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...miles south of the main war zone. A frigate of the Perry class, the smallest combat vessels in the U.S. Navy, the Stark was steaming alone. The closest ship was 35 miles away. The U.S.S. LaSalle, the flagship for the seven warships operating in the gulf, was in port in Bahrain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Shouted Alarm, A Fiery Blast | 6/1/1987 | See Source »

Aboard the Stark, radar operators picked up the jet when it was about 200 miles to the north and tracked its southward course until it was virtually due west, well off the frigate's port bow. At that point, no one on the American ship had particular reason for alarm. As Brindel said later, Iraqi warplanes "commonly come down the gulf and pass within close distances." None of them had ever attacked a U.S. vessel. Even the Iranians, whom the Americans considered a greater threat, often flew their jets within missile range of U.S. warships but would back off after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Shouted Alarm, A Fiery Blast | 6/1/1987 | See Source »

...missile struck, ripping through the thin steel hull midway between the deck and the waterline. It tore open a 10-ft. by 15-ft. hole on the port side. Spewing unexpended fuel from its short flight, the Exocet smashed into the crew's cramped quarters. Sleeping sailors were jolted out of their bunks. Some were hurled through the ship's open wound and into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Shouted Alarm, A Fiery Blast | 6/1/1987 | See Source »

...against the French colonial administration. Officials in Papua New Guinea complain that Gaddafi is wooing rebels along that country's Indonesian border with promises of arms and financial assistance. In Vanuatu last month, two Libyan agents were discovered searching for space to set up a People's Bureau in Port-Vila, the capital, apparently without the permission of Prime Minister Walter Lini's government. Not that Lini dislikes Libya. Indeed, his Vanua'aku Party reportedly plans to send 70 political activists to Tripoli for paramilitary training. Two smaller groups have already made the trip. When Vernon Walters, the U.S. Ambassador...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy Washing Libya Out of Their Hair | 6/1/1987 | See Source »

...Once a port of call for NATO warships, Malta under Labor increasingly turned to the Soviet Union, North Korea and Libya for economic and military aid. So close were security ties with Libyan Strongman Muammar Gaddafi that Maltese officials tried to warn Tripoli minutes before last year's U.S. air raid on Libya...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Malta: Turning Back To the West | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

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