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LONDON — President Reagan’s
proposed “Star Wars” defense sys
tem could incite an enemy to launch
a massive nuclear attack or even lead
to a space war , a peace research in
stitute said Thursday.
In “Countdown to Space War,” a
book published by the Stockholm In
let national Peace Research Institute,
Dr. Bhupendra Jasani and British
journalist Christopher Lee call for a
ban on testing and possessing anti-
satellite weapons.
“A laser beam aimed at a ballistic
missile easily could be turned to at
tack an enemy satellite, Jasani said.
“It’s a very attractive idea to defend
ourselves by laser weapons, but un
fortunately they have this offensive
capability.”
Lee said Pentagon sources esti
mated “Star Wars” weapons could
stop about 40 percent of incoming
ballistic missiles, possibly convincing
an enemy the only way to win a nu
clear war was to unleash a massive
onslaught of missiles.
“Sixty percent of 10,000 is a lot of
missiles,” he said.
The authors said that a space war
could, ironically, begin on the
ground because satellites are useless
without their ground stations.
“It is certainly understood that So
viet Special Forces, known as ‘Spetz-
naz,’ have reconnoitered many U.S.
satellite ground stations,” the book
said.
Jasani and Lee also said the space
weapons could jam the world’s com
puters.
“If a defensive X-ray laser weapon
is put up, one of the environmental
consequences is an electro-magnetic
pulse that, carried through on earth,
could destroy all computer mem
ories and everything that depends
on electronics," Jasani said.
But Lee said it would probably be
well into the next century before the
advanced laser and X-ray beam
weapons would be ready for use.
“People I have spoken to at the
Pentagon tell me it could be four or
Live years before the research is even
finished and then, if Congress
agreed to develop the weapons, it
could he another 20 years before
they’re ready to be deployed,” he
said.
Reagan, in his “Star Wars” speech
last year, announced plans for an
anti-missile system to be based on
laser, particle beam and satellite
technology.
Lee said that Reagan’s sug
to share U.S. space-weapont#
ogy with the Soviet Unionasai
end the arms race wouldpnj
backfire.
The authors said the
States was well ahead of the
Union in conventional anti-ii.
weaponry. Early this yearthel'i
States tested an anti-satellite
launched from an F-15
plane. This system is quid®
more flexible than the Si
grou nd-launched “hunter-H'
tellite.
Soviet scientists couldbeet^
the United States in beanu
research, however, they said.
“The Soviet Union isn’t
around flying biplanes,"Leea!
has a large amount of resotir®
icated to space activities."
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Two Texans killed, six still missing in blaze
Fire destroys visit to Philippineslr
United Press International
MAN I LA, Philippines — A group
of American war veterans began a
somber trip home Thursday after a
sentimental journey to the Phil
ippines ended in a hotel fire that
'killed 25 people, including a Dallas
couple, and injured 67 others.
I he U.S. Embassy in Manila said two
members of the American Legion
delegation were confirmed dead and
six were unaccounted for in the
Tuesday night blaze.
The embassy identified the Ameri
can dead as H.M. Cosnahan and his
wife, Cindy, of Dallas.
Two of the missing and presumed
dead were brothers from Illinois.
Eight people of other nationalities
also remained unaccounted for in
the fire at the historic Pines Hotel in
the mountain resort of Baguio, 125
miles north of Manila, officials said.
Firefighters recovered more bodies
from the debris Thursday, pushing
the death toll to 25. Officials said
many bodies were charred beyond
recognition, causing confusion in
the identification process.
Sixty-seven people — 36 of them
American — also were injured in the
fire.
'The Legion group was at the Pines
during a tour of the Philippines to
commemorate the 40th anniversary
of the return of Gen. Douglas Mac-
Arthur to liberate the country from
]apan, fulfilling his “I shall return”
pledge.
“We lost some good friends,” said
Legionnaire D. Coiner Rosen, 56, of
New Market, Va. “And a lot of us
who got out lost everything we had
with us.”
The missing were identified as
Charles and June Clark of Tustin,
Calif.; Charles and Genevieve Del-
ameter of Vacaville, Calif.; Joseph
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liam Llewellyn of Wesiernyj
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fourth floor of the woo™
building around ll:30p.in. I
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hospitalized there in satisiaj
condition, the embassysaid. I
Baguio Fire Chief Benjanpl
nueva said a preliminary iiwsj
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trical fixture. Damage itl
colonial-style hotel wasestiml
$ 15 million.
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MANILA, Philippines — Thou
sands of protesters demanded Presi
dent Ferdinand Marcos’ resignation
Thursday as special prosecutors
drew up charges against top military
officials accused in the murder of
opposition leader Benigno Aquino.
Led by Aquino’s widow, some
5,000 people marched through Ma
nila to protest a report by a special
commission that named the armed
forces chief in a wide-ranging mili
tary conspiracy to kill Aquino, but
made no mention of Marcos.
Spectators jammed overpasses
and sidewalks to cheer the demon
strators as they marched along a 3-
mile route, which ended with several
hours of anti-Marcos speeches.
The findings of the five-member
civilian commission, reached after a
10-month inquiry, were turned over
to a- Marcos-appointed investigator,
who formed a panel to draw up spe
cific charges.
"We are using the Agrava Board
legal panel’s familiarity with existing
evidence to help us take a short cut
in formulating the charges,” said
former Judge Bernardo Fernandez,
who heads a prosecution arm called
Tanodbayan or Ombudsman.
He said the three-man panel will
decide if evidence justifies filing
murder charges in the Sandigan-
bayan or People’s Court, which tries
cases involving abuse of official
functions.
M urder carries the dtatbpa
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by four members said Amwl!i
Chief Gen. Fabian Ver,24odB
itarv men and a civilian wm i
able” for the assassination.
But the findings by us da
retired Justice CorazonAp
sued separately a day taifc
solved Ver. Agrava blamed:?
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