European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d social democrats win in Portugal Page 3 q Don t ignore Black vote candidates told Page 5 d army s Roth program gets More choosy Page 9 vol. 46. No. 94 tuesday. July is 1987 0 8693 a Poindexter has no regrets says actions were in . Interest Washington a former National Security adviser John  monday denied misleading members of Congress when the Iran Contra affair be came Public la fall defiantly filing investigators "1 Don t have any regret about anything i did As a lop aide to president Reagan. In an extraordinary counterattack while under harsh questioning from Republican members of the House and Senate committees Poindexter also accused for Mer House speaker Thomas p. O Neill of holding up final approval of Contra Aid last year White men in Central America who were fighting for their Freedom were  Poindexte said he was not Ping to change his mind about he actions he authorized and the secrets he Kepi. I m not going to be apologetic about  he said whatever he did was in the interest of the United states. Even As he denied misleading Congress Aboul the affair  in his fourth Day in the witness chair sold the nationally televised Iran Somra hear Ings that much too much information is provided 10 Congress Aboul the details of revert  poin Duxler listened while several Republican Mem Bers of the committees challenged his credibility i ther bluntly or implicitly. In reply he conceded that administration officials weren t telling everything that they knew last fall As the Iran Contra affair became Public in Hopes that the hostages remaining in Lebanon might Silil be released. But he denied that he deliberately misled members of Congress after the decision was made to go Public. The reason for not misleading the Congress is a very practical one said rep. Richard Cheney r Wyo. It s stupid. It s self defeating. Eventually you destroy the president s  sen. William Cohen a Mainc in an extraordinary statement said the result would be suicidal for the underwater tent photo from a helicopter shows the top of circus Lent in tic Villa Liliu Region of Northern Italy. Rescue workers were continuing 0 search the area for Vic Tims of floods and landslides. See Star 1, Page i american form of government if the Congress and executive Branch continue to he to each other or withhold information or. Alter or shred documents. He said that Oft Iciak of tic various administrations As Well As members of Congress arc guilty of leaking sensitive so arc is. But he said response by Congress has not been to Cui off coven operations and by the same Token the administration can t say let s get a private band of Black bag specialists who will be unaccountable to any one except the president if we decide to Tell the presi  when sen. Paul Trible r-va., turned his attention to the Honor code of the . Naval Academy poin Dexler replied heatedly. "1 have always lived by the Honor concept and i still live that Way today. My whole time As National Security adviser i worked very sea Poindexter on Page 28 Crews search for teen Ager Comfort Texas a the search resumed monday for a youngster who disappeared while helping others during a Flash flood. On sunday More than 300 people jammed a Church to Grieve for nine other teen agers who were killed on their Way Home from Bible Camp. See Story Page 7. National guardsmen and volunteers were searching monday for John Bank Sion 7, of Dallas believed to be the last of 10 teen agers a Cpl to their death Friday by the raging Guadalupe River. The b-foot-2-Inch Bankston helped to safety other teens cram the sea Govilla Road Baptist Church when he River engulfed a bus and a Van As they left the pol o Gold ranch a Church sponsored Camp witnesses old authorities. Authorities had Little hopi of finding Dant Ston alive because from witness reports the last time he was seen he was going underwater said trooper Tom Moulcy. The ninth missing victim 14-year-old Leslie gos sell was found shortly after noon sunday several Miles downstream from the Accident. Most of the dead were members of the Church or students at affiliated Balch Springs Christian acad Emy army building new Tow missiles by Norman Black a Milliun writer Washington the army anticipating inc soviet Union s embrace of a new defensive technology for ils tank. Has begun producing a new Type of Tow anti tank missile thai officials say a coslor . Military capability in Europe. The new version of the Tow 2 missile went into production last month after four Yean of classified research and development wort according to maj. Phil saucy in army spokesman. Although Many aspects of the program arc still classified the army decided last week to release Somi details of its Effort in part to respond to a rising chorus of concerns expressed b . And nato defense experts. What we re Saemg is that be Bucit racking the soviet s interest in reactive Armor for some time Soucy said Mon Day. And for less than Jisoo More in production Cost we believe we have a missile that can Deal with that  the technology known As reactive Armor is not new and has been studied by various armies around the world for cars. In May however a prominent . Defense consultant Phillip a. Karbor disclosed that he Sovic army had embraced the Armor in unexpectedly rapid fashion equipping an estimated 6.000 main Battle tanks in just the pan ism Lii. "1 can l think of a soviet conventional technology in the last 20 Lears that has come on so fast with such profound implications for the military balance Karbor said Ai the Lime. Reactive Armor cannot protect a tank from a High velocity round fired by an other tank. But according to Karbor and other defense experts it can provide Protection against the Mobile anti tank mis Siles carried by nato soldiers such As the dragon As Well As against the heavier Tow missiles which Are normally fired from Small vehicles. In outward appearance a Lank equipped will Rrapi iivi.1 Armor looks nor Mal except for a writes of Small rectangular Bones ringing i Hull. Each "box1 ii filled with an cipro site when a Iii ii like the Tow strikes a Lank in ignites the reactive Armor charge which explodes Back into the face of the warhead do Mcclin Gluc warhead s Impact. The soviet Union t rapid deployment of reactive Armor was iced with alarm by Karbor because inc United slates and its nato allies rely on the deployment of anti tank missiles to make up for the soviet Union s huge numerical superiority in tanks an almost 3-to-l advantage in Europe according to Soucy. The army now i be cab to have 12.000 of the new Tow missiles by the fall of 1989, Riih the first Batch arming in Europe later this sum Mer. At Congo Munal a Cequon the army Ako is considering retrofitting ils existing Tow Misun to Deal wifi the soviet Armor. As explained by Soucy the arrows fit for us missile was fairly simple. The Isaic in version of the Tow missile tie it Al cd Tow 2. Carries a probes see missiles on Page 28