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...Silkworms that were apparently used in both attacks have an estimated range of 50 miles, which places the damaged tankers on the outer edge of their trajectory. China adapted them from a Soviet weapon called the Styx, first developed in the 1950s. About 20 ft. long and carrying up to 1,100 lbs. of explosives, the Silkworm can fly as low as 100 ft. above the ground as it homes in on its target...
...parable about male bonding through Russian roulette. Bats and beautiful, it stood like Ishmael on the prow of its pretensions and declared, "Call me masterpiece." Apocalypse Now was fine as long as it accompanied its doomed, questing hero (played by Martin Sheen, Charlie's father) upstream on the River Styx; then it fogged off into fantasyland with Marlon Buddha. Only Company C, a standard-issue war film about recruits betrayed by their incompetent officers, spent much time in a Nam combat zone. But it really resided, with The Green Berets, in the twilight zone of World War II gestures...
...with a white Lou Albano beard and a red suit who would see to the fact that you got the exact records you wanted for Christmas? Instead, we have a bunch of well-intentioned parents, siblings and spouses (present or future) who are responsible for the six copies of Styx's live album that are festering on the bottom of your album collection...
...increasingly, it is merely a sign that you are behind the times. The old-fashioned box office has, by and large, gone the way of the pinball machine and the flesh-and-blood bank teller: computers have moved in. Today ordering tickets for everything from Broadway shows to a Styx concert often requires nothing more arduous than picking up the phone and reading numbers off a credit card...
...Pentagon, which has been leaking reports of the forthcoming Soviet SS-NX-21 for almost two years, is concerned about the new development. Although the Soviets have had sea-launched cruise missiles for more than two decades, they were short-range weapons; one typical early model, the 1958 SSN2 STYX, had a range of only 26 miles. More recent versions could hit targets at up to 350 miles but were considered inaccurate at long distances. The improved weapon, according to Jane's, was built with information and microelectronic technology smuggled in from the West. It could...