European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                G the Many faces of soviet Union daily Magazine Eric Dickerson ends holdout with nil s rams Page 21 o paper pulls comic lampooning Falwell Page 28 the Stas  aut Hoiten unofficial publication for the f v armed forces vol. 44. No. 150 sunday september 15, 1985 1sc Dav anal 5ymd8v d 8693 a asat destroys orbiting satellite an artist s Conception shows an anti satellite missile being launched into space from an f-15 aircraft. Washington a the United states trying to redress what officials called a serious imbalance with the soviet Union in anti satellite technology Fri Day successfully smashed an orbiting satellite using a new homing rocket. The flawless test of the so called asat weapon was conducted about 345 Miles above the Pacific Ocean said it. Gen. Bernard p. Randolph the air Force s Deputy chief of staff for research development and acquisition. The asat in us first Ever test against an actual object in space guided itself after launch from an f-15 Jet to Ward an old air Force scientific satellite destroying it by Impact. From everything that we can Tell it went absolutely flawless  said. He declined to provide operational details saying such information was classified. Great Slop Forward Friday s Success prompted defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger to say the United Stales had taken a great step  it also prompted condemnation from administration critics who said the test was bound to ignite an arms race in space and Poison the atmosphere for the november Summit meeting Between president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Howard Ris executive director of the Union of concerned scientists which tried unsuccessfully to Block the lest in court said the United states did t just shoot Down a satellite. We shot ourselves in the foot. The asat test could ignite an arms race in space which ultimately will weaken .  rep. George Brown. D-calif., said. The policy implications of the lest Are very negative for the future rela see asat on Page 28 military services meet recruiting goals by Norman Black Washington a re enlist ment rates for the nation s military serv ices continue to dip slightly but each of the services met its goal Lor signing up new recruits during the first nine months of fiscal year i98s. Moreover the rate of new recruits who have a High school diploma is nearly As High As last year s record breaking rate. Overall 91 percent of the 214,700 new recruits signed up Over the past nine months have a High school diploma com pared to 93 percent of 225,400 recruits at this time last year. Jerry l. Calhoun acting assistant Secretary of defense for personnel expressed Geal satisfaction Friday with the recruiting results. Despite the Small dips in re enlist mints he termed Overall retention Sta ble and satisfactory because the Rales arc sufficient for the services to selectively fill their career  the latest manpower strength assess ment shows 156,200 individuals or roughly 67 percent of the 234,300 Eligi ble signed up for another hitch in the military Between oct. 1, 1984, and june 30, 1985. That is less than the results turned in during the same period a year ago when 164,900 or 70 percent of the 234,500 eligible re enlisted. A similar Small decline shows up when focusing on those who were eligible to re enlist for the first time. During the period ending last june 51 percent or 65,100 of the 126,500 eligible decided to sign up for a second tour. During the same period in fiscal 1984, 55 percent of those completing their first hitch or 66,300 individuals decided to sign up again. The air Force continued to Lead the Way in Overall re enlistments with 73 percent of those eligible signing up for another tour. The army reported a 64 percent re enlist mint rate for the nine months while the Navy reported a 67 percent rate and the Marine corps a 59 percent margin. As for new recruits every service met or exceeded its goal. Combined the serv ices signed up 214,700 new recruits Dur ing the nine month period. Adding individuals who served previously in the armed forces and decided to return the services signed up an Overall total of 227,300 people during the period. That compared with a goal of 222,100, meaning the Pentagon exceeded its goal by 2 percent. The Navy did particularly Well during the period exceeding its goal by 6 per cent. It signed up 61,700 individuals Dur ing the nine month period compared with a goal of 58.000. The army also exceeded its goal sign ing up 90,200 recruits compared with a goal of 88.700. The air Force and Marine corps exactly matched their objectives signing up 49.100 and 26,400 peo ple respectively. As for recruits with High school Diplo Mas 89 percent of those entering the Arm were graduates compared with 87 percent for the Navy 98 percent for the air Force and 96 percent for the Marine corps. Soviets Refa Iafe by expelling 25 britons Moscow up in the largest test for Tat expulsion in recent history the soviet Union saturday expelled 25 britons including 18 diplomats in retaliation for the sex Puvion from Britain of 25 soviet officials named As spies. British ambassador sir Bryan Cartledge said he was called into the foreign ministry saturday afternoon and informed that 25 britons were charged with spying and were Given three weeks to leave the country. He told reporters that Vladimir Suslov head of the 2nd european department protested the expulsion from Brit Ain thursday of 25 soviet officials named by London Kab chief olog Gorbi Coski who defected the same Day. Cartledge said Suslov read him a statement which described the actions taken in London As hostile and Mali Cious and designed to Poison Anglo soviet  after protesting against this action he accused a num Ber of my staff As Well As British businessmen and British journalists of engaging in activities incompatible with their official status he said. "1 told or. Suslov that the charges were totally unjustified and without  Cartledge said. A statement issued later saturday by the Tass news Agency demanded that a number of British representatives leave the soviet Union but did not reveal the num Ber of expelled britons. Calling the British allegations of espionage ill intentioned and absolutely unjustifiable the statement said the foreign ministry hoped Britain would Slop unfriendly actions with regard to soviet representatives in  among the diplomats expelled were three first secretaries two second secretaries and other embassy staff members. The expelled journalists included a correspondent from the British news Agency Reuters British broadcasting corp. To the daily Telegraph the daily observer and a free Lance journalist. Two businessmen also were ousted. Britain announced nordic ski s defection thursday and quickly expelled the soviets including six diplomats and five reporters nordic ski Nanod As working for the Kab. Nordic ski had the rank of Counselor at the soviet embassy and recently became head of the Kab s London Bureau. The mass expulsion raised the possibility of further Brit ish retaliation because the soviet embassy staff in London is larger than the British embassy in Moscow. Thursday s expulsion was the third largest since Britain ousted 105 soviets for espionage in 1971 and the soviets retaliated by expelling 18 British diplomats. In 1983, France expelled 47 officials but the soviets look no action. In april of this year Britain expelled two diplomats for spying and Moscow retaliated with the expulsion of three britons. London then kicked out three More soviets