Word: techs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Saddam Hussein tries to use the high-tech weapons he bought from France, he may have complaints about their effectiveness. Some French arms manufacturers, apparently worried that Saddam was not the most trustworthy client, programmed secret passwords into the computer-guidance systems of the fighter and bomber aircraft they sent to him, according to reports surfacing in Paris. Only the suppliers know the passwords, and unless they are keyed in, Iraqi guided missiles will not be able to reach their targets. Moreover, a Defense Ministry spokesman in Paris confirms that his country's warships carry transmitters that can jam French...
...tough-minded Cheney shot down a program that had been expected to produce 620 of the high-tech stealth aircraft at a cost of $57 billion, he implicitly emphasized another military reality of the 1990s: the U.S. simply cannot afford many of the multibillion-dollar weapons systems that were started during Reagan's $2 trillion defense buildup and now continue to escalate in price...
...Frey and Christopher Morris in Saudi Arabia, Barry Iverson in Amman, Tom Hartwell standing by in Cairo and Francoise DeMulder in Baghdad. Frey, a man of many skills, is doing double duty as a liaison with the military command and coping with the headaches of transmitting pictures. A high-tech air war could jam normal telecommunications and force reporters to switch from laptop computers to typewriters. Seven chemical-warfare protective outfits, purchased in London, are available for those who will be assigned to go into combat zones. "This is the first time I have ever asked anybody...
...munitions factories under incessant aerial bombardment -- would lack staying power; every bullet they fired would deplete a shrinking supply. The trouble, once again, is that Saddam may simply not see any of that. Western military men fear he has little idea of the fury and firepower of a high-tech attack. His mental picture of war, derived from the long struggle with Iran, is of trenches, minefields and barbed wire foiling human-wave assaults. Further, he might reckon that even if he lost, he would save his skin and some part of his military force; the anti- Saddam coalition...
...Defense Department has seized upon the gulf crisis as an excuse to expand the 1,000-sq.-mi. Fort Irwin, a high-tech desert-training facility in Southern California, by some 390 sq. mi. Environmentalists pledge to stall any such action...