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Thornton and his colleagues have reason to be proud. Boeing's cruise missiles and AWACS radar planes are indispensable to the U.S. military, and the company's series of jetliners--descendants of the venerable 707--dominates the commercial airways. In fact, Boeing has manufactured 55% of all the passenger jets ever built in the free world. Thanks to a dedicated work force, astute management, attention to quality and a willingness to risk billions on research and development, Boeing shows no signs of losing altitude. Its sales soared last year by 32%, to $13.6 billion, while profits climbed even faster...
...crew members, resulted from a bizarre coincidence. The ministry said that the Sheffield's captain was on a communications hookup to naval headquarters at the precise moment an Argentine warplane fired an Exocet missile at the ship. The captain's unfortunately timed call had jammed the destroyer's radar system, allowing the craft to take a direct...
...scientists then used a technique which Gwinn compared to the use of radar to detect speeders in order to determine the distance between celestial objects, the astronomer said...
Matt Murdock (the blind lawyer who uses his secret "radar sense" to prowl the rooftops as DD) became a real character, a pathological vigilante with a conscience. Miller was questioning the superhero, the great convention of the comic book form: the citizen, gifted by fate, who selflessly puts on longjohns to fight evil. At least the villains use their laser-beam eyes for material gain--what do the heroes...
...raid was a total surprise. The city was ablaze with light, and not a single air-raid alarm sounded. The Libyans hastily put up a hail of antiaircraft fire, but their Soviet-made SAMs, fired without radar guidance, were wildly inaccurate. "We forced the Libyans to turn off their radar," says Navy Secretary John Lehman. "They knew if they turned them on to guide their missiles, they would get a HARM down the throat." Nor was any defense mounted by the Libyan air force, whose pilots are notoriously poor night flyers. Five F-111s were assigned to hit Colonel Gaddafi...