European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 c the stars and stripes thursday june 18, 1992japan shows off propeller free ship by . Reid the Washington Post Kobe Japan a a mysterious silent propulsion system reminiscent of author Tom Clancy a fictional submarine red october went to sea in real life tuesday a not at a russian naval base but in Japan a most advanced High tech shipyard. While workmen at Mitsubishi heavy industries Kobe Yard beamed with Pride the 185-ton experimental ship Yamato 1 slowed through the Choppy Harbor powered by a revolutionary no propeller water propulsion system based on recent advances in superconducting technology. American european and soviet researchers have tried since the 1960s to develop the so called a Magnet Hydro dynamic propulsion system a Mhd for Short a but tuesdays sea trial marked the worlds first actual Mhd voyage. Accordingly executives of the japanese research consortium that has poured More than $40 million into the project so far compared tuesdays trial run to the Maiden voyage of the first steamship in 1807 and to the 1955 sea trial of the . Submarine Nautilus the worlds first nuclear powered ship. Coupled with a nuclear or solar powered engine the propeller free Mhd propulsion system would produce a ship that is virtually silent As it moves the holy grail of naval submarine designers. The plot of Clancy a 1984 novel the Hunt  red october revolves around a soviet submarine that is impossible to track because it uses a silent drive mechanism. Clancy said in a phone interview tuesday that his fictional propulsion system which he called a Caterpillar drive in the Book was mechanical a using electrical motors to drive water through the ship a and was not based on Mhd technology officials of Japan a ship and Ocean foundation said tuesday that they have no Clancy style military application in mind and in fact will not permit any country to use their Mhd technology for military purposes. A we Are proud to be the first to develop this technology and we will share it with researchers around the world a said Yohei Kasakawa chairman of the foundations research committee. A but we want to limit its use to peaceful  in addition to silent operation Mhd ships should be More full efficient than current propeller driven models. Theoretically they can develop much More Speed a designers Here talk of 100 knots 115 Mph or higher a because they do not have the problem of a a cavitation a turbulence that destroys propellers at such speeds. Tuesdays successful trial reflects Japan a continued willingness to invest Large amounts of time Talent and Money into Long Range technological development where the payoff is years or decades in the future. Kasakawa said tuesday that it could be Early in the next Century before the new Marine technology becomes a marketable  resumes anti drug work with . Mexico City apr Mexico says it has a a temporarily resumed joint anti drug efforts with the United states after receiving assurances that Washington will not act on a supreme court ruling and seize More suspects across the Border. Mexico had halted cooperation monday night out of anger at a ruling by the . Court that a suspect in the killing of . Drug agent Enrique Camarena who was kidnapped in Mexico could be tried in the United states. The suspect a mexican doctor was spirited across the Border for trial. On tuesday after a series of meetings Between . And mexican officials the administration of president Carlos Salinas de Gortari agreed to continue cooperating a in order not to allow this period of negotiations to interrupt the intensive programs of cooperation in the fight against narcotics a a foreign affairs department statement said. . Ambassador John Negroponte had met tuesday afternoon with Mexico a Deputy foreign minister Andres Rosenthal and later said they had discussed the countries 1978 extradition treaty. A mexican official who spoke on condition of anonymity said Mexico wanted the United states to make Clear it will not use the new tool Given it by the supreme court. The official said Negroponte made proposals to continue cooperation in the drug War while taking Mexico a concerns into account. By some accounts More than half the cocaine and marijuana entering the United states is shipped through Mexico much of it from South America. An agreement two years ago allowed up to 60 . Drug enforcement administration agents to work in Mexico and 60 of their mexican counterparts to work in the United states. Most of the work involves Exchange of information. About 35 Dea agents Are thought to be working in Mexico now. The arrangement was worked out to smooth tensions after american agents kidnapped or. Humberto Alvarez Machain in Guadalajara in april 1990 in connection with the 1985 torture slaying of Camarena. Mondays court ruling in effect approved of the kidnapping. It said Machain could be tried in the United states instead of being sent Back to Mexico As Mexico had demanded. In August 1990, Congress approved $17 million for use by Mexico to help Stop the drug flow. Command of v corps passed on to Rutherford Relin Gen. After Corn thirds amps Dave Didio i. Gen. Jerry k. Rutherford facing camera accepts v corps colors from Gen. Cros Bie e. Saint on wednesday. It. Gen. David m. Maddox has his Back to the camera. By Crystal Laureano staff writer Wiesbaden a Germany change uncertainty and challenges were the themes that prevailed at the v corps change of command ceremony held wednesday afternoon on the Wiesbaden a runway under sunny skies. It. Gen. David m. Maddox Juishen reins of the corps to it. Erry r. Rutherford a few hours Rutherford the former Deputy Mander of v corps received his Star. Maddox and Rutherford conducted their troop review in traditional v corps style a from the Back of a world War ii Hal track followed by the official passing of the corps Flag to signify the command change. Gen. Crosbie e. Saint commander of the army in Europe who will pass his command to Maddox on july 9, addressed the crowd. A the accomplished every task assigned a Saint said. A the has forged a new v corps. Let no one make a mistake the v corps of today is not a smaller version of Usa eur during the cold War. Its a corps designed to meet the challenges of the Post cold War  Saint said Rutherford a performance As commander of the 3rd army div during the persian Gulf War and his years of service in Europe had a Learned the respect of our nato  the division has since deactivated. Quot Gen. Rutherford is a proven Leader in peace and War a Saint said. A a he a a combat Veteran of Vietnam and Southwest Asia and he a a Veteran of the cold War. We re going to need people with that kind of experience and  Maddox began his Farewell speech with the v corps motto a a it will be done a coined in 1942 As the corps prepared to deploy to Ireland. A i done to think anyone realized 19 months ago How much would be done and with the utmost of excellence a he said. He spoke with Pride of the efforts shown by the members of the corps during the upheaval caused by the ensuing draw Down. Maddox chronicled events of the corps beginning with its missions in support of the Gulf War. When Rutherford spoke for the first time As the corps commander he first addressed the nearly 800 German and . Soldiers who stood in formation before him. A troops your outstanding appearance Here today stands As a physical example of the top notch soldiers we have stationed Here in Germany representing the United states of America and the Bun Des Wehr German armed forces Quot he said. A stand proud a your nations Are sure proud of  a the v corps has a Long and distinguished history and we re about to write some new chapters. The cold War has ended and instability and uncertainty Are alive and Well. And it is absolutely essential that we continue to maintain our High Standard of training and  he vowed to continue initiatives for single soldiers and to provide the a Best possible services for soldiers civilian employees and their families. At the end of his comments Rutherford commended the v corps bands pc Mormance. A in february i gave v corps their army div band a he said referring to the deactivation of the division under is command earlier this year. A and n s great to be Back again enjoying you us your