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...dominated by rows of seven lights showing the status of each missile, ranging from "dummy" (the missile is passive) to "missile away." Each weapon has been pretargeted and carries highly sophisticated, computer-controlled guidance systems. The final release would be performed by Hardenbergh with a pistol-grip firing trigger attached to his console. The missiles are propelled through their silos by compressed gas, which then forms a bubble around them until they reach the water's surface and ignite automatically...
...long periods of isolation aboard the Jackson only make starker the realization that confronts every member of the armed services who actually fingers a nuclear trigger: a single squeeze would change the world forever. Farmer, for one, has thought through endless contingencies, including the nightmare of losing contact with Washington during a presumed attack. Says he: "I would not launch without authorization, period." By the same token, he does not flinch from the thought of carrying out his doomsday role. Says he: "If a captain is not prepared to execute, there is no deterrence...
...more complicated to convert to automatic firing. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms unintentionally gave the MAC a boost in the underworld in 1979 when it classified the gun as a semiautomatic weapon. The distinction was crucial: semiautomatic guns, which require a separate pull of the trigger for each bullet, can be purchased easily. Automatic weapons must be registered with local and federal authorities and their sale accompanied by fingerprints, certification by the law-enforcement agency and a $200 tax. Possessing an automatic weapon without proper registration is punishable by up to ten years in prison...
...neurology at Washington University School of Medicine. During a TV interview with the NBC affiliate in St. Louis, Toga recalled that one terrorist showed him a gun. ; Said Toga: "He took out four cartridges and spun the thing, and then put the gun to my belly and pulled the trigger. The gun didn't go off." Twice more, the captor pulled the trigger, Toga said. Toga disclosed that one of the hijackers proposed marriage to Purser Uli Derickson. Said Toga: "That was the only time she lost control. The guy was serious about the proposal, and it really threw...
...focus of the big banks' drive to enter new territory will now shift to Congress. The large financial companies are pinning their hopes on a bill that will open regional arrangements to all banks in five years. It sets July 1, 1990, as a trigger date, after which the barriers against outsiders will be dropped. The legislation was approved last week by the House Banking Committee. Said William Dabaghi, general counsel to the Coalition for Regional Banking and Economic Development, which represents medium-size lenders: "Unfortunately, our opponents did their homework and managed to convince a number of the swing...