European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday. December 14. 1985 2 satellites launched As air Force targets for asat system i. To i him Ion 1 i 1 a t la in t he she me i i in her Iii \ r i tru the the a m testing but t a i is Riou imbalance be to i have in opera i a. A erd i he a siem. He. -. Leader cd Sites has be i the l United ils item and the it Orf i ils a re. To to i he satellites will be checked out ,."� or i ski i in i pc Citico Lime As he i s in sail a the or 1, be i or i to rce oleic a us asked rot in be cd i d if e target been i hour incident Mir Silav mum ing ird it u assume Here Tii be a Viher St ie-1 during the first Quarter of go " the official declined to Sav at Prem a what Atli nude the target Vitell Ite had Exren placed the so. Or Ann a Mullite. Mate it can Tut levied for the firm Lime sepi 13 against an aping it Earth i twilite that a orbiting the Man Altitude of ?-i5 nuke s that Large was selected because of Inch Cal problems huh the it l a i prevented their original scheduled launch Lam lunch the it clone is a non metallic. Katl tic device that can be expanded after launch it also Carrier a Anet of Pec Al test devices to measure the Success of an St a " the september the t. In which an ast missile fired from an f-15 Jet he hit and successful smashed into bits an old soned satellite a is conducted despite a drumbeat of criticism Here 3nd abroad. De sense secret or Caspar w. Cinberg or and president Reagan decided to proceed eth the to i in Advance of the president s of is of a Rcd much narc crude than the i Mied states ast Niissle the first test of the St a Antici de by a us old m reps. George b not California Moklev of Thev w erred a could Poi son the atmosphere or the Summit talks. Critic to cited a warning by the s ". Set i no i n resume its own less it the i Mied slates proceeded and urged the Reagan administration to include a ban on asat a a topic for the current . Suit Gerund. Arms talks Mihov ugh the Denv via were unable to prevent the first test the Hae succeeded to attaching limiting language to the Penta gon s budget. The tical i6 author ution specifies the air Force pm conduct no More than three asat Tes against a target in through oct 1. West that language thus allow. Ivo additions tests. The asat i Ile is carried to an Alti tude of roughly 40. My feet by an f-15 fighter ils Tuo stage. Rocket is then fired into space where a miniature homing vehicle Vuks on the target with infrared sensors and do strove it through Impact. The soviets Stem consists of a Large ground based rocket equipped wih an exp of ivc warhead. The soviet asat Hunts Down its target within two a three orbits of the Tarth and then when close explodes to destroy the target. Lighting up the season More than 11,000 people gathered in the Chhe mouse Ellipse to Bursa night s president Engin lighted the National Clinst mis tree to open the Solidi sea sen. Reagan. To was joined h his Ife Nanc. Uttered a Christina. Nits Sage before lighting Ibe Christmas tree urging All americans to reach out to night to Eer person who is persecuted . Moving to older weapons expert says Washington not a Pentagon Anikst told a presidential commission thurs do that weapon costs were increasing at such a rate that the Militar would Ruc fewer and older weapons in the future. The l s Militar i moing toward smaller forces and order forces. A Rankin c Spinne. An arut in inc pc Wagon s office of program anal is and evaluation told the president s Blue ribbon commission on defense management the Onmi or i chairman is David r Picard. A former Dexiu score a of de sense thursday s re .1 r ." of he Annas the Avn , is bonding before it ". Be Igor a Jug Mcm 10 p is de Rejcha spin Rev is fed 10 a -.grcs. In i9s4 about his studies of the Pentagon s failures to make accurate forecasts of weapon of is and the effect the fault Cost Esti mates had on military budget plans. Senior Pentagon official have Dis counted the significance of spine s pre Vious Anak is. Saing Hal reforms introduced by defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger have done much to solve the Probki of up do increasing weapon costs. Spinney who stressed thai his analysis did not represent the official position of the Penta gon presented data thurs div that How de the of air Force places had a a result according to spine. The air face bought fewer aircraft n the first Erm of the Reagan Arr Nis Rai in than l did in the Carter administration even though the Militar budget increased dra magical under Reagan. Spin nov Sjuk his most recent data showed that the in Mac age of air Force phones in creased in recent years and that the air Force inventor would age even More in the future. A a. The average air Force fighter plane will be 2fc percent older than in t976. According to Spinac s analysis the average age of air Force transport planes will in crease b 99 percent in the same period a d the 2vr�-2g see of the air Force s a Marc ask b percent the occur. Up no Sani. Do Rita the not including the effects of Meiai xxv since it in to several car i ror i the Lorrye Furtad Are appropriated to the time an aircraft enters the air Force s inventory those ordered in 1985 would not be available until about ass. Spinner s Anas pro Ecru thai the average see of All three to pcs of would continue to ircrej.4 t o the Early i of for this o or cd said he assumed that the pop us of Curry no Cost to Mim ates were a Vurvie a a hat the Penta gon would get All u-n5 it anticipated in its five of p of through i goo. However. Cor Rcv a All he funds the pen la 1 1 Wjt med a i advice of. R Fri a m . A instr it of he to be True pc v a As the cd i again l a.-vcry". Or f ids euro 10 i is about $10 bin a car. Inc Ltd a he cd of the Prvcic s pc inc cd l of ire Cirr Juc in the Etc of no Ca . Pm r Cost about the he the tse of the products " of in or proven or w rth Ess Moa for of. For Vav he Etc incr Eficia com a a. A run Var umers re bilked annual in or a 1 a gets of Ujj Clur arc the elder. , in Chi � c c like to have Chr us no ii court includes 2 Xiv Secco cd is thru Jino be to e site ,.sender a xxx Cen cart Are a arc chore Doc to door because of Dex Rva cd m. 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