European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 04, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes monday november 4,1985 7-layer space defense shield fax Washington up scientists working on the Star wars space defense against nuclear missiles Are leaning toward a Complex seven layer system that would use thousands of space satellites to provide a nearly com plete shield Over the United states it was reported Sun Day. The new York times said the Pentagon s strategic defense initiative organization discussed the results of year s Mudy into the sophisticated system pre Suja a Gan has ordered and the intricate and immense than to protect 3,500 maj la fets in the United slates the plan wout Duj crops of lasers and other directed encrgybca04ffapons, As Well As ground based rocket and launchers that fire High Speed project government officials said the Pentagon is not Mitch to any system As yet and John director of the strategic said five companies Jap Jerto work on a design with a consid Lafava East in is to be presented to the Senate i services committee this week in a More detailed secret form than currently made available. The design has seven distinct layers that would provide redundant or complementary weapons systems in three Broad phases. The plan has two layers of boost phase defences direct a Energy weapons and kinetic Energy weapons designed to attack nuclear weapons soon after their lift off. Another similar two layers would attack weapons in Iii i layer could consist of Small pellets pne Roosis to destroy decoys so the missiles themselves would be easier targets. And the final two defensive Lay ers would consist of two kinds of ground based rocket interceptions to attack incoming missiles in their terminal the study suggests that each of the seven layers would permit As Many As 20 percent of the missiles to slip through but Gardner said it is hoped the cumulative effect As the final tiers destroy those missiles the first tiers missed would provide a very High level of Protection for . Territory. Alternative schemes using four five and six layers of defences have also been considered As Well As a system based end sively on ground based weapons. Space lab Crew makes Progress in experiments Cape canaveral up space lab scientists pressed on sunday with a variety of Crystal growth and materials proc Essing experiments and studies of How the body reacts to than Halfway through the shuttle challenger s planned we Klong Mission the record eight member Crew has made solid Progress working through a daunting sched ule of experiments despite a series of equip ment problems and sometimes poor communications. Landing is scheduled for wednesday a California s Edwards fab. The 22nd shuttle Mission was chartered by West Germany for about $67 76 experiments Are on Board most of them in the Roomy european built Pacela module carried in challenger s payload sunday dutch physicist Wubbo Ockels reported that a Crystal Sample in thespa Celab Mirror heating facility had somehow become pitted and that a dust material was deposited on the Interior of the Crystal grow in , after a Juick cleanup another Sam ple was processed. Ernst Messerschmid of Germany Are Nasa astronaut Guion Blu Ford later fixed a jammed door on another Crystal growth Furnace and pressed on witha series of experiments to study convection effects in liquids that arc impossible to observe in Earth s Gravity. The other members of the Crew Are com Mander Henry Hartsfield co Pilot Steven Nagl Bonnie Dunbar and James Buchli All Nasa astronauts and Reinhard Furrer of Germany. The Crew is working in two shifts to Man the space lab research module around the saturday communications trouble caused a four hour delay for a radio Cal from the dutch vice minister to the shuttle. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl was kept from talking to the Crew Friday because of another problem. The trouble saturday was blamed on Small fire in a Power Supply for two com Puter systems at a satellite tracking stationing new Mexico. The shuttle uses a satellite controlled from new Mexico Torshay Auto the science control Center near Munich. Throughout the flight the members of thespa Celab Crew have performed a variety of medical tests on themselves. Scientists Hope to learn More about the causes of space sickness which affects about half those who Fly in space. Reagan orders probe of intelligence leak a devised plan to oust khad Afy newspaper says washing Typl president Reagan demanding to us Yriate action against the leak of classified ordered an investigation sunday unauthorized disclosure of n in cart to undermine and topple the libyan regime of Moa mar khad Afy. The White House in an unusual sic announced the investigation of to published sunday by thaw a i the Pott with the support of so proof state George Shultz William Casey authorized40�rt plan to thwart libyan support for terrorism and subversion and lure Kheda Hyinio a situation thai would give his opponents in the libyan military a Chance to seize Power or provide one of his neighbors with justification for a military response. The newspaper also reported initiate from the two loan Vehap go act no wrote Ert operation might order signed by Reagan that prohibit by to in Dirac . Involvement in assassination senior administration officials have reaffirmed that policy and Are said to have told Congress any operation to undermine Kheda by could be earned out consistent with the Law. Insisting that the administration Wouldhave no substantive comment on alleged in ire of intelligence activity White House Bill Hart said rag Annj sifted while in no Way attributing any credence to the specific allegations and conclusions drawn in the Washington Post article on re ports concerning Libya the president is or Dering an investigation of the disclosure of the is. Intelligence documents cited in this news in an Effort to determine who is respond disclosure and to take appropriate action the preside liar pc Ewas issued a Reagan wrapped up a we wac Tay at the presidential Retreat of Camp was. The out in the past such matter shave fallen within the Purview of the Fri. The Post said Reagan approved the Ami khad Afy plan in a signed presidential find Italy names fifth hijacking suspect Rome a investigators have identified a fifth Man who might have been part of the commando unit that hijacked Thea Hill Lauro and who is suspected of being an aide to Plo official Mohamm Dabbas italian newspapers reported Sun newspaper including Stampa of Turin and Rome s la Republica said that their stories were based on unnamed sources. Genoa prosecutors who Are investigating the Case could not be reached for comment because their offices Are closed on sunday. The fifth Man was identified As Masar Kadia but la Stampa poin de out that like All the names of palestinians involved in this tragic affair it could be Stamps said Kadia May be second in command of the Palestine liberation front after Abbas who the United Stales has accused of directing the terrorist attack i which american passenger Leon Klinghoffer was a denied any involvement and reportedly helped persuade the four Hijack ers who claim to be members of the Elf to surrender to egyptian authorities on oct. 9. The newspapers said Kadia was suspected of having taken two cruises aboard the Achille Lauro to scout out the attack and to have disembarked from the cruise hip at Alexandria Egypt a few hours be the attack on oct. 7. Q it c was apparently crying a stolen Rcck passport in the name of pc Ros Fly Ros the newspapers said. A plane carrying Abbas and the four accused hijackers out of Egypt was forced by . Warplanes to land in Italy. The four pirates were arrested but Abbas was Al owed to leave for Yugoslavia Over .abjections. It is unknown where he is now. Profice blamed for polish student s death Warsaw a Psi. Six other Solidarity activists on sunday dam cd the unexplained death of a student who had been detained by police calling the death an example of police brutality Marcin Antonowicz. 19, in a Hospital into Jet i Cir cow of ols Tynin inn i Hull fill n in a coma. He was found scions on a Street oct. 19 shortly after friends saw him taken away in a police or Ficz fell escape Juda Rily activists have Abbiw of beaten and died of blows to the head police called it death another act of lawlessness by police in an Appeal issued no to end repressions and police abuses and release political prisoners. Continuation of the present policy a cup is the existing abyss Between the author Cieto and May become inc source of a Abbyj 5aid the statement issued in the Gdansk where Walesa lives. 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