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Designed for helicopter launch, the missile is believed to have a range of about nine miles, greater than that of the antiaircraft weapons it is likely to encounter on its intended victims, small boats and patrol craft. To use it, a helicopter flies close enough to let its radar light up the target with radio energy, which, when reflected, provides a guiding point for the missile's homing computer. The Sea Skua streaks to its destination at over 550 m.p.h. and as little as 6 ft. above the surface. It is designed to penetrate the target before exploding...
...from $4,000 to $6,000, expect to sell some $90 million worth this year. Unlike many outdoor fads, ultramania is not limited to the Sunbelt, although California, Arizona, Florida and Texas are strong states; the Midwest, particularly the St. Louis area, is also ultra country, possibly because the craft fares best over flat terrain...
Since Saigon fell to the Communists in 1975, more than 1.2 million people have fled Indochina, most of them risking perilous journeys overseas in rickety fishing craft. Horrified by the plight of the boat people, a number of countries in Asia and the West liberalized their immigration policies to accommodate the flood of refugees. American policy has been one of the most generous: as of March, 589,000 of the homeless had been resettled in the U.S., compared with 593,000 for the two dozen other nations accepting refugees. Last week, however, Washington announced a more restrictive policy...
...into effect at 7 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time Friday. At that point, British government spokesmen had made it clear that Argentine planes on the ground, including the Italian-built Aermacchi light attack aircraft spotted on the islands, would be considered in violation of the ban on all non-British craft within a 200-mile radius of the islands...
...Sunday, as two helicopters ferried reconnaissance units to the 100-mile-long island, the British had a stroke of luck. Some five miles from South Georgia, the chopper pilots spotted the Argentine submarine Santa Fe moving toward Grytviken. The British fired at the sub, a diesel-powered craft built in 1944 by the U.S., with machine guns and rockets. They scored at least three hits on the vessel, which began leaking oil and giving off smoke. The stricken Santa Fe limped into Grytviken harbor to beach itself. As about 50 Argentine troops poured off the vessel...