European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 18, 1988 the stars and stripes 0 Navy says soviets threaten sea Lane 16 choke Points control Access to High Send Navy planners say a soviet world s sea lanes and Percsi washing naval buildup or Civie Dent Reagan appears t in response to a news  last week Sal american bases in the  Ofa . Effort to control the 16 vital choke Point heavily travelled sea passageways. N sovi.ct.,naval a Recs at these Points could interrupt the How or Oil food and raw materials in Lime of War Reagan suggested. I. Of a Eui Blic  airs officers subsequently issued a list ofic 16 choke Points and said they were in a report Avail Able to inc White House. The Waterways Range from the Panama canal less than 200 feet wide at Points to the open seas South of Africa an North of Britain. They arc As close to Home As the Strait Between Florida and Cuba and As Distant As the Mai Strait Between Borneo and celebes in Indonesia. They also include routes through which the Jato Navy must pass from its Home ports to the allanm0ccan. Al his news conference Reagan said off Ilovici Navy is bigger than ours and they Haverj like  to be Able to intercept the 16 Chaj a bins in inc world. And obviously the plan in Case any kind of hostilities Calls for intercepting and clog those 16 choke  we have to Haj basis of that we can Send forces to reopen those Chaj Turcis Reagan said.  focused on the importance of facilities Rinc Philippines near several choke Points it a Juh arguments the Navy is making in its quest for a Lola Torce of 600 ships. That would increase the number of aircraft Battle groups from 12 to 15 and add More battleships attack submarines and transport Craft. In a recent report maritime strategy Navy Secretary John f. Lehman or. Said soviet surface units arc now Mak ing regular deployments to inc contentious and vulnerable choke Points of the Caribbean sea and Gulf of Mexico. Worldwide we find the soviet Navy astridyj0 is and navigational choke poinls., which Tatj Jhc Western world s Imaa Tolm Trade must pass hcs the  the classical Era Forward arc a consistent  of sea Power upon history in Whirt  do not Long prevail against Auto mint with Mastery Onn wiil a it years. As dependence on  has fished and Pacific Trade has surpass fierce with Western Europe sea lanes in the Carlo and Pacific have grown increasingly important Lehman said. Some military experts however question the need to spend billions of dollars to improve capability to keep choke Points open in an age of nuclear missiles and fast striking ground forces. They also note that choke Points arc As much of a problem for the soviet Union As for the United Stales. If soviet naval forces want to reach the North Atlantic they must pass through several narrow lanes the Grcen land Mccland United kingdom Gap from the Barents and norwegian seas or the Kattegat and Skagerrak from the Baltic sea. To reach the Atlantic through the Mediterranean the soviet Black sea Fleet would have to pass the Dardanelles of Turkey and then Uteg Luthc Strait of Gibraltar be tween Spain and you Sec that the soviet Union has out choke Points too said Michael k. Mac ire a Brookings institution expert on Fraval strategy. William w. Kaufmann a longtime Pentagon Consul Tant said in his recent study a reasonable defense that in a Short War sea control would not serve much purpose because supplies in hand would last at least a month and the conflict would probably be Over before convoys arrived. In a longer War however inc United Stales would have to attack soviet forces overseas to keep them from inter Fering with control of the oceans Kaufmann said. Citing the Cost he opposed the request for additional pcs the Navy says it needs to do the Job. Moreover like a thinkers including strategists in the Force Kaufmann said the decisive Battle in any warts Jwj soviets would be fought on land in Europe or with r Here is the Navy s li3f8sjjj�i an s 16 choke Points. The Gulf of Alaska Korea set inc Straits of Makas Sar Sunda and Malacca in South Clasia Bab cd Man Deb at the South end of the red sea an Lych Suez canal at the North end the Strait of  and Kattegat two passages leading from the Butic to the North set inc arc Inland Mccland United kingdom Gap inc passages South of Africa and South Macri Canuhe Strait of Hormuz Between the persian Gulf and the Indi an Ocean the Panama canal and the Florida Straits. From a Street vent in Pella wraps a Homek. Man in while police officer Elizabeth a to get him to go to a shelter. Philadelphia s Street people made head lines recently when about were ousted from a hotel Friday National Parley about the homeless was being held. The protest ended without incident. California surfer drowns As Waves Pound beaches los Angeles up massive Waves killed a surfer off Hermosa Beach in Southern California sunday As swells reached 8 to 12 feet forcing some piers to close. Lifeguard Steve voor hocs said the surfer who drowned about 11 30  off Hermosa Beach May have been knocked unconscious by his surfboard. The body of the unidentified Man was pulled to Shore by lifeguards. In Venice lifeguards worked until nearly Dawn sunday stacking Sand bags moving guard towers and pushing Sand into huge berms with tractors to prevent the surf from reaching Shoreline Homes. The pier was closed by High Waves sat urday that also capsized a 30-foot Sailboat tossing six men into the sea. They were rescued without injury. In Redondo Beach 12-foot Waves crashed onto the King Harbor parking lot and a hotel and restaurant were slightly damaged saturday night when Waves crashed through some hotel rooms win Dows said Harbor patrol sgt. John Pitzer. The intensity of the Waves is the same but their frequency has diminished Pitzer said sunday. The pier was open. In Manhattan Beach the pier was closed saturday due to High surf but no damage was reported. Throughout the san Fernando and san Gabriel valleys sporadic pockets of rainfall continued through sunday morning. A portion of the Pacific coast Highway in Malibu remained closed until sunday to allow Crews to Clear away the mud that Slid Down the Hillside saturday. There s a half Inch of mud on the Coad that s making it More Slippery than ice said sheriffs sol. John o Brien of the Malibu substation. He said the 10-foot surf along Malibu had not damaged any of the Beach front Homes. In Orange county High surf and Strong winds were reported along some beaches but no damage was reported. In Ventura county mud kept some roads closed sunday. At least two Homes were damaged during the weekend from Runoff Down the hillsides denuded by last sum Mer s Brus fires. A and sortie in the stars and stripes 40 yes ago today feb. I\i946 led a the nether lands 10 we ravaged Natins have filed 600 formal cons against Al Many for the restitution of Mcd proc valued at Sev eral billion Dollfe "