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- BUSINESS, Page 63Business NotesDEFENSE CONTRACTORSA Whiff Of War
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- "I love the smell of napalm in the morning," declared Lieut.
- Colonel Kilgore in the epic Apocalypse Now. Any deskbound battle
- buff who shares that sentiment will find a sensory treat in the
- current issue of Armed Forces Journal International, a
- Washington-based monthly. BEI Defense Systems, a Fort
- Worth-based arms manufacturer (1988 sales: $51 million), has
- come up with a novel twist on the aromatic advertisements that
- fill consumer magazines. When scratched, the latest ads for its
- Hydra-70, a relatively inexpensive rocket ($400 to $800), emit
- the odor of burnt cordite, an explosive substance in such
- weapons. The ad's tag line: "The Smell of Victory."
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- George Coutoumanos, marketing chief for BEI, says he devised
- the ad to lure readers away from pictures of glamorous products
- like aircraft carriers and jet fighters. Says he: "I just have
- a little rocket. I tried to think of a way to get people to read
- about it."
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