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...first rocket of the day fell on the fruit market and killed seven people. The second fell 30 meters from the tennis courts at the Cercle Sportif and thereafter, for once, the courts remained unused. Four hours later the bombshell hit: a 107-mm. rocket slammed into a crowded street in front of the Monerom Hotel, killing eleven people instantly and maiming a dozen more; a flaming Honda was catapulted onto a pedicab whose lone occupant was already dead...
...mm. howitzer shell, produced by the Groupement Industriel des Armements Terrestres, is described as having "a better ballistic coefficient" than its American-made counterpart...
...Italy's arms exports, totaling $240 million last year, include helicopters for Iran (built under license from the U.S.), frigates for Peru, tanks for Pakistan and counterinsurgency aircraft for Zambia and South Africa. James Bond's favorite pistol, the snub-nosed .25-mm. Beretta, is still sold all over the world. La Spezia's Oto Melara company has tested a high-speed missile-launching hydrofoil designed to protect narrow bodies of water. Italian arms appeal to nonaligned nations since Rome attaches no political strings to sales...
...city itself, the daily terror is the constant expectation of a rocket attack. The Chinese-built 107-mm. missiles are wobbly, unguided weapons at best, which the insurgents fire from metal tubes propped up by two sticks or the fork of a small tree. They are a barbarous form of warfare, because when they hit the ground or touch a treetop they turn into thousands of jagged, 2-in. shrapnel fragments. Innocent women and children going about their daily chores seem to be their most common victims...
LASER-GUIDED ARTILLERY: The Army is enthusiastic about the potential of a newly developed 155-mm. shell. Fired from a conventional cannon, the 6-in. shell sprouts tail fins and small forward wings to prevent spinning. It can be aimed up to 500 yds. wide of a target illuminated with a laser beam projected by a forward observer. A "seeker" in the nose of the shell picks up the laser reflection, controls the fins and thus guides the shell to the target. Another application of the laser is giving tank guns more accurate range finders. Once they get a target...