The World : Czechs Call Shots a Warning

Czechoslovakia admitted that one of its planes fired rockets near a U.S. Army helicopter in West German airspace Saturday but said they were only warning shots. The official news agency Ceteka said the plane fired the shots because the copter was on a “provocative” flight and “in danger of entering Czechoslovak airspace.” It said the copter flew about 60 miles along the border. A Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday that the AH-1S Cobra copter with a crew of two was on a routine reconnaissance mission when it was fired upon.