Monday, March 5, 1984/The Battalion/Page 5
Cruise missile tests begin Tuesday
United Press International
COLD LAKE, Alberta —The
first test of the U.S. cruise mis
sile in Canada will be conducted
Tuesday morning over Arctic
terrain similar to parts of the
Soviet Union, a Canadian mili
tary spokesman announced
Sunday.
Peace activists opposed to the
missile testing immediately
vowed to press court challenges
and protests across Canada in a
bid to block the testing pro
gram.
The unarmed missile will be
attached to the underside of the
wing of an American B-52 jet
bomber, said Maj. Dick Adam,
spokesman at the Canadian
Forces base at Cold Lake. A
backup missile will be attached
to the other wing.
“The thing that is being
tested is the missile’s guidance
system,” Adam said. “It will be
monitored by the B-52 and a
shadow plane flying behind.
They’ve got all the electronic
gear for keeping track of the
cruise missile.”
Almost all those on board the
planes will be American military
personnel. “There will be one
Canadian (officer) on board the
backup,” he said.
The B-52 will take off from a
base somewhere in the north
ern United States and fly to the
high Arctic, Adam said.
The 1,000-mile test will begin
over the Beaufort Sea at 9:27
a.m. at the earliest. The plane
will fly down the Mackenzie
River valley to British Colum
bia, veer east and end its test
near the weapons testing range
at Cold Lake, about 150 miles
northeast of Edmonton, Al
berta.
Then without landing, the B-
52 will return to its base in the
United States.
The test will take about three
and a half hours. An aerial cor
ridor has been reserved for the
flight by the federal transport
ministry.
The flight path was chosen
because its terrain is similar to
parts of the Soviet Union.
Adam said the test might be
the only one conducted this
year in Canada. He said free
flight tests of the air-launched
missile might be conducted in
January to March 1985.
An Ottawa-based peace
group, Operation Dismantle,
has challenged the constitution
ality of the federal Cabinet’s ap
proval of the tests. The Su
preme Court of Canada has
heard the case but not yet ruled.
Lawrence Greenspon, lawyer
for Operation Dismantle, said
the group had filed an injunc
tion to block the test while
awaiting the Supreme Court de
cision. The application for the
injunction will be heard in the
Federal Court of Canada on
Monday.
Burt Keser, spokesman for
the group Against Cruise Test
ing, said that “what is important
about the cruise is that for the
first time Canada will be the
testing ground for a nuclear de
livery system.”
He said a protest was
planned when Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau arrived Mon
day for opening ceremonies at
Toronto’s new “Peace Garden.”
Protest marches also have
been called for Saturday in
eight Canadian cities.
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United Press International
PEKING — An award-win
ning magazine story about a
monkey who reported a crime
has turned out to be a hoax, a
newspaper said Sunday.
jThe original story about a
cime-busting monkey ap-
liared in 1982 in the “Mystery
PctoriaP' of Yunnan Province
southern China.
It claimed that a man with a
Informing monkey was at
tacked in the countryside when
took his furry friend for a
Balk.
■ The monkey thereupon
stopped a car and reported the
■ime and the assailant was cap-
red, according to the imag
ine article. It did not say how
e monkey supposedly re
nted the crime.
The story received wide
'raise and the author was given
award, but the Shanghai Wen
ui Bao said the tale was a
ioax.
■ Monkeys in traditional
Chinese folk tales have super
natural powers in intellect and
lighting ability.
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