European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday May 24,1987 . Fighters intercept 5 soviet jets Caf and mouse in Iceland defens i Bidav Odiehl . Bureau two . F-l5s from the Iceland defense Force maj. Fred Bell and maj. Cd Derek of the Seth fighter interceptor so scrambled twice May Ltd Rcpt and escort five soviet Tu-142 sch Petty officer John Petersen told tit cup and stripes by tote phone. He said that we Purree hours the two pilots escorted first  More of the soviet planes through naj Iceland military air defense intercept Zona the Nimlo after soviet aircraft Only when they Fly Throop Nhuc sensitive intercept zone. . Air Force airborne wanting interns aircraft from thu base also Aua r. When airplay  zone the i 57th pilots to the intrude  i oust game with the defense they try to go under them Petersen said. Soviet aircraft regularly Fly through the Greenland Iceland uni cd kingdom Gap in the North Atlantic on their Way South Petersen said. Their flight path past the Iceland intercept zone is the Only route to the South the soviets can Fly without going directly through nato airspace or Over nato countries. _ Fly a route that takes them from the Kola Peninsula and along the coast of Norway and past Iceland. Petersen said the soviet flyers Are often picked up on norwegian radar and later by american radar Sites in Iceland. The 57th averages about 140 intercepts a year Peen said. Most Are of the Bear Type anti submarine 57th escorted 170 air plane re. The f-e5  Risovi to plants on these missions. There is no Contact in Aliher amen can Crews. They Fly alongside them just to let them know. They re there is Larsen said. Star wars prototype destroys missile in test Yungton up a missile under a Saifi Lillora Star wars defense streaked 3,200 feet per Secor pcs fully destroyed a Lance rocket 12,000 feet up thursday the Pentagon said Friday. The 12-foot missile carrying a radar guidance system that was improved to Home in on Small targets destroyed the Lance on Impact without explosives 6.94 seconds after launch. The missile lasted off 100 seconds after the Lance was launched officials said. The 20-foot Lance which a mum Range of 75 Miles  the soviet ss-21 Lalica it. Can. Jota Wall commander of the  defense come said  successfully tested the test the first of three in a series of the $10 million flexible lightweight Gile guided missile Experiment or carried out at the White be in new Mexico. A second to sols my Tiiu tween now and october Wall said the experiments which Wen ducted in the atmosphere Areng Fernt with the 1972treaty, the pc la the  could be use missiles which have Range of 600 Miles As part the layered defences envisioned for the strategic defense initiative known As Star  other countries Are working on Simi Lar anti tactical missiles for ski including Israel which has developed the Arrow Wall said comparisons will be made with Allied efforts to determine if they Are duplicating each other s work. Some of the technology could plied to hit to kill a Raj Juhl deployed Asnani Rqn lilt ground Jap so against incoming no Icsis launched by intercom ballistic missiles said Jeri an age program manager. Ski  on non explosive kinetic  ground based and orbiting spot Setfor destroying icbms and Heads shortly after Takeoff. The Experiment was conducted to test the Flage missile s inboard radar. The missile s transmitting Power was in creased and its receiver made More sensitive so it could pick up Small targets such As the Lance Wall said. The missile initially was guided from the ground by a Patriot anti aircraft missile radar. From the two second Impact Andrews said. The Flage hit the Lance 14 degrees off Cen Ter he said. In previous experiments the missile had been fired against bigger stationary targets to test its new guidance system that is designed around 216 Finger size rocket motors. About 60 of the motors fired in the last hair second before in with the Lance to Correct Iti course tid. The Lance Blas Shenr Rulu us sch of thege the Flage flames spurting it streaked toward the Lance and destroyed it in a Ball of flame debris spew ing from the Cloud of smoke. Reagan Furnace so Werel Reagan tried to console Tai. _ that peace is at stake in the troubled Region. Were a hostile Power Ever to dominate this Strate Gic Region and its resources it would become a choke Point for Freedom that of our allies and our own the president said. After his speech sailors fired a 21 gun Salute outfit the hangar and the plaintive sound o through the hangar. Loud sobs and cric pie air. To somber music from an Milra the president and the first lady  the rows of next of Kin shakin��m6nnd offering a few words of Consolation to each. He slopped to find a chair for an elderly woman who had fainted. Reagan and his wife took More than half an hour to make their Way through the rows of mourners. It was a chore the reagans have performed before including memorial services for the challenger Asfor servicemen killed in Lebanon and Grcina killed when their plane _ same Young Mold Eric vhf of gigs parents almost ave co Hilr Rojen a Awburn from the reagans. Fits remarks Reagan lamented that the Burden of our time is so different from that faced by earlier generations. Recalling the casualties of world War 11, he said while our sorrow was great in those Days i cannot help but Tell you this morning thai in some ways it was easier to Bear then because it was easier to under stand Why we were there Why we were  Reagan singled out one Navy father senior chief Petty officer Gary Clinefelter whose son a Start crewman had originally been listed a missing in action. We  re  dead the Fater kept working As a Volunteer at the coordinating Center Here for the families the president  stayed at his Post he carried on. We must. On said Reagan. We must stay at our Post. We  their  tie pre Bil Tabaj Fps came amid increasing controversy Over arts re by in the troubled Gulf where the United Stal Estow in have kuwaiti tankers Fly the . Lug and  Protection of . Warships. Pilot from Page 1 water said Friday we disagree with not authorized id say in Mem while state department officials said Murphy might have chosen Fearer words the White House response illustrates a problem. It argues that protecting the kuwaiti  would Fly the american Flag would help prevent further iranian attacks on Gulf shipping. At the same Lime the administration says the tankers could be Dos administration off was less a disavowal c to Clear up any Perc willing to go to War Wible targets and that american naval forces escorting them would defend against at tack. The escorting of Thi Ankers is tentatively scheduled to begin in june. Gals said Fitzwater s response Murphy s words than an Effort lion that the United sum is Iran. Shortly after Fitzwater spoke. Slate department spokesman Charlese Redman defended Murphy s comments. He in no Redman said. Believes that War is Likely speaking on the pub program Mcneil Lehrer news hour Friday Murphy said there is no conflict Between me and the a Mac House. There is no split within the administration on  at least 16 of 20 ships attacked by Iran so far this year were either kuwaiti ships or were heading to or away from Kuwait saudi Arabia and Kuwait support Iraq in the Iran Iraq War. He a an iranian gunboat attacked a Small ship belonging to Qatar Friday in the persian Gulf As it was heading for Kuwait. Three crewmen were critically wounded. Concern about the increased american role in the persian Gulf was reflected in the Senate s 91-5 vote on thursday to require the administration to Tell con Gress How the Navy ships assigned to protect the kuwaiti tankers would defend themselves. In another indication of congressional concern t Glion is in the Region Iblis the senators Are Jim Sasser j a Ohio and John w. Warner r-va., a former Navy Secretary. They Are to assess the situation aboard the Stark the threat to american forces and ships in the Region and the danger to kuwaiti shipping. Tornado from Paga 1 Tommy King a sheriffs sergeant in neighbouring Ward county. A spokeswoman at Reeves county Hospital in Pecos about 45 Miles away said she had been warned to expect casualties and the red Cross was preparing nearby schools for people left homeless by the storm. The storm was moving Northeast toward fort Stock ton and the National weather service reported that fun Nel Clouds had been sighted within 28 Miles of the town. Meanwhile heavy thunderstorms dumped Marble and Gol Ball size Hail 3 inches deep near Whitefo Teabout 45 Miles West of Lubbock Hockley county sheriffs deputies said. The storm was among a series of intense Thunder storms drenching the Western half of the South Plains the weather service said. Weather spotters reported a Tornado in Cochra county about four Miles Southeast of Whiteface but sheriffs dispatcher Steve Dunn said no damage was reported in that Case. The worst single Tornado in Texas history hit Wichita Falls on april 10, 1979. The destruction left 42dead, 1,740 injured and More than 3,000 Homes destroyed causing $400 million in damage. An estimated 20,000 people were left homeless by that storm