| Show Jack Anderson NONE HURT AT SOVIET MISSION Reds Learned From Vietnam US WASHINGTON — Whether or not the military learned anything in Vietnam the Russians certainly did Intelligence analysts sifting reports from the Afghanistan blitzkrieg have noted the Soviets’ widespread use of their MI-2- 4 helicopter gun-shi- ps in both combat and police roles These choppers can pepper a hillside with to 6000 rounds per minute and carry up sophisticated equipment for spotting their targets on the barren hillsides of Afghanistan To the Pentagon’s chagrin the Red Army the developed the MI-2- 4 after observing Americans’ gunship techniques in the Vietnam conflict Until then sources told my associate Dale Van Atta the Soviets’ use of helicopters had been fairly primitive A Central Intelligence Agency reRussians’ progress in helicoptraces the port ter tactics and development “Until the early 1970s” it says “the Soviet military used helicopters largely in support roles such as airlifting supplies equipment and men behind friendly battle lines to cope with shifting tactical situations “The concept of helicopter as pack horse has been reflected in the design of Soviet helicopters They are large and rugged but somewhat crude and aerodynamically inefficient They lack the speed and maneuverability required for armed combat assault” The report adds: “In the wake of the Vietnam war however the Soviets have changed their view on the proper role of the helicopter” From a tentative start — using choppers to airlift combat troops forward of the front line — the Russians soon adopted wholeheartedly the concept of helicopters as attack aircraft “In the Soviet view” a later analysis reported behind “helicopters can range some distanceanti-tank k ground-attacand lines in enemy missions as well as give supporting fire for air assault landings beyond the range of conventional Soviet ground weapons” At first the Russians simply armed their high-spee- d top-secr- et Bulletf Ogden EFiired coft Buoldiiiinig NEW YORK (UPI) — A bullet was fired through a window at the Soviet mission to the United Nations on Manhattan’s East Side but no one was injured authorities reported today The 38 caliber slug was found Thursday morning on the floor of the mission inside a rear window a police spokesman said Soviet officials found the bullet about 9:30 am Thursday police said They said they believed it had been fired about 3:30 am The bullet broke the window but caused no other damage “It apparently was fired from a great distance” because it only broke the glass and did not imbed itself in walls or furniture the spokesman said No one claimed any responsibility for the shooting and police said they had no suspects in the case The official Soviet news agency Tass today said the Soviet delegation filed a protest of the incident with United States officials In a dispatch from New York Tass said “The bullet hit a room in which there were a woman and a child It was by sheer luck that this attempt on the life of Soviet people did not result in casualties “This act of terrorism has once again shown that in spite of the repeated demands on the Soviet side the necessary security of the Soviet representation and its personnel is not yet ensured” Tass said “Thus the international commitments undertaken by the United States are violated” During tho weak of Fab ba among tha first to 25-29- th taka advantage "firewood special"! 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