European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 24, 1987 the stars and stripes soviets offer to resume moratorium Washington and the soviet Union on the verge of resuming  idl ing of nuclear weapons would re impose  filing moratorium if the United Stales slops exploding devices a Sovil spokesman said sunday. I want to stress one Point which is we re going to Slop our sepsis immediately after you Slop them even in the Middle of our series of tests where Well Stop it if you Stop said foreign ministry spokes Man Gennady Gerasimov. While House spokesman Dan Howard said the Soviel ofter would have no of feel on american coming plans. Gerasimov interviewed in Moscow on Abc to s this week with David  would shed no further Light on when the soviets plan to resume nuclear testing. The soviets have said they will resume their blast in the nest few Days abandoning a self imposed moratorium they announced in August 1985. Well pretty soon Gerasimov said when a sled exactly when the tests would begin because we waited waited and wailed we waited for 560 Days and 25 of your explosions. So our military people Are saying to our politicians look we must do something because otherwise Well he behind it s that  "1 Don t know How Many limes we have to say this before the soviets get the message Howard said that what the soviets do for their own testing program is their business. So Long As we depend on nuclear weapons As a major part of deterrence we will continue to Tail. And the first slip toward an eventual elimination of nuclear weapons testing would be an agreement with the soviets to Matte substantial cuts in nuclear weapons. We have those proposals on the table in Geneva and we re awaiting a soviet  Moscow announced  halt to nuclear testing in August 11985 on the 40lh anniversary of the american nuclear bombing of Hiroshima at the end of world War ii. The stoppage was extended four limes but the moratorium exp Rcd Jan. 1. Later in january soviet Leader Mik Hail Gorbachev said inc soviets would Slop their tests if he United  too. But following a feb. 2 . Explosion. Gorbachev said the Sovil Union would no longer be bound by the moratorium. American officials who have opposed joining inc Kremlin in hailing tests have argued thai the soviets arc ahead of the . Testing program. They also have insisted that verifying soviet compliance would be diff Eull and that the United slates nerds 10 continue updating  nuclear weapons. On saturday the soviets ordered american scientists at the main soviet testing site near the City of so Impala Tinik about 1,700 Miles Southeast of Moscow to shut off their monitoring equipment. The scientists arc there As part of an agreement below can the natural re sources defense Council a private american group with inc soviet facade my of sciences. First flight for latest Airbus the european built Airbus a-320 Lucks off from he i huli Iuse bin Janac at Pitt in Southern France sunday on  Maiden flight a week after it was christened by Britain s Prince Charles and lady Diana the esl flight which had been postponed a Day because of bad Hir Alhar lasted three hours. Israel should drop Lavi project study suggests Washington up the projected Cost of the Lavi Fig Lucr bomber in the 1940s raises some questions about whether Israel should go ahead with inc project a congressional study released sunday said. Rep. Acc Hamilton d-ind., head of a House subcommittee on european and Middle Eastern issues released the general accounting Pfluke study that said production costs will exceed i i billion a year by i990and$l.4 billion by the year Moo. Israel which this year is getting $1.8 billion in . Military assistance has decided la Cap  expenditures on the plane at $550 million a year the report was released after last week s visit to Washington by israeli rime minister Yitzhak Shamir to avoid any embarrassment while he was in town sources said. The israeli Cabinet is on the verge of deciding whether to proceed with production of the Lavi. More than 90 per cent of  si.46 billion in development costs so far has been funded with . Assistance. Secretary of defense Caspar Wein Berger told a House panel last week is Rael could put the . Military assist Ancelo better use. If the israelis wish to build an air plane that s inferior to the one they be already bought from us that s entirely their business he said. We Don l think they should use United slates military assistance funds that Are designed 10 strengthen their military in ways that will not strengthen i hair  .-built f-15 and f-16 fighters Are the Backbone of Israel s air Power. The government owned Israel aircraft industries wants to build 300 Lavis for the israeli air Force and has estimated each plane would Cost $14.5 million. A Pentagon analysis put the Cost for each plane ats22,l million. Libyan to shows wreckage of downed Al 1 1 Tripoli Libya am Lilian television Lias shown Tim of wreckage if a i . Al 11 hol Down during the Ami cum bombing of  a last year the  libyan news Agency j an \ und sunday. The broadcast Salui Dav night Taitl Mil say a lion the Rei k if e is inned. A Wert after the april 15. My pfc. Rani by . Warp Laih i libyan Lele Sion broadcast film a whal appeared to lie three pixies of Gray Metal marked with red Paul which in claimed was wreckage from the raid. It was said to have been found near the town of Al Zau Ijah near Tripoli. Iii libyan capital. Jan a vial saturday night s footage Shute in Llu Fri  of an american Iii Harp inc which Uzik part in the failed american Atlantic Barbaric ii Gres Sivin a Gaius Libya last year and was shut Down by the libyan Arab air de  Jana said the wreckage had washed ashore Al Al a of Yah. It we Neil Clear if tin film footage was  or if it was inure film of Ilia same writ of Iii reported found at Al-7-Iwiyah last year. The broadcast monitored in London Chhov cd what appeared to be the metallic Center of a wheel which had Al ii embossed on it in throw placet. Close  of other pieces lit wreckage were also shown. The . Administration has said that ii k Tell i was lost during the raid or dered in reprisal Tor of Leuid libyan in Uil Venice in Ink rna Tunal terror Nam. The two crewmen have been declared dead