Special Boat Squadron hailed for stealth and multi environment warfare
The article profiles the Special Boat Squadron SBS as a small unit of up to 300 Royal Marines volunteers. Based near Poole in Dorset, they master sea, land, and air operations with frogman techniques and HALO parachuting. Units of four or two operate under flexible command with a motto emphasizing guile over sheer strength.
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Special Boat Squadron
Royal Marines
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Poole
Dorset
English Channel
Army
Special Air Service
Thatcher vows swift Falkland action as ships close in
Britain prepares a 40 ship fleet toward the Falklands 800 miles west of South Georgia to compel Argentine withdrawal. Prime Minister Thatcher says the US would back Britain if negotiations fail with Argentina. British forces seize South Georgia as Argentine defense stiffens on the Falklands with 10,000 troops and armor.
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Thatcher
Britain
Falklands
South Georgia
South Atlantic
British Broadcasting Corp
United States
Alexander) Haig
Michael Foot
Labor Party
TIMES
Royal Navy
Falkland Islands
Virus Linked to Central Nervous System Diseases
Dr Joseph Melnick of Baylor College of Medicine reports finding a virus in four patients with CNS disease. Three have multiple sclerosis and one has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The virus resembles a strain identified by Japanese researchers in subacute myelo op tic neuropathy. A vaccine could be possible if MS is proven viral in origin.
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Joseph Melnick
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston
Melnick
Deadly shootings shock South Korea during Bush visit
Gunfire hours apart left 21 dead including women as police and army hunted the suspect. President Chun expressed shock and condolences as Bush continued his Asia tour and officials pledged full investigations. An Iowa legal opinion discussed central counting centers and ballot returns under new rules.
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Chun Doo-hwan
U.S
George Bush
Seoul
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Bush
Singapore
Suh Chung-hwa
Uiryong
Taylor on nuclear past and solar energy shift in 1980s analysis
The scientist reflects on Los Alamos tests creating new substances, then adapts to the Korean War era. He outlines Orion Project plans using bombs as fuel, later joining IAEA security work, and posts Three Mile Island disillusionment leading to solar energy advocacy and support for a nuclear weapons freeze. He urges peaceful, democratic action to reject weapons.
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Interna
United States
Three Mile Island
New Zealand
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