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The United States Army has adopted a revolutionary transformation strategy for a
future Objective Force that is strategically responsive and dominant across the full
spectrum of military operations. An integral part of this effort is the Army
Transformation Wargame series which is the result of over five years of study,
wargaming, and analysis of concepts and capabilities beyond 2010. In 2000, the first
Army Transformation Wargame demonstrated that the Army Objective Force was a
highly deployable, general-purpose force that provided enhanced combat power to
meet the challenges of the future strategic and operational environments.

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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