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...Mirage, flying at 5,000 ft., headed toward the Stark at 550 m.p.h. Tucked under each wing was a French-made Exocet AM39 air-to-surface missile with a 352-lb. warhead and a range of 40 miles...
First, I examined a 16-lb. hammer used by Harvard's James Russell. The hammer is a large steel shot attached to a wire which is in turn connected to a handle. When I picked it up, the handle--weighted down by the shot--dug into my palm. Even if I did try to hurl it, I knew I would have damaged my hand. Hammer throwers wear special gloves to protect themselves from this injury...
Then a 16-lb. steel ball rolled onto my foot. I remembered immediately the time I participated in a track meet in my fifth grade school in Austin, Texas...
...side, James Russell snagged first place in the hammer throw. The senior could have won the event with one of his qualifying throws, but stayed long enough to heave the 16-lb. hammer 197-ft., 11-in. to out-distance the competition by almost 16 feet...
...then acquires the means to deliver the deadly device. Last week the U.S. and six allies (Japan, Britain, France, West Germany, Italy and Canada) announced an agreement that could make that scenario less likely. Each has promised not to export any missiles powerful enough to carry a 1,100-lb. nuclear warhead more than 190 miles...