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...were considered inaccurate at long distances. The improved weapon, according to Jane's, was built with information and microelectronic technology smuggled in from the West. It could be put on submarines patrolling the American coastline. In anticipation of that threat, the U.S. has already established especially sensitive surveillance radar systems on both the East and West coasts, and plans to install another next year in Georgia and a fourth in Texas...
...optical fibers rather than wiring. Nissan's Research Vehicle II, whose wheels, windshield and windows are all made of plastic, runs on methanol fuel that is stored in a plastic tank. The car's automatic cruise control measures the distance to the vehicle in front by radar and microwave, warns the driver if the car gets too close and decelerates if the person fails to slow down. The drowsiness monitor checks the person's driving pattern. If he appears inattentive or reaction time is slow, a female voice gently says, "You are getting drowsy, please rest...
...American intelligence people now reconstruct the event, Soviet radar at first did erroneously identify the plane as an American RC-135 (a reconnaissance version of the Boeing 707). An RC-135 had been in the North Pacific earlier that night. Though the Soviets tracked KAL 007 with radar for more than two hours, it is now believed that their interceptors had trouble finding the airliner. Not until it was about to leave Soviet airspace did they finally bring it into sight, and then they had to make a quick decision. They shot...
...authorize the sale of 60 F-15 fighter aircraft to Saudi Arabia. Fahd asked Bandar to lobby in favor of the deal. Using grace and wit, he helped persuade the Senators to approve the $2.5 billion sale. Three years later, when President Reagan proposed the sale of five AWACS radar aircraft to Saudi Arabia, Bandar was a natural choice to make the Saudi case, which he did successfully...
Airlines have been slow to go for radar. The sets are expensive and cut payload. But this week the Peruvian International Airways started the first regularly scheduled passenger service (between New York and Santiago, Chile) completely safeguarded by radar. P.I.A.'s radars (made by General Electric) weigh 150 lbs. in all, but show a clear map of the country below. The pilot knows where he is-and where the obstacles are-in all weathers...