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...Exocet. The British-built Seawolf, a 6½-ft.-long missile, is capable of intercepting a 4½-in. shell. It might have stopped the Exocet, but within the task force, only the frigates Broadsword and Brilliant are armed with the Seawolf. Instead, the Sheffield carried the Sea Dart, a reliable but older missile, that, so far as is known, was never fired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Falklands: Battle of the Microchips | 5/17/1982 | See Source »

...have a combat range of about 745 miles, enabling them to operate over the Falklands from bases on the Argentine mainland. The British may be able to offset some of the Argentine air advantage through skillful use of naval forces. Destroyers from the British task force, equipped with Sea Dart surface-to-air missiles (effective range: about 20 miles), will be on hand to support the Harriers against enemy aircraft, missiles and surface

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now, Alas, the Guns of May | 5/10/1982 | See Source »

...best markets for more weaponry. At the urging of Britain, West Germany is holding up the sale of four frigates, six corvettes and six submarines, and France has halted shipment of Crotale surface-to-air and Exocet surface-to-surface missiles. Britain itself has withheld sale of Sea Dart missiles, the same kind that were on the fleet last week heading to-Carrier Veinticinco de Mayo ward the Falkland Islands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dealing with Old Reliable Firms | 4/26/1982 | See Source »

Since the Student Assembly sponsored the Poussett-Dart Band in the spring of 1980, these have been no other major rocks concerts at Harvard, Pearl said yesterday. She added that because of the Human's popularity, the planned concern should almost certainly sell...

Author: By Naomi L. Pierce, | Title: 'Human Sexual Response' Band Will Probably Play at Harvard | 3/15/1982 | See Source »

...third of the refundable term bill surcharge would go to maintain the new student council bureaucracy, with another $5000 carmarked for social events, perhaps such as the Student Assembly's ill-fated Pousette-Dart concert two years ago. Indeed, the Student Assembly's largely futile attempts to interest students in College-wide activities suggest this money might better remain in students' pockets. House committees, either individually or cooperatively, already provide an acceptable and effective structure for sponsoring social activities...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: No Improvement | 3/15/1982 | See Source »

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