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...inaccurate. Iraq is believed to have 25 of the advanced Soviet-made warplanes, which can make the round trip to Tel Aviv without refueling and which boast terrain-hugging radar. If even a single SU-24 slips through Israel's defenses, it can deliver a seven-ton payload with pinpoint accuracy. By comparison, each stripped-down Scud can pack only 662 lbs. of conventional explosives or 331 lbs. of chemical weapons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel in The Target Zone | 1/21/1991 | See Source »

...breast tumor is large enough to be felt as a lump, it is generally more than 1 cm (0.4 in.) in diameter and contains several billion cancer cells, some of which may have broken loose, circulated through the bloodstream and begun to infiltrate other organs. A mammogram can detect pinpoint tumors that are less than 0.5 cm (0.2 in.) across, often well before the process of metastasis has started. This is not to say that a manual exam by a doctor or the woman herself is a waste of time. Such exams can sometimes turn up tumors missed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breast Cancer: A Puzzling Plague | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

Among the crucial features of the home deck available on the DATman is the ability to find any track with pinpoint accuracy within seconds. At $849.95, this will be Sony's priciest Walkman ever. "Like all new consumer products, the initial price is high," admits Michael Vitelli, president of Sony Personal Audio Products, who expects that the first purchasers of the DAT Walkman will be the "high-end audiophile market and music enthusiasts." But, he adds, "the prices tend to come down when the demand is great enough, and the portable capabilities of the DAT Walkman will help popularize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Discs, Dat and D'Other | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

...very difficult to pinpoint just what positive things have happened," he says. "He really has not had enough time...

Author: By Seth S. Harkness, | Title: Ed School Program Seeks To Train New Generation Of Urban School Leaders | 1/7/1991 | See Source »

INTELLIGENCE. American satellites can pinpoint every Iraqi deployment and troop movement and pick up electronic signals chatter among enemy units as well. They proved their capability during the Iran-Iraq war, when they supplied Saddam's forces with enough intelligence largely to offset Iran's advantage in numbers. Deprived of this assistance, the Iraqi troops this time will be fighting virtually blind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kuwait: If War Begins | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

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