The strike, though, was not the work of Mr. Saleh's decrepit Soviet-era air force.

尽管如此，此次空袭行动并非萨利赫先生手下落后的苏联时期的空军所为。

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It was deployed at 48 bases in the Soviet Union, and could strike Western Europe and Asia.

它被部署在48个在苏联基地，并可能打击西欧和亚洲。

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Some multiple warheads developed by the Soviet Union could strike several targets anywhere in Western Europe in less than 10 minutes.

苏联研发的一些多弹头飞弹可以在十分钟之内攻击数个西欧的任意目标。

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In the expected scenario of a Soviet first strike, there would be only minutes for the president to authorize counterstrikes and no time for constitutional niceties.

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By scapegoating others for the collapse of the regime, the Russians spared themselves the need to accept the moral failure of the Soviet model and to strike out on a new course.

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Such a situation could actually have the effect of increasing Soviet incentives for a first strike.

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