Word: bomber
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...place that much stock in pure talk. Only when we capitalists put our precious money where our mouths are do the Soviets get a message they understand and believe. Thus it is that Haig sees the imminent decisions and action on such issues as the B-1 bomber and the MX missile system as key statements of American foreign policy. After the decisions on military buildup have been firmly made, Haig believes, we may see a new willingness in both Washington and the Kremlin to talk about limiting nuclear weapons...
...they want to stall until the U.S. military buildup is well under way. But Haig, along with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, views arms control as inextricably tied to such major U.S. defense decisions as how to deploy the MX missile and whether to build a new B-1 bomber. Haig is well aware that the European allies are worried by the lack of a U.S.-U.S.S.R. arms dialogue. While Haig's team may end up sending Moscow a proposal for deep reductions somewhat similar to the Carter proposal of 1977 that the Kremlin promptly scorned, the new Administration...
...Originally, the plan called for the bombing to be carried out by F-4 Phantom jets. However, the first batches of 75 light, agile F-16 fighters, ordered from the U.S. in August 1977, had arrived in Israel. The Israeli Air Force had the innovative notion of making a bomber out of a fighter designed for jet-age dogfights. Tests showed that the F-16s, equipped with special bomb racks and additional fuel tanks, could just make the 1,300-mile round trip to Baghdad without aerial refueling if they were not attacked and made only one bombing...
...weapons have been designed for Israel's own needs: the lightweight, high-powered UZI submachine gun, which has become a symbol of Israeli arms technology; the heavily armored and sharpshooting Merkava (Chariot) main battle tank, which can carry five infantrymen; and the highly maneuverable Kfir-C2 fighter-bomber. But Israel also sells increasing quantities of these and other weapons on the world market. At least 750,000 UZls have gone to 40 countries, and last week a new mini-uzi, much smaller but nearly as high-powered, went on public display for the first time. Bolivia, Colombia and Mexico...
...native of Union Springs, Ala., Blount, 60, formed his company in 1946 after wartime service as a B-29 bomber pilot. Along with his brother Houston, who later left the business, he started by investing $28,000 to buy four Caterpillar earthmovers. Blount soon gained a national reputation for tackling jobs that were uniquely challenging and thus uncommonly profitable. Among his more memorable monuments: Kennedy Space Center's Launch Site 39A-from which the space shuttle Columbia took off, an underground convention center in Cleveland, atomic research laboratories at Oak Ridge, Tenn., and the Government's maximum-security...