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34. According to this text, ...

a. the US Army will not accept changes for future operations.
b. the strategy will be modified to meet 2010 requirements.
c. Objective Force proved to be effective for future operations.
d. the Wargame series requires at least five years to complete.

Having failed to get access to the US-made Tomahawk cruise missile, France will
develop and deploy a ship-launched, long-range attack cruise missile near the end
of the decade, according to European industrialists The French Navy wants an
extended range derivative of the SCALP EC/Storm shadow air-launched missile, now
in development for the French Air Force and British Air Force. The ship-launched
derivative of the missile is intended to equip both NATO’s next generation of frigate
and its current Barracuda project, a nuclear-powered attack submarine program.
France intends to purchase 17 next generation frigates. They will be fitted with a
variant of the silver-launcher, a vertical launch system initially designed for naval
surface-to-air missile systems.

35. According to this article ...

a. the new derivative will have a double purpose.
b. France is working very closely with the U.S.
c. the U.S. wanted to help the French very much.
d. the new missile will be used in about ten days.

36. In addition, the article states that...

a. the new missile will be based on one being made for the Air Force.
b. the French Air Force purchased the SCALP missile from Britain.
c. relations among the three countries are now strained and difficult.
d. no further purchases or exchanges will be made between the countries.

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