(1 Apr 1999) English/Nat
With the NATO actions over Yugoslavia intensifying, the allied forces are sending more weaponry to their air and sea bases.
Reports of Serbian forces committing atrocities, combined with the growing humanitarian crisis, are spurring NATO into further action.
Five B1-B bombers arrived in England on Thursday to greatly increase NATO's airstrike capability.
Stationed in the Adriatic, the U-S-S Norfolk is going about business as usual on Thursday.
The submarine has a crew of one hundred and thirty three.
They patrol the sea off Yugoslavia, providing support for NATO aircraft which fly out of bases in Italy.
The submarine is armed with twelve Tomahawk missiles.
However, it is yet to fire any - its primary role is as a support vessel.
NATO has now requested that the Norfolk-based Theodore Roosevelt battle group - which includes an aircraft carrier, two cruisers, a destroyer, a frigate and an attack submarine - be sent to support NATO's Yugoslavia campaign.
Administration officials couldn't say Wednesday night whether U-S President Bill Clinton would approve the request.
Meanwhile Five B1-B bombers have arrived at R-A-F Fairford in England, ready to move on to Italy to aid the NATO airstrikes.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
"The B-1 is a bomber, obviously, and that's what it was designed (for). As a matter of fact, it was designed as a nuclear bomber but it has been upgraded over the last few years as a very capable conventional bomber to go in at either low altitude and very high speed or high altitudes and very high speeds and it holds a very large number of weapons in the three bomb bays it has on the jet."
SUPER CAPTION: B1-B Navigator
Its cruise missile capability means it can strike at any time, day or night, and crucially in all weathers.
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