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...TITLE: PATRIOT GAMES...
...MISSILE MEN AT RAYTHEON COULD HARDLY CHEER ABOUT Pentagon reports that its wonder weapon Patriot was less successful than briefers claimed during the gulf war. Now they have to contend with Almaz, the Russian makers of an antimissile system called the SA10B "Grumble." The boys at Almaz believe their system is faster and better than the Patriot, so they're proposing an international shoot-out between the two systems to prove it. Raytheon, however, refuses to deal in "p.r. gimmickry" and says the Russians are only trying to elbow in on a hot product: complete Patriot systems sell...
...Hollywood is front loading the summer with blockbuster sequel products," notes Martin Grove, film analyst for the Hollywood Reporter, "which virtually guarantees that the early summer business will be strong." Lethal Weapon 3 leads the assault this weekend, , followed quickly by Alien 3 (May 22), the Red October sequel, Patriot Games (June 5) and Batman Returns (June 19), the last easily the season's most anticipated and expensive movie...
...NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF once said its record was 33 for 33. President Bush was nearly as upbeat, claiming it was 41 out of 42. Last week a group of independent analysts said nobody can determine how many of the 47 threatening Iraqi Scud missiles were intercepted and destroyed by U.S. Patriot missiles...
When the U.S. gave Patriot missile batteries to Israel to combat the Iraqi Scuds raining down on civilians during the gulf war, Washington forbade Jerusalem to export the technology. Now a U.S. intelligence report suggests that Israel may have supplied China with secrets of the Patriot. Israeli officials deny the charge, but the controversy has roiled relations with the U.S., already strained by American demands that the Shamir government stop building settlements in the occupied territories exchange for $10 billion in loan guarantees. The Wall Street Journal fueled the controversy by reporting that Israel is also suspected of having exported...