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...plan did not appeal to Moscow on several counts. To begin with, it proposed a special limit on the Soviet S59 rocket, a 25-megaton monster (v. five megatons for the largest American ICBM). In addition, the U.S. plan did not include Europe-based U.S. and NATO bombers or Sixth Fleet aircraft, though they are capable of striking targets within the Soviet Union...
...limit might break the "action-reaction cycle," which encourages each side to develop ever more deadly weapons capable of cracking enemy defenses. With ABM in place, both sides are encouraged to work on MIRV (for multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles), a system that equips a single rocket with several warheads and is designed to pierce ABM defenses. With ABMs severely limited, the need for MIRVed weapons would be reduced...
...United States is using rocket-firing helicopter gunships in Laos in direct support of Laotian ground fighting North Vietnamese and Pathet Laos sources," the Globe revealed...
There was no question about Haywood's qualifications on the court. Last season he lifted the Rockets to first place in their division, led the league in scoring with an average of 29.9 points a game and in rebounding with a 19.4 average, set new league records for total points in one season (2,519) and in one game (59). He was named both Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player. During the offseason, Haywood declared himself unhappy with his contract because "I'm not getting half of what I was supposed to get from them." Last...
...days passed, the enemy hit the schoolyard with .50-cal. machine-gun bullets, mortars, and a giant 122-mm. rocket that toppled a 60-ft. tree. At the height of the battle, Srey Yar sent a radio message to Lon Nol promising that he and his men would not surrender. Even though they ran short of ammunition and food, and were outnumbered by about 5 to 1, they kept their word, but the cost was fearfully high. Of the 400 Cambodians, 50 were killed and 300 wounded, including 114 critically. Estimates of enemy soldiers killed ranged from...