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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes g German woman sought to w. Berlin disco bombing Page 2 q Gad Afy enjoying Chilly new role Page 9 d redskins Vikings win in nil playoffs sports Page 21 it hosted unofficial publication f0 the . Mio cd Btl vol.46.no.266 monday january 11, 1938 9inh,Rii f d6693a my guidance systems fail at alarming rate the Hen at Kunii Oti ii. Residents reflect tic Biller colds coping the nation. Cold spell lingers in most . Areas by the associated press a lingering cold spelt gripped much of the nation sunday with temperatures below freezing As far South As Texas and below Tarn or in single digits in Many Midwest cities. Temperatures above freezing were Pri Marily confined 10 the Southeast and tar Southwest the National weather service reported. Growers were urged to protect their crops at a hard freest warning was pos Ted As far South As Val Var do county in Southern Texas temperatures dropped As Tow As 13 below Zero sunday in Lansing. Mich. Washington a the guid Ance systems used for aiming the my nuclear lipped missiles Are continuing to fail in tests at an alarming rate the House armed services committee said sunday. We Are still dealing with a decidedly unguided missile said rep. Les Aspin d-wis., chairman of the panel which has been reviewing the problems with the weapon which is at the heart of the Rea Gan administration s defense buildup. The report by the democratic con trolled panel was critical of Northrop which is building the guidance system known As an inertial measurement unit 1mu. Tony Cantafio a Northrop spokes Man said he had not seen the report. Bui lie said Northrop a taken Steps Loen sure that it will meet the air Force s goal of having enough guidance systems by . Experts Fly to soviet nuclear site Moscow a Twenty . Gov Crimeni scientists flow sunday to Kazakhstan for a tour of the Kremlin s main nuclear lest site a visit that could Lead to ratification of two 1970s treaties limiting underground nuclear explosions. The visit to the seminal Amsk test Range in Central Asia he first by Ameri can officials will be followed by a reciprocal soviet Lour of the . Lest Range in Nevada from Jan. 26 to 29. . Embassy spake Shamun Margue rite Squire said the scientists headed by arms negotiator and atomic Energy expert Robert Barker cd Moscow sunday morning for the two Day inspection tour. Barker and Igor. Palenyk who will Lead the soviet contingent on the Nevada tour head their nations delegations in the Geneva talks on verifying compliance with the Nurali Ficili treaties. Next october. Air Force it. Col. Barry Glick Tan. A spokesman for the service s ballistic mis Sile office said the service is confident in the Force that is deployed. We have every Confidence that it win Complete the Mission it is designed to accomplish. It is the most accurate advanced weapon Ever designed by the air Force for the intercontinental ballistic missile  the problem involves the reliability of the units and not their accuracy Asp s report noted. The accuracy of the missile has been repeatedly demonstrated during 17 test flights and is belter than had been projected. According to Aspin s report of the 30 my weapons that have been deployed Only is arc standing on Alert ready to fire. The other dozen do not have guid Ance systems because of the Imu prob lems in other tests the report said. Gaza unrest a group of women do admiring israeli troops firing tear Gas in the Hron or Khan Yuls in the  Gaza strip. The sown were at tempting to break up i . Conventional arms focus defined Washington a the United Stales should build non nuclear weapons to hit targets Ith pinpoint accuracy and should concentrate on bolstering conventional forces to handle military situations in the third world and other global trouble spots a presidential commission says. The conventional weapons along with stealth air Craft and missiles would boost nato s ability to Deal with Warsaw pad forces in areas outside Europe while reducing the likelihood of triggering a nuclear War be tween be United Stales Undine soviet Union the Washington Post reported in its sunday editions. Threatening a nuclear in change that would devastate both the soviet Union and the United Stales is not a reliable deterrent to potential aggressors in the third world according to the commission s report. The Posi obtained a copy of the report which is to be presented 10 president Reagan this week. The 13-Mcmbcr commission included former Secre tary of slate Henry Kissinger former National Security advisers William Clark and Zbigniew Knezinski two retired generals and an Admiral. The panel recommends that if the Pentagon finds itself in a financial crunch it should concentrate on smart accurate weapons instead of Large costly items such As ships and aircraft. It would be better to protect continued growth in advanced non nuclear munitions conventionally armed tactical missiles sensors and communications systems White taking cuts in the Large platforms and other elements of our Force Structure the commission said  
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