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GRAPEVINE, Page 17Ours Is Better Than Yours
By SOPHFRONIA SCOTT GREGORY
The 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 anti
missile 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 for a cool $55
million, and they're moving fast.