Word: radars
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...greeted at the airport by a line of smiling Vietnamese officials, then loaded into several black Volga sedans. As they rode toward the capital, the Americans noticed that much of the countryside had the appearance of a nation on military alert; antiaircraft guns loomed over bomb craters, and camouflaged radar antennae poked their way out of thatch-roofed huts...
...saying this, lounging in a room off Oiler Coach Glen Sather's office, showing game films of favorite goals, his teammates are out on the rink having their shots timed by a radar gun. Since scoring last in team strength tests, Gretzky has shied from such gauges. "My shot wouldn't be close to the fastest," he laughs. So if he is not the strongest and his shot is not the hardest, is he the best skater? "No way." Then what is it about...
...aircraft to complement the $36 million F14. Congress bought the notion in 1975, after being told that each plane would eventually cost about $16 million. They are now priced at $32 million each. Much of the added cost and delay is due to improvements made in the Star Wars radar and guided missile control system designed to allow the plane to attack the enemy in darkness and bad weather. Critics question the value of such sophisticated radar, leaving aside its cost, because its use can alert the enemy and spoil any element of surprise. In addition, the Hornet...
...bases on Saudi territory. Weinberger offered last week to help the Saudis and the smaller gulf states build a regional arms industry, but the proposal seems to have gone unheard. Weinberger did not even announce that the letters of agreement for the $8.5 billion Saudi purchase of U.S. AWACS radar warning planes had been signed, although he had been expected to do so. Presumably the Secretary once again urged Fahd to visit Washington, a trip the Crown Prince has canceled twice during the past year, but there was no hint that Fahd intended to accept the invitation in the near...
...China's countervailing demand that all U.S. arms sales to Taiwan cease, the White House tried to split the difference. Taiwan could continue to get the F-5E, which it co-produces with Northrop, but could not have a successor plane, the F-5G, which can carry radar-guided missiles...