European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 29, 1987 buildup of nuclear navies criticized in Liberal study the stars and stripes . And soviet nuclear forces Page 5 by Norm an Black a military writer Washington the United states and soviet Union arc engaged in an arms race at sen that has Given the navies of inc two superpowers almost 15,000 nuclear warheads and bombs a private analyst said tuesday. While inc navies of England. France and China now have about 700 nuclear warheads and bombs combined in just the past decade the two superpowers have added Over 2,500 nuclear warheads la their rival arsenals deploying new ballistic missiles cruise mis Siles torpedoes and bombs William Aram writes in a new study. As weaponry increases he writes More ships oper ate at wartime Tempo during peacetime and More Allied countries Are drawn into supporting the naval nuclear sized Competition Between the  navies because of their autonomous nature arc More invisible and so far have not been subjected to the same Public political scrutiny which a been focused on land based military forces Arkin says As a result today there Are no constraints on naval nuclear weapons or operations no restrictions on the Carriage of nuclear weapons or the operations of nuclear propulsion reactors no prohibited zones Tor surveil Lance steaming or exercises no outlawed Maneu vers or harassment techniques no geographic restraints and no proscribed strategies or  Arkin a frequent critic of the Reagan administration s military policies is with the Institute Tor policy studies specializing in the study of nuclear arsenals. The Institute is a Liberal Washington based think tank. His study is titled nuclear arms race at sea and supports the nuclear free seas Campaign of he environmental group Greenpeace. According to Arkin the United states now has 5,632 nuclear warheads on Long Range ballistic missiles deployed on submarines compared with 2,902 for the soviet Union. Both countries however have embarked on a huge buildup in non strategic weapons nuclear tipped cruise missiles torpedoes depth charges naval Artil Lery and bombs for naval aircraft. The . Navy now has 3,715 such weapons while the soviet Navy has 2,526, Arkin said. To deploy such weaponry inc United slates has 278 ships in its Navy capable of handling some Type of nuclear weapon compared with 624 for the soviet Navy. The deployment of such weaponry in turn has been accompanied by development of new naval strategies that emphasize More aggressive exercises and Maneu vers to ensure preparedness. Such peacetime operations increasingly require the growing support and involvement of coastal coun tries. Through allies treaties agreements bases and support joint exercises and even port Calls scorn of countries arc intimately involved in the naval nuclear sized Competition Between the superpowers Arki says. Nuder tent Tai want " effart.of.ammimofiu9.oyl.lnuclmfmi ii can Tam am us 14mk b Iii film a emm a tym amt m will Otmen am mind to Ulm Bonbon not Smutni in pfc a 1 1 Mengol Trad too a 7 twill Rutm nato und. Into Twat my. Dipti dip. Dew in hut Una Mai Fanor no Dhoti win. Sov a Twat tone in com Dod working to improve Union vote set Supply system Taft says at fort Sill Washington a the military is serious about improving the Way it oversees its vast inventory of weapons and other goods the Pentagon s second ranking official insisted tuesday. This subject has claimed and will continue to claim High level management attention said Deputy defense Secretary William h. Tan in. Tall testified before the Senate governmental affairs committee which Lias been conducting a lengthy investigation into the Pentagon s system for buying and warehousing the millions of items it purchases annually. That investigation and concurrent reviews by the general accounting office the congressional watch dog Agency have consistently criticized the Pentagon and the armed services for not paying enough Atten Tion to inventory management. Nothing in the private sector compares to its size. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 29, 1947 the saturday evening Post published excerpts of the War journal or Gen. George s. Patton jr., commander of the 3rd army in which he criticized Britain s Field marshal Bernard Montgom Ery and directed barbs at lop american officers Patton died in 1945. 30 years ago today. Oct. 29, 1957 the supreme court rejected a new bid for Freedom by Morton Soboll convicted of atomic espionage with Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Soboll was in his eighth year of a 30-year sentence in Alcatraz Penitentiary. 20 years ago today. ,. Oct. 29, 1967 an Oakland. Calif., policeman was killed and a fellow officer and Black Panther Leader were critically wounded in a pre Dawn gun Battle. The shooting occurred when the police pulled the Black Driver Over for a routine car Check. F0 years ago today. Oct. 29, 1977 Britain announced in the United nations Security Council that it will join a mandatory arms embargo against South Africa. Geographic dispersal or volume of business,11 Taft told the panel. The pentagon1 Supply system includes More than 4.5 million different hems ranging from toilet paper to tanks which Are stored at thousands of locations around the Globe. Material is moved from Point to Point every Day of he year. In order to perform this function hundreds of Mil Lions of individual transactions arc processed annually which if act the status and accuracy of both physical location and inventory records Tan said. He said the Cao reports insinuate that while inc problems arc Well known very Little action has been taken to Correct them. This is simply not the  sen. John Glenn a Ohio the panel s chairman said these Are difficult problems which require consistent care and attention by military and civilian Man agers Oklahoma City