The initial Skypirate design had an internal bomb bay, which the prototypes dropped in favor of four external Mark 51 Mod 7 bomb hardpoints. These hardpoints could carry a range of weapons including 500Ib-2000Ib bombs, torpedoes, depth charges, mines or even incendiary bombs. The use of up...
United States of America vs Grenada Grenada, the southernmost island nation in the Grenadines in the Caribbean, is a tropic island known as the spice island thanks to the harvesting of nutmeg. It had been a British colony since 1763, but in 1967, it was granted home rule on the road to...
The development of the Boeing B-17 began in February of 1934, with a US Army Air Corps request for proposals for a new bomber with a range of 5000 miles (8046 kilometers) and a bomb load of at least 2000 pounds (907 kilograms). This request, designated “Project A”, was only a f...
Earlier this month, reports circulated that a Russian 1,100-lb FAB-500 bomb fell on a civilian area of Belgorod on May 4. Thirty houses were damaged, and five people were injured. /jlne.ws/4agjx6n Ukraine was a magnet for foreign fighters. After 2 bruising years, many are disillusioned...
unforgiving Afghan winter, this intense and personal story depicts the brave actions and sacrifices of MSOT 8222. Readers will understand the hopelessness of being pinned down under a hail of enemy gunfire and the quake of the earth as a 2000 lb. guided bomb levels a fortified Ta...
The basic MLRS tactical rocket warhead contains 644 M77 munitions, which are dispensed above the target in mid-air. The dual-purpose bomblets are armed during freefall, and a simple drag ribbon orients the bomblets for impact. Each MLRS launcher can deliver approximately 8,000 munitions in les...
The PackBot was launched on the market in 2002 and has undergone several adaptations. In February 2007, iRobot released the robot with an EOD bomb disposal kit, and by February 2010, the 3,000th robot had been delivered. In October 2010, the US Army TACOM Contracting Center in Warren, ...
(c) Apical portion of digestive cell rich in mitochondria (Mi) and lamellar bodies (Lb). Mv: microvilli. (d) Golgi apparatus (GC), rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER), mitochondria (Mi) and autophagyc vacuole (Au) on digestive cell of a male. N: nucleus. (e) Lamellae of rough ...
The US also supplied them to many allies, and there appears to have been local production. In French and Israeli use, they were referred to by the closest kilogram class. The 500 lb as known as 250kg. This set includes four complete bombs. ...
Ron E, Ikeda T, Preston DL, Tokuoka S (2005) Male breast cancer incidence among atomic bomb survivors. J Natl Cancer Inst 97(8): 603–605. Shamsaldin A, Lundell M, Diallo I, Ligot L, Chavaudra J, de Vathaire F (2000) Estimation of the radiation dose from radiotherapy for skin ...