Word: arrays
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...though, is not the whole story. For the past 15 years, petrodollar- rich gulf states have provided a lucrative market for a vast array of Western products. Europe's export-dependent defense industries in particular have enjoyed a multibillion-dollar bonanza in the region. Although declining oil revenues in recent years have slowed the spending spree, the gulf remains an important market for West European and Japanese exporters. Last year British sales to the region were worth more than $8 billion, while French exports, excluding arms, brought in around $3 billion. The Japanese sold $6.8 billion in the region...
...Certainly the Stark, a lightly armed escort vessel, had an impressive array of aerial defenses. The ship's Mk 92 fire-control system can guide an antiaircraft missile to intercept incoming aircraft up to 90 miles away. Closer in, its Italian-made OTO gun can fire 3-in. antiaircraft shells at a rate of 90 a minute, dealing sequentially with as many as three incoming intruders at a range of up to twelve miles. Rockets that spray radar- attracting aluminum chaff can divert incoming missiles, and the frigate's electronic defenses can deceive attackers by producing fake radar images...
Still, not even the Aegis radar is omniscient enough to deal with every potential challenge from the array of modern missiles deployed against it. Soviet Backfire bombers, for instance, could attack a U.S. fleet with cruise missiles launched from more than 350 miles away. One answer being considered by the Navy is a throwback to the barrage balloons that hovered over U.S. ships in World War II: helium-filled blimps containing enormous radars that could look down and track any intruder. The Navy has solicited bids for a $200 million prototype. Naval strategists also emphasize the critical need...
...event's main attractions included Salisa, a middle eastern dancer from the Averof Restaurant who performed on a trailer-turned-stage, and an array of vendors hawking jewelry, clothing and art work from five continents...
While divestment remains the most pressing issue before the Overseers, this year's prodivestment candidates deserve credit for their progressive stances and apparent willingness to take action on a broad array of issues. That several of the 12 University-approved candidates used their election statements to proclaim positions on divestment and to comment on other substantial issues indicates a dissatisfaction with the unsubstantive campaigns of the past. Perhaps the time has ended when running Harvard was the exclusive affair of seven white men on the Corporation and those who thought precisely like them...