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...triple-headed SS-20 missiles now deployed in the western U.S.S.R. are equipped with an additional missile for re-firing, so that each launcher can actually fire six warheads...
...Soviet-made antitank grenade, fired from a rocket launcher, had smashed into the trunk, splintering the inch-thick, shatterproof rear window. Then several rounds of small-arms fire were heard. Said Kroesen later: "When I saw that all the legs and arms were in the right places, and the driver found the car would start, we took...
...Spacelab, a self-contained scientific compartment for up to four experimenters scheduled to be car ried aloft in 1983. Said one official: "Success for America means a breakthrough for us too and signals the entry of Western Europe into aerospace." The French, who are building a conventional rocket launcher called Ariane, which could draw away some of the shuttle's business, were no less effusive. Said Le Figaro: "After their political and military failures of recent years, our friends [the Americans] needed a big technological success. And they've got one." The French public wanted to share that...
...electromagnetic launcher for earth and space
...roack win over arch-rival B.U.; outstanding performances in the net by Wade Lau lead the way to satisfying wins over the defending ECAC champion University of New Hampshire Wildcats (4-1) and the championship-bound Big Red of Cornell (5-3); freshman defenseman and point-man missile launcher Mark Fusco (13 goals, 16 assists) captured rookie-of-the-year honors while fellow first-year man Greg Olson led the team with 16 goals...