European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes capt. James g. Rose his unit ready for Man Euver Page 9 q shoppers vie for furniture Page 2 q Sailor facing death in murder Case Page 5 q communications is heir line Page 8 q Becker beats Lendl in masters final Page 21 the Sims and St ripes 1uthdhikp unofficial Hubli Catnott Foit the . Wjk Mcd vol. 44, no. 276 monday january 20, 1988 if a 8693 a Aspin says budget cuts will make hollow military Washington f Bavaria. It. Gen. Andrew p. Chambers Vii Corm commander and exercise director in id sunday that the Field i r i ining exercise would be downgraded to a command held exercise. He Suid warm wet weather has left the German Countryside totally saturated reducing Cross country Maneule ability. More limn 70,000 soldiers including troops have arrived to take part in cerium Sentinel nato s major Winter Maneu vers. Bul i concern for safety and a desire to keep Man Euver damage to Jer Tan civilian property to an absolute minimum led Chambers in Cut Back on the exercise. Downgrading to a command Field exercise Means that see weather on Page 29 tomorrow Medl Cul writer Judy Sarasohn s rep a on the army s plans for its clinics in Europe. Nuclear tidal Waves could incapacitate Fleet by Jim Stewart Cox news seance Washington picture Ocean Waves unlike any Sec it before some scaring to a height of a 10-Story building and stretching the length of four football Fields suddenly charging through a . Navy Battle group As it prepared for War. Mountainous domes of sea water would erupt o the surface temporarily smother ing the ships radar. Computer coordinated defense systems would be paralysed. Aboard the warships men would be tossed about and unable to perform their duties. At thai moment the soviets would strike. Stilt respectful of the . Carrier backfire bombers would stand far off from the stricken Battle group and fire anti ship missiles at will. Evasive Maneu vering would be impossible in such seas. This scenario would be made possible Navy scientists and analysts say by inc underwater detonation of nuclear devices As far As 100 Miles from the targeted ships. If the explosions occurred in a vast Semi Circle around the group immense wave trains would Roll in at angles to each other creating sea turbulence beyond imagination. Dubbed inc generation of very High sea slates go has. The phenomenon is under study by Navy and private sector analysts. In the All important first Salvo that strategists feel the soviets Coral on to overcome Superior . Naval forces the russians might be tempted to improve the Odds by creating High seas. Survival is not the Issue there is no intent to capsize ships wrote Peter j. Brown a civilian defense analyst in a re cent opinion for the . Naval Institute. The goal is a Short intense period of human and operational paralysis. The likelihood of sensor and mechanical Mal functions is great As is extreme human stress a nil Navy spokesmen said the service has several agencies looking at the potential threat. It is not something we Lake lightly said la. A Nide Rob Donovan. Scientists Al the naval surface weapons Cen Ter White Oak Laboratory in Silver Spring my. Are heading the research Effort Donovan said. As an example of a hit in i to Pill. Mir free warfare analysts Point to the july 25, loft operation Crossroads lest Al the Lii Kini atoll in the Marshall islands. There he Navy Dutoit Ili ii i relatively Small 10-30 Kil Olun device 90 feet beneath the surface. The resulting Blasi produced All Esti mated Milliun Tun Hulk no column of water 2.000 feet in diameter. The column Rose la a height of More than a mile above Bikini Lagoon before falling Back in u Man made storm of Waves steam and Ocean debris. One Flo foot wave ripped off the sufi a Structure of an aircraft Carrier a Hudi had been a anchored near the scene Lor test purposes the gel adv Ajjia a of using High see Waves on Page 28
