USA PROBES MYSTERY CLOUD REPORTED OFF JAPAN

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Body:  /U5A probes mystery cloud
 reported off Japan
 By -Derek Wood
 AMERICAN EXPERTS are investigating a mystery cloud, possibly resulting
 from some form of explosion, which caused an airline pilot to call for an
 emergency course deviation over the Pacific last month.
 On 9 April at 1409 GMT, a Japanese
 Airlines Boeing 747 freighter en route
 Tokyo-Anchorage,   at ?  33 000, ft,
 encountered the phenoinenon'370 km. east
 of Miyako on the coast-,.of ;}Ionshu.";The
 captain, aformer US Air'Force B-52 pilot,
 made a mayday call and reported a cloud
 form resembling the top half of a ball which
 quadrupled in size in 30 seconds and rose to
 over 18 280 m. Be was given permission to
 change course on the airway to avoid the
 cloud.
 His sighting was.confirmed by KLM and
 JAL passenger flights in the area and by
 two Flying Tiger cargo aircraft. All five
 airliners were checked on arrival in Alaska
 for radioactivity but none was found.
 The US Federal Aviation Authority
 issued a NOTAM warning of a possible
 radiological  event before the aircraft
 arrived for checking. The NOTAM was still
 in force at the time of writing.
 US military sources reported no seismic
 or nuclear activity at the time. The National
 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
 satellite surveillance section had pictures
 about two hours after the report, showing a
 clear high pressure area but obscured by
 cirrus cloud. Some 18 hours later the
 satellite found thin cirrus cloud over the
 area, with a 'boomerang' shaped cloud near
 the surface but well to the west over Japan,
 at 40?N, 141 ?E. NASA has since been
 doing computer work to determine the
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 cloud's height and temperature. ? The 45 DX ton battleship USS New Jersey
 The week before the incident the FAA squeezes through the Panama Ca ae/ looks oh 27
 issued a NOTAM on possible Soviet tests at April on route to Long Beach, ?Califomia, aheran
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 Mexico buys.
 Panhard VBL
 scout car
 By Adrian English
 THE MEXICAN  Government has
 become the first recorded purchaser of
 the new: Panhard vdhicule blindd ldger
 (VBL)-scout car with an order for 27
 vehicles.
 The VBL, developed in response. to a
 requirement-by the French Army for a
 light armoured reconnaissance vehicle in
 the three-tonne range, accommodates a
 normal crew of three in a fully enclosed
 body measuring 3.7 m long by 2.02 m
 wide and has a nett height of 1.70 m to.
 top of hull.
 The front-mounted 2500 cc Peugeot
 XD3T water-cooled four-cylinder diesel
 engine produces 95.hp at 4150 rpm and
 gives a maximum road speed of
 95 km/h and a maximum range of
 750 km. .
 Normal armament consists of a ring-
 inounted  7.62 mm  machine gun,
 although a  number of ' alternative
 armament fits are on offer.
 Barcelona air show'
 SPAIN IS TO join the international air
 show scene this year with its own Cosmo-84
 which is to be held in Barcelona 2-10 June,
 with emphasis. on the South and Central
 American, African and Arab markets.
 The material on show will range from
 military aircraft and their equipment,
 through  items  such  as avionics and
 navigation equipment, to the components
 industry and general aviation. Cosmo-84 is
 being  held in  co-operation  with the
 Barcelona Fair and the static exhibition will
 be in Hall No I of the Barcelona Exhibition
 Centre. Aircraft exhibitors will have air-
 conditioned bungalows at the International
 Airport.
 Bi expansion protected, for Indian Navy
 By Pushpinder Singh in New Delhi
 CONCERNED. WITH the growing "militarisation of the Indian         conventional armament), 'Kresta-II' class cruisers and additional
 Ocean", the Indian Government Is understood to have stipolated    'Kashin-II' class guided missile.destroyers from the Soviet Union.
 long-term perspective plans to enhance the blue-water capabilities    Also planned for acquisition are four more `Nanuchka-II"
 of the Indian Navy and give a new dimension to'its strike power.  rriissile-corvettes and up to six more' 'Natya' class ocean
 The plans include expansion of indigenous warship. production     minesweepers. The Indian Navy is interested in the longer range
 (missile-equipped Godavari class frigates and HDW-designed SSKs   ship-launched SS-N-14 missiles along with associated radar, for
 are to be built at Mazagaon Dockyards, Bombay, while fast patrol  fitment on the planned cruisers and destroyers.
 INAS 300 'White Tigers' are now fully operational
 craft and other smaller vessels are built at Garden Reach             Meanwhile,
 Workshops, Calcutta), as well as acquisition of a new generation of with the Sea Harrier FRS Mk 51 on board the carrier INS Vikront
 cruisers, destroyers, long-range surface-to-surface missiles and the and discussions the FRS MkfSr and T 6w-on batch of more Sea two-seat trainer.
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