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Star wars critic assails Weinberger s sales pitch Washington a a critic of the Star wars missile defense program says defense Secretary Caspar Wein Berger s latest defense of the system is a tacit admission that it won t work. What we Are seeing is a new sales pitch and a real admission that inc pro Gram can t do what they said it would said Howard Ris executive director of the Union of concerned scientists. Ris was responding to a column by Weinberger published in Friday new York times in which he argued that even a minimal defense against nuclear missiles would add to the nation s Security. Weinberger writing in a lengthy of cd column published in the new York times under the headline it s time Togel . Off the ground blasted Cril is of the program a shortsighted and operating in a fantasy  the Star wars program is a research Effort aimed at developing lasers kinetic weapons and other exotic weapons that could be deployed in space and on the ground to shoot Down nuclear missiles fired at the United states or its allies. The Pentagon s highest level weapons review Board has urged speeding up work on six key Star wars programs into a demonstration and validation phase. In the article Weinberger did not address that proposal directly but hear Gued strongly for deployment of Floc Ini tial Star wan system hat would be Buill around those six programs. Obviously a Complete defensive sys tem cannot be deployed overnight he said. It must come in  although he initial system could shoot Down Only a Small number of mis Siles Weinberger said it would still dramatically enhance deterrence of a Large scale attack because the soviets would t be Able to predict How Many of their weapons would reach their targets. Without that knowledge the Success of a first strike is not just in doubt it is virtually unachievable be said. By saying no to a first strike an Ini tial ski phase would begin to degrade the value of ballistic missiles. When these weapons lost their justification arms reductions would become not Only possible but inevitable he wrote. Weinberger asserted that we could confidently anticipate that phased deployment could begin As Early As 1994 or 1995," As Long As Congress provided Ade quate funding for the program. Weinberger said critics of Star wars have set up a false alternative by arguing that no perfect defense is possible Ris however said Weinberger s com ments contradict the defense Secretary s own earlier assertions. It is Weinberger and president Ron Ald Reagan who have asserted Sta wars will produce a Complete shield he said. The soviets Are going to respond with a Host of countermeasures and proliferation of their offensive forces to overwhelm whatever we come of with he said. The real tragedy it that if he is worried about the soviets launching a first strike the Way to Deal with that is through arms reduction  the defense department declined to comment Friday when asked if Wein Berger had reached a decision on accelerating Star wars work. The recommendation to Weinberger As formulated by the defense acquisition Boardw i published on aug. 4. Under military procedures no final action can be taken for 30 Days. Assistance for contras losing favor among . Public Survey shows los Angeles a the big boost in Public support for Aid to the Nicara Gua i contras that followed testimony East month from it. Col. Oliver North has faded dramatically according to a poll released Friday by the los Angeles times. The poll also found that president Reagan has been unable to regain the popularity or credibility he enjoyed be fore the Iran Contra scandal broke Las november although a majority of peo ple still approve of his Overall performance. Pollsters interviewed 2,040 american adults by Telephone for five Days ending wednesday night the times said. They listed inc poll s margin of error As 4 per cent. According to the poll americans registered a 48 percent to 34 percent disapproval of aiding the Contra in their civil War against Nicaragua s marxist rulers. Eighteen percent were undecided. Immediately after North inspired widespread admiration because of his testimony before Congress in Early july times pollsters found people evenly divided on the Issue 42 percent to 42 per cent with 16 percent undecided. Those polled before the hearings began last february opposed aiding the contras by a 54 percent to 31 percent margin with 15 percent undecided. North s standing has also fallen slightly since the Marine told congressional investigators thai he helped run a clan Destine program to Aid the contras using Money from arms sales to Iran. He held a favourable impression with 61 percent of those polled last week compared to 67percent immediately after the hearings. Reagan s popularity meanwhile continues to suffer from the affair. The latest poll reported that 51 per cent still believe he lied about the Iran Contra affair and Only 32 percent Are certain he did not. However the poll showed that is per cent approve of the Overall Job the presi Dent is doing with 41 percent disapproving and 8 percent offering no opinion. Atthe Peak of his popularity in february 1986, Reagan garnered a 65 percent approval rating with Only 28  Digap  fared slightly better on the Iran Contra Issue this time than it did last month when 43 percent of those polled blamed their elected representatives for the controversy and 30 percent blamed the president. This time 38 per cent blamed Congress 36 percent blamed Reagan and 10 percent blamed  percent said the presi Dent s ability to Lead has been diminished by the scandal. Thirty eight percent said the scandal had no such of  half those polled 47 percent believe the 76-year-old president May be gelling Loo old to keep up with All his  last month the figure was 44 percent Chad claims 3 libyan migs downed Paris a Chad forces downed three libyan Mig-23 jets Friday As fight ing continued Over the disputed Amouzou strip chadian sources in Paris said. A chadian embassy source in Paris who requested anonymity said that i addition to the free soviet made migs shot Down with surface to air missiles Friday another Mig was downed during thursday s Battles. No details were provided. An account of wednesday s fighting published in the chadian capital of n a Jamena and released by the embassy in Paris Friday said the bodies of 405 libyans had been recovered. The report also said thai 161 libyans had been Cap lured in the Northern Frontier Between Libya and Chad. No mention was made of chadian casualties. Four successive libyan attacks in Northern towns of the Amouzou strip were repelled thursday. The chadian military command reported. At least 291 libyans died in the first of the attacks. The Mili tary command said. The n Ndjamena government acknowledged 15 dead and 21 wounded among us own ranks. Fighting began aug. 8, when Chad repelled a libyan attack and recaptured the town of Amouzou occupied by Libya for 14 years. Amouzou is the administrative Center of the Amouzou strip a 43,000-Square-mile piece of desert territory annexed by Libya in 1973. Libya claims the territory under a pre world War ii treaty Between France and Italy then the colonial Powers. No reporters have visited the ouzo area More than 700 Miles North of n d Jamena since aug. 8. There was no Independent Confirma Tion of the casualty figures but Western sources confirmed the failed libyan at tacks thursday. Coupon on Page in of advertising insert