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...Rhine River campaign" of World War II. One column drove south along the beaches of the Tonkin Gulf, despite a heavy barrage laid down by U.S. destroyers offshore. Taking advantage of heavy rains and low clouds, which limited air strikes, other units rolled down French-built Highway 1 aboard Soviet-built tanks and trucks towing antiaircraft or artillery pieces...
...reports about a significant buildup of Arab airpower. The Egyptians, according to Washington estimates, have received 100 MIGs since last September, in addition to 80 MI-8 troop-carrying helicopters. Syria has got 30 MIGs, five Sukh017 fighter-bombers and 22 helicopters. All together, there are now nearly 600 Soviet-built planes in the area, some flown by Soviet pilots...
...most advanced jets that Moscow has shipped to Egypt. If the Israelis began sending their planes over the Egyptian interior, the Soviet pilots would almost certainly challenge them. But what if the Israelis avoided "deep penetration" raids, yet were giving the Egyptians such a beating that Cairo began pressuring Moscow to send its pilots into battle? Beyond that, there is another peril-fraught contingency. The Israelis claim that they can neutralize or destroy the Soviet-built missile network if a new round of fighting erupts. Could they do so without either killing many Russian technicians or provoking a response from...
North Vietnamese forces claimed to have shot down six U.S. planes with SAM missiles during U.S. fighter-bomber raids on North Vietnam Sunday and Monday. These are the first planes reported downed by Soviet-built missiles since February...
...Arabs. Israel's military leaders believe that they possess such strength. They are convinced that Egypt's army and air force are not noticeably better than in '67, when they were decisively defeated. The Israelis also believe that the broad band of approximately 3,000 Soviet-built (and in many cases Soviet-manned) SA-2 and SA3 missiles on Egypt's side of the Suez Canal can be neutralized-though they do not say how-and that direct Russian intervention is unlikely...