European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 3d, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 defector meets the Media former chinese air Force Squadron com Budder Liu Chin Yuan 28, stands in the Mig-19 Jel Fil Thier he her from the chinese Mainland to Taiwan on nov. 19. The Pilot describes his flight to re porters thursday Al he Chin Chun Kane air Bate some 120 Miles South of the rep Lulof Taipei. Ships practice missile attack survival plan by Richard Pyle aboard Richmond k. Turner in the persian Gulf apr us sons Learned in the disasters that befell the British frigate Sheffield in the Falk land islands War and the american guided missile frigate shark in the per Sian Gulf Are being tested aboard Ether . Warships facing the daily threat of missile attack. Known in naval parlance As mass conflagration the emergency Drill varies from ship to ship but Overall it reflects a Navy recognition that sea warfare has changed dramatically since the world War ii Days of Iron bombs and torpedoes. The focus is on what happens in a mis site attack such As the one that wrecked the Sheffield killing 20 crewmen during Brit Ain s 1982 War with Argentina and the Stark incident lost May 17, in which an iraqi warplane hit the frigate by mistake tilling 37 Crew members. In both cases the French built exocet missiles struck amidships wreaking havoc in vital areas. In the chaos fire lighting teams were driven out by fast spreading flames feeding on unspent missile fuel. The Sheffield was so badly damaged it had to be scuttled. The Stark s Crew Man aged to save Inci frigate. The two virus helped Spur development of defensive weapons such As the Phalanx a computerized Catling gun that can Stop an incoming missile will a  of 3,000 radar guided shells a minute. This so called terminal defense is aboard every . Ship assigned to the per Sian Gulf. While it is deemed virtually fool proof . Officers recall painfully that the Stark had one but it was t activated in Lime to Knock Down the missiles. Missile attack survival has mean while become a future of periodic re fresher training for warships at san Diego and the naval base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. They Don t have a plan said i. Cmdr. William Tyler the Turner s Engi Neer. They jus ask what would you do?1 and you re supposed to come up with the  the 8,200-ton guided missile Cruiser Turner was one of the first ships in the Post Stark buildup to know Well before leaving the United states that it was headed for the Gulf. That gave it about three months to work on the mass conflagration plan. Senior officers say the plan is unique because it Calls for the Crew to evac uate missile damaged areas and Organ i a the recovery Effort from outside the damaged area rather than trying to Battle the Lames amid Early confusion. Based on study of the Sheffield and Stark the plan assumes a missile most Likely will hit the Middle of the ship inflicting casualties and crippling communications. Computer models show this a 70 to 80 percent probability Tyler said. The explosive warhead will do less damage than the unspent fuel some thing we never heard of before Shef Field Tyler said. The blast and fire will effectively Cut the ship in two isolating survivors at either end. The 596-foot Turner divides itself about Halfway and has extra pumps and other emergency gear on the decks. Maximum alerts occur daily in the Northern Gulf where iraqi warplanes Are Active. On thanksgiving Day three iraqi mirages in what the Turner s commander capt. John d. Luke called a ship attack  veered off seconds before inc Cruiser was to launch its anti aircraft mis Siles. A Day earlier the Turner tested ils mis Sile emergency plan while blowing through rolling seas 160 Miles North of where the Stark was attacked. As Bells rang and a voice shouted mass conflagration Over the intercom the Crew evacuated the Central Section of the ship taking  Emer gency gear and gathering on the Bow and the Fantail. Within minutes they were organized in to teams had pumps and hoses working and established new communications by using rifles to shoot Telephone lines to a Centra Point on the signal Bridge where a team linked Ihm together despite problems with the pumps Luke said the 3r minute Drill showed that time can be gained not lost by seating off dam aged spaces to contain fire and smoke As much As possible then regrouping with available leadership and manpower for a counterattack on the fire. Added Tyler the analysis of the Sheffield probably saved the Stark. Now we re trying to learn from  curbing arms is top Issue .-sov/ef poll finds new York a most american and soviet respondents to a Newsweek poll agreed that nuclear arms reduction is a top Issue for the leaders of the two nations to discuss Ai december s sum Mil the Magazine said Sam Day. The Survey found that 78 percent of americans asked and b6 percent of Sovi ets polled said in is very important that the superpower leaders discuss limiting strategic or Long Range nuclear weapons. However 88 percent of the soviets said the Star wars program ii a very important Issue compared with 55 per cent of americans who deem it very important americans surveyed by Newsweek were More committed than their soviet counterparts to discussion of International terrorism and human rights issues at the Summit according to the poll s6 percent of americans compared with 49 percent of soviets ranked terrorism As a very important item on the Summit Agenda. Seventy right percent of americans compared with 49 percent of soviets consider human rights a very important topic of discussion at the meeting the Magazine said in a news release. While 88 percent of the soviets said their country would never be the first to use nuclear weapons Only 9 percent of the soviets believe the United Stales would never make a first strike. Forty one percent of americans think the United Stales would never strike first with nuclear weapons but 47 percent of americans disagree. Twenty one percent of americans said that Ilir soviet Union would never launch a first strike. The Gallup organization which con ducted the poll for Newsweek polled 1,000 soviet workers with Anonymous written questionnaires. The soviets from three cities and one Rural location were questioned Between sept. 21 and oct. 8 the margin of error was plus or minus 3 percentage Points tic Magazine said. In the United states. Gallup inter viewed a National Sample of 1,017 adults by Tell phone Between sept. 25 my Oil. 4 the margin of error Nas plus or minus 4 percentage Points the Maga Ine said