Word: radars
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those missiles out by 5:30 p.m. New York time Friday (exactly 48 hours after the ultimatum was put in the hands of Iraqi Ambassador Nizar Hamdoon at U.N. headquarters in Manhattan), or else. The clear implication was that the "else" would be bombing of the missiles, their attendant radar and possibly also the runways used by Iraqi planes that have been flying into the exclusion zone. Yet again, Baghdad snorted defiance, talking of "holy war." But by the time the deadline expired, the missiles had been taken out of firing position. On Saturday the White House announced that Iraq...
...troops face logistic difficulties as well. Given Somalia's / primitive airports, shallow ports and unpaved roads, troops will have to improvise as they go. "This is a classic bring-your-own operation," says one four-star Army logistician. That means supplying their own night lights at the airport, radar systems for air-traffic control, generators -- and then fuel to run them. Logistics managers are sending three times the normal spare parts, worried that sand could be a constant problem...
...basis of radar sightings and strange sonic "air quakes," aircraft buffs have been speculating for years about the existence of a secret U.S. spy plane they call Aurora. The speculation is over, says Jane's Defence Weekly. A definitive report prepared by the British military-affairs journal describes the stealthy craft as a triangular-shaped hypersonic jet fueled by liquid methane and capable of cruising at Mach 8 (5,280 m.p.h.), 2 1/2 times the world record. Jane's key piece of evidence: the report of an aircraft- recognition expert who actually saw the plane fly over a North...
...Force says the aircraft cost $44.4 billion to develop. The Pentagon originally planned to build about 130 but has scaled its orders back to 20, or a cool $2.2 billion apiece. And costs may rise, since the Air Force is having trouble getting the much vaunted Stealth radar-evading technology to work properly...
...Yale presidency] is not something that'son my radar screen at the moment," Keohane said...