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Latest five-year plan and crop report. eight or nine minutes into the news, an announcer said only two people had been killed in the incident, contradicting one news report that casualties numbered in the thousands. >> chernobyl wasn't a flash in the pan. every few weeks there would be something like chernobyl because of structural defects of the soviet system. >> officials say because it took place at the newest reactor, it is another indication of inferiority of soviet technology and they say they brought on the accident not taking the same safety precautions taken in the united states. >> c...

Every few weeks there would be something like chernobyl because of structural defects of the soviet system. >> officials say because it took place at the newest reactor, it is another indication of inferiority of soviet technology and they say they brought on the accident not taking the same safety precautions taken in the united states. >> chernobyl reminded the soviets they couldn't play in the game of modern technology, they couldn't protect their own people and they couldn't hide it anymore. >> gorbachev's biggest challenge was how to get the country moving again, and in order to do that, ...

ballistic missile test in the works. we begin tonight with high anxiety over north korea's threat to launch a satellite, a launch pentagon officials believe is to test a ballistic missile capable of launching a nuclear warhead capable of sitting the main land. weather is such that officials believe the launch could come at any time. let's take a closer look at what they are worried about. this is north korea. i want to show you new satellite images from april 9th. a clear image of the launch pad. the rocket is here. you see preparations, rail mounting. that's how they brought the r...

Launched the invasion of iraq. that is similar to what qaddafi has. take a listen to vice admiral gortny. >> this is a integrated missile defense system much like the one that iraq had and surrounding baghdad. built on older soviet technology. but still, good capability. >> a good capability but the pentagon sources tell us that they don't expect it will take more than a few days to take out the air forces. we'll see the fighter jets and u.s. planes over lib yampt they will not put them in the sky until confirmation from global hawk surveillance site to suggest that sa 85 air defense systems t...

Were some communications or talk -- to try to talk that down -- >> we are on the leading edge of coalition operations. we're the united states under general hamm in africa command. he's in charge of this at this point. and in the coming days, we intend to transition it to a coalition command. >> can you say how many british ships were involved compared to the u.s. ships? >> we had one british submarine. >> and the rest were all u.s.? >> yes, ma'am. >> and the number of that? >> i don't have that in front of me, any of the exact numbers. >> how sophisticated was this air defense system compared...