even though it is a student task force that is lobbying for the dispensers, it is unclear which dorms, if any, want to house the machines, he said...