Word: radar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with their tray to the funeral of Gamal." The Russian tray, however, was scarcely filled with food. After post-funeral discussions with Sadat, the Russians accelerated their shipments of military supplies to Egypt. This year, up to 150 MIG-21s have been delivered by sea along with added missiles, radar systems and tanks...
Bargaining Chip. The White House insists, for several reasons, on considering the whole mix of offensive and defensive weapons simultaneously. For one thing, many U.S. disarmament experts warn that the Soviets, by improving the radar and rocketry in the SA-5 surface-to-air missiles now located around Russia's western cities, could upgrade that anti-aircraft system into an instant ABM network. More important is the argument that an ABM-only agreement would squander a bargaining chip. That chip is the U.S.'s Safeguard ABM, now under construction at Air Force bases in North Dakota, Montana...
Wrong Priorities. A brilliant electrical engineer with degrees from the University of Michigan. Wiesner did basic work that helped develop the long-range radar of the DEW line. He favors pure research, which sometimes has potential military applications. "How else can we decide whether to build these things?" he asks. By contrast, he opposes university work on weapons hardware and complains, "It is very hard for us to look to Government for support in areas like urban problems and educational research. The Government doesn't have the right priorities...
...electronics engineer who helped develop numerous radar systems during World War II and instrumentation for the 1946 Bikini atomic bomb tests. Wiesner most recently led a nationwide campaign against the ABM system...
...Terrain Following Radar, meant to record the point at which bombs were released, proved equally imprecise. Depending upon the wind and angle of delivery, ordinance might land as far as a half mile away from the point over which it was dropped. And it was rarely possible to check back over the tens of thousands of feet of barely distinguishable black blobs recorded on the radar tape...