What is a breather valve, exactly? A breather valve, also known as a pressure relief valve, prevents excessive pressure or vacuum buildup in a sealed container, enclosure, or other sealed space. AGM carries two variations of breather valves in a variety of sizes: Spring-actuated breather valve...
What is a JDAM missile? The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) isa guidance kit that converts unguided bombs, or "dumb bombs", into all-weather precision-guided munitions. ... The JDAM is not a stand-alone weapon; rather it is a "bolt-on" guidance package that converts unguided gravit...
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The MQ-9 carries a variety of weapons including the GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bomb, the AGM-114 Hellfire II air-to-ground missiles, the AIM-9 Sidewinder,
The current crisis is something the world has never seen before, and its outcome is uncertain. We should remember, however, that the world has recovered from previous crises where the aftermath has been similarly uncertain. Warren Buffett stated at last month’s Berkshire Hathaway AGM that even ...
the swing-wing, turbojet-powered 725 kg Boeing AGM-84K Slam-ER (Harpoon derivative) has the advantage that it is already integrated on the US Navy's Hornet and Orion. Bolt from the blue: as aerial combat becomes a distant memory, the emphasis in aircraft armament is now on the ground ...
Jstars or Joint Stars -- short for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System -- is a Boeing 707-300 airframe that Northrop equipped with radar, sensors and moving-target indicators. Archdiocese hires new CFO The $7 billion program to replace the Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint Surveillance...
“The costs, technology, and manufacturing process for hypersonic munitions is much different than low-observable ones like the JASSM,” the analyst explains. “The quality control standard needed for something like the AGM-183A or even the LRHW to function properly needs to be high to maintai...
Japanese screens: the finest Japanese painting is on screens, as a growing number of collectors outside this market's usual Japanese and American base is starting to realise Japanese published sources indicate that the Model 33 design study was turned into a study of catapult-launching of the Oh...