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Fortunately the only battle in the gulf so far has been against distance. It is proving to be a tough one. Despite the $2.5 trillion spent on defense over the past decade, the U.S. lacks enough cargo planes and ships to deliver its armed forces to trouble spots around the globe. Transport planes like the C- 141 Starlifter and C-5A Galaxy are still the workhorses of the Air Force, but they are aging, and their production lines have long been closed. The next-generation airlifter, the C-17, has encountered repeated delays in nine years of development...
...South Africa. Yemen had earlier indicated that it would live up to its reluctant promise to abide by the embargo. It did allow one Iraqi tanker to unload at the port of Aden, but in response to international pressure it later refused to allow two others to discharge their cargo...
Fully loaded supertankers are anchored offshore awaiting space to unload their cargo. Even if Iraq's daily production of 3.1 million bbl. or Kuwait's 1.9 million bbl. were cut off, either by military action or by a U.S.-led embargo, a serious shortage would take time to develop. Countries like Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, which are producing below their capacity, could quickly fill...
...Army study shows that a shipboard accident would spread a lethal nerve-gas cloud no farther than 52 miles, but that may be little comfort to the 1,200 residents of Johnston Island, which is only two miles long. The Army concedes that terrorists could try to sabotage the cargo, but it minimizes the threat. As a precaution, however, it will not disclose just when the two ships carrying the chemicals will set sail or give any hint of the course they will take...
LIVING: A new generation of roller coasters hurtles their human cargo through hair-raising plunges, stomach-churning twists and turns, unrelenting loops and rolls, and more...