The World - News from April 10, 1985

The commander of Soviet air defenses says his forces are “capable of destroying cruise missiles” and “all modern air attack systems,” according to Jane’s Defense Weekly. Without identifying the forum in which he spoke, the authoritative, London-based magazine quoted Chief Marshal of Aviation A. I. Koldunov as saying of his defenses: “They are equipped with weapon systems with a high level of resistance to jamming. They are capable of hitting all modern air attack systems at great distance, high or low altitude and at supersonic speed.”