The Last of eight programmes
The Far East Cockpit The shooting down of KAL 007 showed how quickly and dangerously an incident in this area embroils Japan, China, Korea, the United States and the Soviet Union. The USSR is extending its power in the Far East. Is an anti-Soviet entente like NATO appearing in the Pacific? What was the real aim of the West's recent military exercise, 'Team Spirit 84' based on South Korea and what did it achieve? And how serious are superpower rivalries in the region.
Reporter William Horsley Producer ADAM RAPHAEL