The article ”Under the Gun,” in Tempo on July 19 revved up memories of feverish on-the-double training in preparation for inspection.
After a fire demonstration, a tank commander swung his tank directly in front of the grandstand where soldiers of the Golden Dragon (14th Infantry)
were watching the performance.
”You have just seen the awesome potential of fighting steel designed for just one purpose,” he said, hopping out of the tank hatch.
”What`s that?” the students responded right on cue. ”Making widows and orphans in Leningrad,” the tanker shouted. When describing the Stealth bomber we are invariably told that it can penetrate Soviet Russia`s air defenses undetected. Would it not be in the best interests of all to forgo any designation of enemy or potential enemy, at least publicly?
