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Article: U.S. SUSPENDS TOMAHAWK FIRINGS IN RED SEA MED MOVE COMES AFTER ERRANT MISSILES LAND.(FRONT)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- March 29, 2003
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Byline: MATT DOLAN AND DALE EISMAN THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT\
WASHINGTON -- U.S. ships in the Red Sea and the eastern Mediterranean apparently have been ordered to suspend firings of Tomahawk cruise missiles at targets in Iraq after several of the $1 million weapons fell into Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
``There are some questions about what went wrong. So for right now, airspace over Saudi Arabia is closed to us,'' Capt. Nevin Carr, skipper of the Norfolk-based cruiser Cape St. George, said Friday.
``It's ordnance, and you have to make sure it's as safe as possible,'' Carr said.
The Cape St. George is among 12 Norfolk-based cruisers and ...