European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 25, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 9 rear firing fighter detailed Jane s reports missile Advance in new russian Su-34. London a Russia s newest fighter Jet has an advantage Over Western fighters because it can fire missiles from the rear for the first time Jane s defence weekly reported. The Su-34 will be Able to engage an enemy aircraft that is coming up behind it the Normal attacking Posi Tion said Paul Beaver spokesman for Jane s information group. Normally fighter aircraft Are restricted from firing from the rear because of the Lack of radar he said. Charles Bickers aviation editor of Jane s defence weekly said rear firing missiles Are thought to have been tested in the West. Beaver said the americans French and British were apparently unable to overcome the Lack of radar or other sensors. Jane s first revealed Russia s plans for. A rear fighting ability in february 1993. Bickers said in wednesday s report that the Su-34, Russia s latest attack aircraft has been fitted with a Long housing protruding from the Tail which is thought to carry special sensors to direct rear attacks. The Magazine showed a picture of an Su-34, with an extended housing Between the engine exhausts during its first flight at Novosibirsk at the end of last year. The report quoted the russian missile design Bureau Tympel As saying rear firing r-73 missiles have already been launched from an older Su-27 fighter in tests. The missile will be effective even at supersonic speeds at ranges of Between about one and eight Miles Tympel was quoted As saying. Base gets u-2 plane after 34 years Oslo Norway a a u-2 spy plane has finally landed at Norway s Bodo air base 34 years after ground Crews waited in vain for . Pilot Francis Gary Powers to reach the Arctic Field. The once top secret Black lady a twin of the one that crashed in the soviet Union on May 1,1960, is on permanent loan from the United states to a new Bodo museum. A a. V it sure took a Long time for a u-2 to get Here said James Wood 70. Wood was part of the . Crew that launched pow ers on his doomed Mission. He was in Bodo this month to help restore the plane Powers took off from Peshawar Pakistan for a High Altitude spy flight Over the soviet Union to Bodo. His ur2 crashed near Sverdlovsk Russia. Powers was captured and held until 1962. He later died in a helicopter crash in  u-2 incident gave the soviets proof of . Spy tog /. A " it deepened the cold War chill and still shapes norwegian policy. The project was so secret that even the politicians did t know about it until Powers got zapped said Wood by Telephone from Bodo. The u-2 that reached Bodo last month was disassembled and flown on a military transport plane from California. " the norwegian air Force asked Wood of Perm Val Ley calif., to help restore it. The spy plane will be the Centrepiece of a cold War exhibition at Bodo s new norwegian aviation museum which opens May 15. Even though Wood last worked on a u-2 in 1961, he said the thing is very familiar. This one will never Fly again but it will look real  the u-2s were hard to Fly. Wood s team started with four planes and lost one. Sometimes ground Crews were offered jaunts in two seater versions of the usually single seat u-2. I did t really care to ride in one Wood said. Cuban official promises to assist visits by exiles. From wire reports Havana Cuba Cuba s foreign minister pledged saturday to make it easier for exiles to visit the Island and for their children to study there. Foreign minister Roberto Robaina spoke to cuban exiles from the United states and 28 other countries at the first meeting Between exiles and Fidel Castro s government since 1978, Cuba Hopes the three Day conference which ended sunday will improve relations Between the Cash strapped communist government and about 1 million exiles. Most of the 217 exiles attending the conference were from the United states. They included longtime campaigners for closer ties with Cuba and men who once organized guerrilla raids against Castro s government. Inspector Heads to i raq Manama Bahrain the chief . Weapons inspector left sunday for Baghdad where Iraq officials Are expected to urge the lifting of world Trade sanctions. Before leaving Rolf ekes said the timetable for lifting a .-imposed Oil embargo against Iraq had become More political than technical. Whether there is a clock that starts or not is now very much in the hands of the Security Council said ekes a swedish disarmament expert Iraq claiming it has complied with . Resolutions is seeking the lifting of the sanctions which have left its Oil based Economy in tatters. Egypt hangs drug dealers Cairo Egypt ten foreigners were hanged sunday after being convicted of attempting to smuggle $300 million in drugs into Egypt the state owned Middle East news Agency said. Four sudanese two bangladeshis a somali an Indian a tanzanian and a kenyan were executed at Kagazig Central prison Mena reported. Troy state University Europe master of science in International relations Why pursue globally oriented graduate education business governments and non governmental organizations Are seeking internationally oriented professional managers to develop and to enact global strategies. 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