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Scorpion is a popular name for any of several species of arachnids of the order Scorpionidea most familiar for the sting in their curled tail and two large pincers.
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Paul Newman is an American actor and film director. He was born in 1925 at Shaker Heights, Ohio. Paul Newman is best known as a leading man in films, though he suffered early on in his career being likened to Marlon Brando. In 1986 he was presented with a special Academy Award in recognition of his many and memorable screen performances, which surely must include the 1969 film 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' and the 1973 film 'The Sting'.
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The Westland Sea King is a British naval helicopter. Development started in the late 1950s under licence of the Sikorsky S-61 helicopter. Westland initially developed the Sea King as an antisubmarine warfare helicopter (or HAS, Helicopter Anti-Submarine) for the UK Royal Navy.
Sea King is also operational as a search and rescue (SAR) helicopter and as an airborne early warning (AEW) helicopter. The helicopter can carry four torpedoes: either Alliant Techsystems Mark 46, the A244S from Whitehead SpA or the Sting Ray torpedo from Marconi Electronic Systems. The helicopter can also be armed with four Mark 11 depth charges. The helicopter can carry two anti-ship missiles, either Sea Eagle or AM39 Exocet. Sea Eagle is carried by British and Indian Navy Sea Kings. The AM39 Exocet anti-ship missile by Aerospatiale is carried by the Pakistan Navy
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The Sting is a crime drama starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Robert Shaw in a story about an elaborate racing scam designed to fleece a powerful racket boss. The Sting was directed by George Roy Hill in 1973.
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