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On Short Range missile talks Bonn West Germany a the West German government will press the United Stales to agree to Early superpower talks on the reduction of Short Range nuclear missiles officials said Friday. Government officials said foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher and defense minister Gerhard Stol Tynberg would urge Washington to end its opposition to Early talks with the soviet Union on the missiles. The decision came out of talks Between leaders of the government s ruling coalition parties sources said. Genscher and Are scheduled to Fly 10 Washington on monday for talks with . Officials. West Germany has resisted Strong . And British Calls to upgrade the current aging generation of Short Range nuclear missiles. Chancellor Helmut Kohl wants nato to postpone a decision on the missiles until after West Germany s National elections in december 1990. Kohl s party the Christian democratic Union has lost heavily in recent Berlin and Hesson elections and a decision to replace the aging Lance missiles with new weapons would be unpopular with voters in Ecsi Ger Many where the current missiles arc deployed and where the new ones also would be located. Guns Char repeatedly has called for Early talks with the Warsaw fact to reduce Short Range missiles. The United states and great Britain strongly oppose Early talks contending that Warsaw pact superiority in conventional weapons requires a Western nuclear deterrent of Short Range weapons. A two Day meeting of nato defense ministers that ended thursday in Brussels Belgium gave Only limited support for the new missile. Guns from Page .1 weighing up to 2,700 pounds at a Speed of 2,500 feel per second. An electric spark ignites the powder. The extremely flammable silk is supposed to Burn away during the burst but some red hot debris May remain or explosive gases can build up in the barrel. Air pressurized to 3,000 pounds per Square Inch can be blown into the Breech to Clear away debris to guard against a Bowback which happens when powder ignites before the Breech is closed. In newer guns powder is packed in Metal containers. Missiles the Backbone of the modern Navy s attack capability have integrated propellants. Cap. James Bush of the Center for defense information a private think tank often critical of Pentagon policy said the Iowa explosion could have been caused by soldering debris a Bowback or a mishap in the handling of powder. It was t unexpected. It was t a Surprise. This u dangerous technology. I t s archaic Bush said. These Are the Only guns in the Navy thai still used bagged the Navy said thursday that none of the guns in he Iowa Turret had been fired1 before the explosion took place. The Navy also on thursday placed a moratorium on firing the big guns found Only on the Iowa and its sister battleships the new Jersey the Wisconsin and the Missouri in a larger sense critics say the battleships them selves once the mainstay of gunboat diplomacy have outlived their purpose. Despite 16-Inch-thick Armor plating the Batt Cwa guns Are vulnerable to submarine and missile attack. The 20-mile Range of the 16-Inch guns is almost Worth less in an Era when missiles can be fired at much greater distances. We can do almost anything with a missile and do it better Bush said. Battleships reached their heyday in world War i and were intended to figh i other ships the Iowa first launched in 1942, was the first of an entire class of . Ball wagons built to conquer Japan. It supported Marine amphibious landings and shelled Shore targets but the aircraft Carrier emerged As the Navy s top weapon because naval Battles were waged without ships Ever seeing each other. The Iowa also fought off Korea. The Iowa and three sister warships were ordered but of Mothballs in the Reagan administration s military build up six years ago they were upgraded with Tomahawk cruise missiles 20mm guns and Harpoon missiles. Sailors from Page 1 in Norfolk a. Home port of the Iowa. Many of to Ltd 7jd people present Friday a Chi As a Navy bugler played taps and a 21-gun Salute boomed into the Blue sky. Gov. Gerald l. Halides told the mourners that "47 Young men died too soon. That is the tact we face. We must accept that bul we must not forge them. The Commonwealth of Virginia and i offer my deepest sympathy to the families to he Navy and to the Community As relatives struggled to Deal with their losses the bodies of the victims were flown thursday to Dover fab in Delaware site of q Large military mortuary. Some of the bodies were being identified and shipped to hometowns Friday. The Iowa us Forward in Turret damaged was heading to Norfolk. Even when the tragedy strikes far away from Here it is Felt Here. That ship is part of our mayor Joe cafe said thursday. Navy chaplains and social workers across the coun try tried to help the families. Words whatever they arc come empty when you be just told someone that their husband or loved one is dead said cmdr. Doug Palmer i acting base chaplain at the Norfolk naval station. About 250 family members of the Jowa s 1,600 Crew members gathered in a base gym wednesday night Awai tin word of their loved ones. About m in ight the Navy dispatched teams across the country with the bad news. A Navy officer accompanied by a chaplain went to each family.1. Young Chang a another chaplain described arriving at a Norfolk apartment at 3 . Thursday in the company of a Navy officer in dress blues to Tell a woman that her husband was dead site said Are you sure Are you sure it is my Husbard. Lie said with that the woman began to cry. The All night wait of the parents of Ernest Hanyecz jr., a 27-year-old gunner s mate first class from Bordentown n.j., ended in anger thursday morning with the news of his death. As Long As they play their War games there will be More deaths and innocent people will die said Ernest Hanyecz or. But in Cleveland the Mother of Clayton Michael Hartwig said her family docs hot blame the Navy for her son s death. Hartwig s father. Earl was also a gun Ner s mate on the Iowa during world War ii. We re Noi mad it was just an unfortunate Acci Dent Evelyn Hartwig said. He knew the danger. He often told us How that powder could go up in nothing Hartwig s sister Kathy Kubicina said her brother s death was difficult because the battleship hid been deployed without incident in the Middle East. They never even fired their guns in the persian Gulf for three months and then they come Home Goon War game Maneu vers and this crap has to happen Kubicina said. Colonel from Page this Brave officer will alter in any Way . Policy of support for philippine democracy they Are wrong he said. "., this act will Only strengthen american resolve to stand with the government and people of the Philippines led by president Aquino we will not be deterred by at the while House press Secretary Marlin Fiu water called the killing a cowardly and heinous act. Col. Row was in the Philippines to help the filipino people in their efforts to defend democracy Fitzwater said. We will work closely with the philippine government in their efforts to track Down and bring to Justice those responsible for Iii Rowe s body accompanied by his wife Suanne and two children was Floun by helicopter from the Hospital to Clark a so Miles North of Manila funeral plans were incomplete. Rowe s filipino Driver was wounded in a 7 . Attack three blocks from Rowe office police said up to three cars May have been used in the ambush but witnesses said they saw Only one with at least i rec men a Driver and two gunmen. One gun Man had an m-16 Rifle and the other a ,45-Catiber pistol they said the attack came five Days after the communist National democratic front warned the rebels were determined to make . Imperialism pay dearly for the continuing slay of its bases and its escalating intervention in our people s the statement was issued to claim re pins ability for the bombing of a . Communications station in the Northern province of Bengue. No one was Hurt in the april 9 bombing. In october 1987. Rebels killed three americans and a filipino outside Clark. The killings caused authorities to in crease Security at six . Military in spallation sind civilian offices Here. . Officials speaking on condition of anonymity said future attacks Proba Bly would be against officers assigned to the advisory group for which Row worked. Soldiers were warned to vary their routes to and from work and to tint their ear windows to avoid detection. Row was imprisoned in the Jungles of Vietnam by the Viet Cong from october 1963 until he escaped on new year s eve 196s. He later wrote a Book about the ordeal titled five years after returning to the United states he. Was made chief of the army s survival evasion. Resistance and escape training unit at fort Bragg n.c., which included anti terrorism techniques. He later served As commander of the 1st special warfare training in at fort Bragg. To i .1
