European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pag6 2 the stars and stripes August 1985 a photo from an observation Canadian and american scientists watch smoke during the test of the nuclear Winter scientists test nuclear Winter theory Canada up1 a giant mushroom Cloud of soot and smoke blacked out the Sun Over a Canadian for est saturday in an eerie scientific test of the theory of nuclear the Experiment began under Clear skies with a single helicopter dropping a napalm like substance in concentric Cir cles Over a Patch of dead Forest about 400 Miles North of from an aircraft flying at observers watched a giant Blackland White mushroom Cloud billow thousands of feet into the stretching a dark Shadow Over the Northern Ontario Wilder Ness As far As the Eye could the fire consumed thousands of fir Trees Many already crushed by Bull dozers died in a Bud worm infestation that began in the i think weve got said piloted Weisflock As the Cloud Weisflock sat silently throughout the rest of the trip watching the grim spectacle As the aircraft was tossed violently by turbulence from the intense heat of the american and Canadian scientists at tended the controlled tire to test a theory proposed in 1982 by Cornell University astronomer Carl who suggested that a nuclear War would create a Blanket of smoke and blocking out the Sun and chilling the Earth into a cataclysmic nuclear Ash filtered Down Over the town and a red Orange glow could be seen throughout the it was like Black said Chapleau resident Gordon youd look at and they had sort of a red Orange glow behind High in the column of scientists expected gases and known to trigger which one scientist has likened to the Black rain that fell after a atomic bomb was dropped on Hiro Shima 40 years ago Richard Turco of los with coauthored the first papers on the told reporters gathered at Chapleau that he hoped the Experiment would help in the development of the theory because the effects of nuclear Winter would be enor it is potentially hazardous to hundreds of millions of people in the Northern Hemi said who was among four american scientists brought in for the there is essentially no data available so this fire is very attractive to by the end of the Turco admitted to be a Little surprised at the size of the which had stretched across an area 80 Miles in Turco described the Experiment As value but he said More tests would be required to prove or disprove the it does not detract from my theory it is simply one More data Turco in More optimistic now than when i who flew out of the test site sat urday said future experiments would require about million in he expected to receive funding from the National science foundation and the department of Andrew a Toronto scientist who brought the researchers said the Blaze could help determine the Impact of a nuclear we know what smoke will do in the but we have a lot to learn about what it does in the he Peter Hughes of los Alamos National Laboratory in new Mexico also was among the scientists Star wars effect tested by shuttle space Houston a in a study important to the Star wars de sense challengers astronauts fired their rocket engines briefly sunday while scientists using telescopes in austra Lia attempted to Analyse the exhausts effect on the challengers engines burned 600 pounds of fuel just As the spacecraft passed Over the Reber Ober Servator in to telescopes were to Mea sure the effect of the rocket exhaust on the charged Gas called that make up the scientists at Hobart reported they saw the Burn and Are analysing their said a National aeronautics and space administration a Shorter rocket firing was scheduled Over observatories in instrument conies to life a Sun study instrument that had been broken since the beginning of the Mission suddenly came to life surprising scientists on the ground who had Given up on the called the solar magnetic and velocity Field measurement scientists monitoring the Experiment had been routinely sending it hop ing it would turn itself but the signals went unanswered until when it suddenly powered that great said astronaut Tony it was the Only one of 13 Complex Sci ence instruments aboard challenger that had not been working during the highly successful it is designed to study the suns magnetic Fields and their effect on the solar flares that can cause a disruption of communications and electric Power transmissions on dismal beginning the activation of the instrument completes the spectacular recovery of Chal Lenger from a dismal Mission the spacecraft left the Earth late because of a computer and an engine then stalled out during sending the shuttle into a Nowerth unexpected orbit and leaving it Short of challengers astronauts nursed the fuel Supply and built up a surplus that enabled the Mission to be extended a challenger is scheduled to land at Edwards at the rocket firing test Over Australia will produce data important to scientists developing the strategic defense initiative space based Missil defense the defense popularly called Star will use lasers or particle beams travelling in the ionospheric plasma to track and destroy attacking the effect of the charged particles on the beam defense weapons is still a and experts think the challenger experiments May be important to understanding the ions american troops begin Middle Eastern Maneu vers Egypt a forces began on sunday their largest military exercise Ever in the Middle where americas ability to protect its interests has been newly questioned since the june hijacking of a Twa pro soviet Ethiopia and Libya have condemned the called Bright Star the Middle East participants Jordan and Oman have played Down their role or refused com sensitive to the controversial nature of military ties to the United states at a time when prestige to the Region is Egypt information ministry confirmed that Bright Star began in Egypt on sched ule with activation of command centers and some movement of troops into Man Euver a Pentagon spokesman in Washington said about troops will take part in the we Klong egyptian the main part of the the spokesman said an unspecified smaller number of troops will take part in Somalia and about 520 will join in the jordanian Pentagon sources in Washington said a smaller number of americans also will train in at the Mouth of the persian but no formal announcement was made because Oman is anxious to play Down its the opening dates and length of the exer Cise phases in Jordan and Somalia were not none of the Middle East participants has disclosed How Many of its troops Are taking actual Maneu vers were to begin monday with an amphibian Landing by egyptian troops and marines on a Mediterranean Beach West of Hassan the egyptian Mili tary said the Maneu vers would include a mock paratrooper attack and a live fire exercise involving infantry and Airt ground Libya and Ethiopia said the exercise raises tensions in the Libya news Agency quoted Saadeddin for Mer egyptian army chief of staff who now lives in As saying the Maneu vers Are a provocation against progressive states and aimed at gathering intelligence on Egypt three previous Bright Star exercises have been beginning in these Ries was designed to train troops in desert warfare and perfect techniques for the former rapid deployment organized under then president Carter to de fend Western interests in the persian Gulf and Middle in the last Bright Star exercise in troops mane Vered in Oman and