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...assaults would kick off a new war. America's $2 billion radar-eluding B-2 bombers could attack Iraq from bases in the U.S., England or Diego Garcia, and Navy warships already in the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean could pummel key Iraqi targets with long-range cruise missiles. Once Iraq's air defenses are crushed, more vulnerable F-14s and F-18s from three or four Navy carriers by then in the region could begin striking additional targets. The speed of the air war would depend in part on which neighboring countries--Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Turkey, Saudi Arabia...
GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR This device is dragged across the ground to detect irregularities in the earth, such as hidden underground facilities and storage spaces in places like Saddam's compounds...
...Celebrity Radar: Richard Dreyfuss, in town for a Kirkland House event, enjoyed a lovely meal in the Kirkland dining hall. Clint G. Wallach ’03 had a special-ordered hot dog stolen by the Jaws star. Just when he thought it was safe... J-Lo and Ben Affleck are rumored to be coming to a tailgate at this year’s Big Game. Campus playboy Brian M. Briginz ’03, who irritated J-Lo last month at Redline, is already choosing his outfit. “If she’s really still Jenny from...
...constant risk of inflicting civilian casualties, which play well for Baghdad's propaganda effort to win Arab support against the U.S. Coalition pilots fly under rules of engagement that allow them to bomb any Iraqi air-defense facilities as soon as those facilities begin targeting the warplanes with radar. Lately, their list of targets has expanded to include not only missile- and anti-aircraft artillery batteries, but also air defense command centers in what many analysts see as a preparation for an eventual invasion...
...departing Russian troops completely stripped their Baltic bases. Given these disadvantages, Baltic militaries have improved dramatically over the past decade. But their real strategic importance to NATO doesn't lie in military might - the three countries combined have just over 20,000 troops - but from the new pan-Baltic radar network known as BaltNet. U.S. General Joseph W. Ralston, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, calls the system "one of the best I've ever seen. We'd love to have it at NORAD in Alaska." With its central monitoring station in Karmelava, Lithuania, 100 km west of Vilnius, BaltNet...