The World - News from Feb. 5, 1985
Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger admitted he was “in error” last week when he said the Soviet Union had shot down one of its own missiles after it went astray over Norway and Finland. He told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he “mixed up two reports” in discussing the crash of the unarmed target missile last December during a Soviet military exercise. Weinberger’s original statement had contradicted a Pentagon report, which said the missile crashed of its own accord.
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