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...fleet's admirals deploy the world's largest naval force. The Soviets enjoy clear superiority in attack submarines (253 v. 73), cruisers and destroyers armed with ship-to-ship missiles (40 v. 0) and supply ships (2,358 v. 1,009). The Soviet navy, however, would have trouble rushing troops and planes to intervene in sudden political or military crises far from the U.S.S.R. The U.S. has more bases abroad and can act quickly because of its 14 attack carriers (the Soviets have none), 1,309 Navy fighter planes (v. none for the Soviets) and nearly...
...were until the mid-1960s. Much of modern Russian weaponry-from missiles to tanks to fighter-bombers-is offensive, aimed at a blitzkrieg attack with quick victory as its goal. In Central Europe, the Soviets have concentrated huge numbers of fast tanks and powerful artillery; at sea, the Red fleet's ship-to-ship missiles could deal fatal, surprise blows to Western warships...
...American SST by killing its federal financing. In his 61-page decision, the Secretary frankly admitted that the 100-passenger Concorde "will be noisier than existing subsonic aircraft, save arguably for the B-707 and DC-8 on landing, which [form] 27% of the U.S. commercial fleet." As for fears that the Concorde would pollute the air or change the climate, Coleman found no evidence of any significant danger...
...keeping warships out of the Gulf-proper. The Christian Science Monitor noted that the voyage was designed, to show that Washington "will not accept any threat to, or interruption of the supply of oil from Persian Gulf States." Two weeks later, 2,000 Marines form the US Sixth Fleet landed in Sardinia in a mock invasion of Arab oil lands. Vice-Admiral Turner told reporters: "We don't want to invade (the Middle East) but we are prepared...
...Eastern, American and Trans World Airlines plunged deep into the red. Not surprisingly, airlines ordered few new jets. Even United, the biggest U.S. airline and one that is still flying at a profit, could not justify more planes. Last fall it dropped plans to buy a fleet of 20 "stretched" versions of Boeing...