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JCB Military Engineering Equipment: Backhoe Loaders, Grawler Excavators, Articulated Wheeled Tractors. ‘JCB Military Materials Handling Equipment: Rough ‘Terrain Forkliis, Loadall Forward Reach Handlers obs 4Be. ol 7 WO oh, Fo Defence Standard 05/21 MILITARY PRODUCTS. JCB Military Products Division, Rocester, St Te: 0889 590312, Telex: 36372, and SIP.THE WEEK rade package m China Hughes begins $67m C-NITE production UNDER a $67 million contract, Hughes Aircraft Co has stared production of a night targeting system, called Cobra-NITE (C-NITE), which will enable gunners on US Army AHI Cobra attack helicopters to see through the fog of battle The existing deal is for Hughes to deliver 2 systems to the army, with first deliveries commencing in mid-1989. It will upgrade two fire-control systems row in use with the army — the M-65 with the standard optical sight and the M-65L with laser augmentation. Special mission C-130 A STRAP-ON pad which can change a Standard. C-130 Hercules into a special missions aireraft in eight hours has b developed by Lockheed “Te modifi C-130 external fuel tank can take FLIR, forward and sde-lookng radars, low-light video and a range of multi-sensor Talks arc alrcady under way wth potential \ (EAST GERMANY, se H { s 7 Re re 5 paloma SPYRO awstnia 5 ON HUNCARY ou] aati Pershings the stumbling block THE USA has rejected a Soviet proposal to dismantle 72 Pershing 1A nuclear batlefiold support missiles deployed in West Germany. The dispute appears to be the final stumbling block to a superpower agreement 10 ‘eliminate land-based medium. and shorter-range nuclear missiles in Europe and Asia, Chief US negotiator at the Geneva arms talks, Max Kampelman, said that while the nuciear warheads for the missiles are US controlied, the missiles themselves are owned by West Germany and are therefore third-party sysiems which shold not be part of the bilateral negotiator ie map above shows the range of Pershing 1A missiles from three theoretical sites in West Germany, ‘The USSR insists there can be no agreement without the elimination of the Pershings. Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze noted that West Germany sin valation of a 1970 nuclear non-proliferation treaty by allowing nuclear weapons on is soil West Germany has “neither the legal nor the moral ight io have nuclear weapons”. The USA insists it does not have @ mandate to negotiate the West German-based missiles and that Bonn will have to decide on the future of the systems in consultation with its NATO allies, : Shevardnadze said that if West Germany insisted on retaining the Pershings 1As, the Soviet Union’s East Eurooean allioa would be justified in esking the USSR for similar systems and ''the Soviet Union could moot their request”, The USSR also turnad down an earlier suggestion that the ageing Pershings, with ‘range {rom 180to 740 km, could be made obsolete by 1992 and that the USA would not then replace the missiles. ‘Shevardnadze made en important concession at the conference when he said: ‘The Soviet Union is now ready to accept legally-binding, mandatory challenge inspections, \without right of refusal."" He invited delegates to visita site in the USSR that the USA claims to be a major chemical warfare production plant. Graseby Communications EEE eSEe) Airto ground target ‘scoring system. Provides real-time electronic read-outof ground target ‘accuracy for direct communication to the pilot. Park Avenue Bushey Watford Herts England WD2 2BW Tel: (0923) 28566 Telex: 923010 GRADYNG. Fax: 0923 40285THE WEEK Chinese think tank studies forces structure A THI a YK TANK has been established in to study the country’s short and long- ructure, the Chief-of-General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army has revealed, ‘The think tank is made up of experts and academics from inside and outside the armed forces. They are analysing China's defence targets and putting forward ideas about how the forces can be further moderns Gen Yang Dezhi said: “Paying attention to questions of national defence strategy will promote the study military theories and the development of military academic Gen Yang Dezhi emphasised the improvements in quality that are being achieved. Service personnel are better educated and defence equipment is more sophisticated. At the same time, the PLA is, reducing its personnel strength by one million ‘The PLA says that itis in the “winding up” stage of this reduction programme. By the end of this year another 100 000 soldiers will have been transferred to civil work and the PLA is on schedule to meet its one million target by the end of next year. As part of the restructuring programme the Chinese Air Force has developed into an armed. service combining. surface-to-air missile, anti-aircraft artillery, radar and paratroop units. The Chinese Central Military Commission says that, as part of its sireamlining and reform programme, it will bolster the equipment of the artillery forces, armoured forces, the Ei ‘rps, the Signal Comps’ and Anti-Chemical Warfare Corps, Some new units are also being formed, such as an Army Aviation Corps, electroni¢ countermeasure units, meteorological nits, a Mountain Operations Force, a Marine Corps and a Nuclear Submarine Force Type $9 main battle tanks (MBTs) are now being supplemented with Type 69 MBTs and specific variants, such as the Type 653 armoured recovery vehicle, Type 84 armoured vehicle bridge layer and Type 80 win $7 mm self-propelled air defence gun Substantial numbers of full-tracked armoured personnel carriers, mortar casters, ‘command post vehicles and ambulances are also being introduced. There is also much wider introduction of 122 mm.and 152 mm self-propelled artillery systems. China appears also to be shaking up its defence manufacturing industry. The Chinese Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence is encouraging competition and claims to have nearly 1000 military and private enterprises ‘competing for development and production fof weapons and military equipment W Germany an By Hugh Lucas in Washington THE USA and West Germany have signed the first agreement to carry a weapon system from co-operative development through production, according to wo top officials US Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and West German Del Minister’ Manfred Woerer signed a memorandum of understanding on the Rolling Airframe Missle (RAM) during a shipboard cruise missle defence weapor The programme hes been badly hampered by technical problems. and increasing costs, However, a December series of tests recorded 11 successpsin 13 rings, according to Department of officals, and Weinberger told Congress that costs would be capped at $145 000 per missile for the first 500 units and at $100 000 unit cost thereafter freed $48 million in FY87 need" pending lis for about 6800 9 rights to RAMs, with Wi @ Range Instrument ation & Tracking SEE US AT R.N.E.E. 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