by LtCol Lynn “Kim” Kimball, USMC (Ret)
Operation Crossroads’ atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July of 1946 erased any lingering doubts that might have remained following their use at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945 about the monumental impact of these weapons in future warfare. The Marine Corps’ major contribution to Allied victory in WW II, the doctrine of waterborne amphibious assault, one of the five most significant tactical innovations of the 20th century, was immediately rendered obsolescent. A key observer at these tests, Marine LtGen Roy S. Geiger, reported succinctly to the Commandant that a complete review of the current concept of amphibious operations would have to be made given that an atomic bomb could easily destroy an expeditionary force as currently configured; some means had to be found to permit a greater initial dispersion while allowing the necessary concentration of the attacking elements in the assault. Forward looking Marine Corps planners found the solution: vertical envelopment by helicopter, the paradigm changing heliborne assault, which was to join the amphibious assault on the list of the five most significant tactical innovations of the 20th century.
As during the 1930s, the Marine Corps had to develop a doctrine employing vehicles and capabilities not yet existing or even on the drawing board, but they prevailed, and the resulting doctrinal publication, promulgated in November 1948 by again, Marine Corps Schools at Quantico, was the world’s first printed textbook detailing the tactics and techniques of helicopter employment. A parsimonious defense establishment, otherwise enthralled with the Air Force and cost cutting, inhibited more expeditious development. But with an expanding Cold War, the detonation of an atomic device by the Soviets in 1949, and the unanticipated onset of a war on the Korean Peninsula in June of 1950, particularly with the massive Communist Chinese intervention in November and the frightening possibility of Soviet involvement, the Marine Corps found itself shortly with an expanded budget and more opportunities to develop its concepts and equipment for the future. This was done under the looming pall of nuclear weapons on the battlefield. The Marine Corps felt they had a vehicle, the helicopter, and a doctrine that would permit success in such a scenario. Such a scenario was, however, unparalleled in military history and replete with unknowns shared across the Armed Forces.
To study the effects of nuclear weapons (i.e., atomic (fission) bombs or hydrogen (fusion) bombs. No fusion devices were used in the subject tests.) in a combat environment, a series of exercises conducted jointly by the U.S. military in conjunction with the Atomic Energy Commission involving the atmospheric detonation of nuclear devices in the presence of ground troops was initiated in 1951 under the broad code name of Desert Rock. The newly established and highly restricted Nevada Proving Grounds (later renamed the Nevada Test site-NTS), 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, was the testing site until the series was discontinued in 1957. All services were represented although the Army was the major provider of troops, followed by the Marine Corps.
Marine Corps participation was structured into task-organized units designated Marine Corps Provisional Atomic Exercise Brigades (MCPAEBs, 1st – 4th); the majority of assets, particular the aviation elements, being provided by west coast bases and stations because of their obvious proximity to the NTS. Carolina Marines were there, in the 1st and 2nd MCPAEBs, forming one battalion of a two-battalion regiment with a corresponding battalion from the 1st Marine Division (MarDiv) at Camp Pendleton. The 1st MarDiv provided the single-battalion ground element of the 3rd and 4th MCPAEBs, which was then considered sufficient for the testing parameters. Numbered Desert Rock (DR) I-VII, these exercises were further divided into code-named Nuclear Test Series/Operations. Marine Corps participation was in DR IV-Operation Tumbler-Snapper (1st MCPAEB), DR V-Operation Upshot-Knothole (2nd MCPAEB), DR VI-Operation Teapot (3rd MCPAEB) and DR VII-Operation Plumbbob (4th MCPAEB). Camp Lejeune’s Marines found themselves under the atomic cloud in Tumbler-Snapper and Upshot-Knothole.
The first direct exposure of Marines to the atomic bomb came on 1 May 1952 during DR IV and shot “Dog,” the fourth in the Tumbler-Snapper series. (All atomic detonations in the NTS were called “shots”). Camp Lejeune provided the 2nd Provisional Battalion, a composite unit drawn from the 2nd MarDiv, Force Troops and other Fleet Marine Forces Atlantic units; Camp Pendleton the 1st Provisional Battalion. After arriving at Camp Desert Rock, the NTS Military Support Facility, the Lejeune Marines by a 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) airlift, and in a sequence followed by subsequent exercises, the Marines were billeted, received orientations, conducted training and emplaced heavy military equipment and other items to be tested in vicinity of ground zero.
On the initial test date, 1 May, they were trucked to a line of four-foot-deep trenches 7000 yards south of the drop point in full battle gear. At 0830, an Air Force B-45 dropped a 19-kiloton (kt) atomic bomb that detonated 1040 feet above the huddled Marines, bathing the area in an unholy light, manifestly brighter than a multitude of suns. Their sensory perceptions over whelmed, some swore they could see the bones in their arms even with their eyes clinched. A rolling, jarring earth quake and tornadic, searing and deafening winds followed, accompanied by a blinding dust cloud. Emerging from the trenches, they advanced, conducting tactical maneuvers to within 900 yards of ground zero, where they investigated the damaged military equipment. After a two hour and 20- minute exposure, they were subjected to psychological and medical testing before being returned to Camp Desert Rock.
DR V and shot “Badger,” the sixth in the Upshot-Knothole series, provided Marines with their next exposure to a nuclear battlefield as part of the 2nd MCPAEB on 18 April 1953. Camp Lejeune’s contribution to the ground element this time was the 1st Battalion, Eighth Marines, reinforced with detachments from the 10th Marines, 2nd Engineer, Tank, Ordnance and Signal Battalions and Force Troops, which was paired with the 2nd Battalion, Third Marines and reinforcing detachments from Camp Pendleton. For this test, the troops would be entrenched 4000 yards from a 23 kt atomic device mounted on a 300-foot tower. A new feature would be added demonstrating the Corps’ innovative new tactical concept, a heliborne assault, to follow-up in the exercise scenario of an atomic attack against an enemy force during an amphibious operation.
As it had for amphibious and helicopter operations, the Marine Corps was at the forefront of tactical development and had published an Interim Doctrine for the Conduct of Tactical Atomic Warfare in February 1953 based in part on Desert Rock. At this point, it was the first and only doctrinal publication promulgated by any of the armed forces concerning atomic warfare. DR V would provide the first opportunity to test this doctrine. Marine Helicopter Transport Group (MAG (HR))-16, a west-coast asset, would provide thirty-nine helicopters (H-19) from HMR-361, -162 and -163 to constitute the aviation element. The Marine Corps was uniquely qualified to test these doctrines. In 1953, the Marines could rightfully claim to having more experience in helicopter operations and possessing more helicopters, trained pilots and crewmen than any other military organization in the world.
Badger detonated at 0435, becoming an incandescent red, white and orange fireball that enveloped the trench hugging Marines in the same thermal radiation pulse, kinetic shock wave, and ionizing radiation that characterized Dog and all subsequent shots. Helicopters poised for takeoff seven miles from the trenches, their dark blue coloration appearing ghostly white from the flash. The 1st Battalion was able to advance only 500 yards from the trenches and incinerated brush before it was turned back by dangerously radioactive fallout. Advancing from different positions, the 2nd Battalion maneuvered under the atomic cloud, churning tens of thousands of feet into the atmosphere, to the objective area 2000 yards from ground zero, their attack coinciding with that of a heliborne company lifted by H-19s, the first employment of helicopters in a nuclear warfare scenario. After inspecting the equipment and other exhibits subjected to the explosion, the Marines were tested, as before, and returned to Camp Desert Rock.
This exercise concluded Camp Lejeune’s participation in Desert Rock and the baptism of approximately 1250 of its troops as “Atomic Marines” but not the Marine Corps’ participation. West coast Marines provided ground and aviation elements to constitute the 3rd MCRAEB for DR VI (Operation Teapot) and shot “Bee,” an 8 kt device mounted on a 500-foot tower detonated on 22 March 1955. Also constituting the 4th MCPAEB for DR VII (Operation Plumbbob) and shot “Hood,” a 74 kt, balloon-tethered device elevated to 1500 feet and detonated on 5 July 1957. Hood was the largest atmospheric test conducted at the NTS. In addition to continuing to exercise and test the viability of employing helicopters in a nuclear environment, these latter exercises also first tested another Marine Corps innovation on an atomic battlefield, Close Air Support, this provided by Marine Attack Squadrons from the 3rd MAW.
Also present at DR VI and shot “Bee” was a uniquely task-organized and heavily augmented infantry battalion designated Marine Corps Test Unit No. 1 (MCTU #1). Activated at Camp Pendleton on 1 July 1954 by order of the Marine Commandant, its assigned mission was to study the problems associated with the restructuring and employment of a Marine division for heliborne operations in a nuclear warfare environment, based on the Corps’ newly developed, paradigm-changing doctrines. It operated concurrently with the 3rd MCPAEB also utilizing the available Corps’ aviation assets, and was deactivated on 19 June 1957 having completed a litany of directed projects attempting to address the unknowns associated with nuclear warfare. Concluding, somewhat optimistically before the long-term effects of ionizing radiation from fallout were fully appreciated, that operations within close proximity to a nuclear explosion were feasible.
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Nick's knives & swords are made from damascus steel: steel that is welded in layers, then twisted and forged into a blade. The end result is beautiful patterned steel - like the image used in the header of this page. He forge welds this steel himself from different combinations of iron, steel and other metals - the differences in the materials accounts for the light and dark areas in the final pattern.
Nick also makes armour for local SCA participants, mostly helmets. The helmets shown on the following page are made both for SCA combat and as decorative peices.
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Notes from Norm: Eyes Wide Shut on Iran
In October and November Iran tested two ballistic missiles capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
In December the United Nation’s announced that Iran violated a U.N. Security Council resolution prohibiting them specifically from such activities.
Russia and China dismissed the tests and the provocation and meaning behind them, and Iran once again declared its right to pretty much do whatever it wants – regardless of the objections of the United States and others concerned about its continued violation of international law.
The Obama Administration, so eager to see its nuclear agreement with Iran be implemented called the missile test “a serious matter that undermines regional stability.”
Whew! Tough words.
Mark Dubowitz, Executive Director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, described the Obama Administrations tepid response to the missile launch this way: “The administration is deeply concerned that the Iranians won't implement the agreement and that they'll walk away from the (nuclear) agreement…There is a deep reluctance on the part of the administration to impose sanctions for any violations.”
So reluctant is the Administration to hold Iran accountable for anything that in the morning on Wednesday, December 30th it informed Congress, according to CNN, that it “…would impose new financial penalties on nearly a dozen companies and individuals for their alleged role in developing Iran’s ballistic missile program…”
That same afternoon the Obama Administration delayed the penalties.
Democrats who supported the President’s Iran deal, like United States Senator Chris Coons, are shocked by the Administration’s lack of resolve in calling the question on Iran’s ballistic missile launch.
Coons stated that “I believe in the power of vigorous enforcement that pushes back on Iran’s bad behavior…” and that failure to do so means “…we invite Iran to cheat.”
Iran doesn’t need an invitation to cheat. It never has.
Nor does it feel compelled to live up to its promise to not cheat when it comes to existing international law – or for that matter, the Obama Administration’s ill-advised nuclear agreement with the country.
It is quite likely that the Obama Administration, facing threats from Iranian leaders, like the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni, backed down from imposing new penalties on Iran.
Khameni and other Iranian leaders insist that any new sanctions imposed by the United States – regardless of what reason (say, something like the launch of ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads) would violate the nuclear agreement promoted by the President and his allies.
What a great deal for Iran and its leaders. What a bad deal for the United States and its allies.
Roughly speaking, Iran, the most dangerous, powerful tyrannical regime in the Middle East – with a clear record of violating international law – inciting rebellion and instability in the region – and committed to a nuclear weapons program – has declared that anything the United States does with regard to sanctions for any reason is a violation of the nuclear agreement.
Consider this: This is the same Iran that proclaimed that the nuclear agreement was not a quid pro quo for rapprochement with the United States.
The fact that Iran still holds four Americans hostage makes it abundantly clear that they were serious about their position.
When President Obama convinced enough Democrats in Congress to support his ill-fated Iranian agreement he assured them – and America – that he would not hesitate to immediately hold Iran accountable if it continued to cheat and snub its nose at the international community.
Of the two parties that negotiated the Iran agreement only one of them has held up their end of the deal: Iran.
Iran kept telling the President and his Administration – and the world – exactly what it would and would not do.
It said it would agree to a nuclear agreement as long as it could continue its nuclear program.
Anything else was its business – hostage taking, terrorist recruitment and training, exporting terror and instability to other countries in the region, threats to Israel, complicity in killing American soldiers, launching ballistic missiles – all of these things and others were outside the boundaries of negotiations over its nuclear ambitions.
Furthermore, Iran got sanctions lifted – billions of dollars unfrozen to use to strengthen its military – and no permanent end to its ability to build a nuclear bomb in the future.
Despite overwhelming opposition from the American people, the President and his Democratic allies in Congress, pushed through the Iranian nuclear agreement – promising that they would hold Iran accountable for violating the letter and spirit of the agreement.
They pledged they would not allow Iran to cross the international community without paying a price for their cheating.
One has to wonder what the President and his allies believe to be a serious enough offense by Iran to live up to their promises and pledges to the American people.
It’s clear that Iran has lived up to every single one of its promises and pledges to do what it wants to do when it wants to do it.
In 2013 the Obama Administration said it was approaching nuclear negotiations with Iran with its eyes “absolutely wide open.”
Unfortunately, when it comes to holding Iran accountable for its multiple violations of UN security council resolutions and international law the Obama Administration’s eyes are wide shut.


Dad had three weapons that he carried. The
first two were issued to him. They were the Model
1911 Colt 45 semi auto pistol and the M1
Carbine. He was also given a 38 revolver by a Navy pilot (for
what reason, I've never found out). He carried the 45 on his hip,
the 38 in a shoulder holster and the Carbine was strapped inside his
According to him, the only times he ever used any of them was when they had to "bug-out". One of the stories I remember him telling was that one time he had 50 gal. drums of gasoline piled up and they had to be destroyed. He took out his 45 and fired 3 or 4 shots at them. The bullets bounced off! Big surprise! So he went and got the M1 Carbine from his jeep and with just a couple of shots the drums were exploding and burning.
He never had to use his side arms to defend himself or shot in anger. Although, if I remember the story correctly, they were harassed on numerous occasions by Japanese fighters who would strafe
the field and drop any unused ordinance on their way home. Their distractions would interrupt important things like dinner. On a few occasions Dad and one or two other guys would jump into the jeep and head for the cemetery on the hill where they had a trench with a 50 Cal. set up. They would fire at the planes but never seemed to be able to hit them.
Dad always regretted not bring his weapons home. As the story goes, when the Liberty ship was getting close to Seattle everyone was instructed to throw their weapons over board. My Dad followed orders. When he disembarked he noticed that most of the other guys had kept their weapons and no one was stopping them from taking them home.


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January 18th 2012
On December 4th, flying about 140 miles (225 kilometres) inside Iran’s border, on a clandestine surveillance mission to spy on Iran’s nuclear sites, was a hi-tech unmanned secret aircraft, able to fly undetected at altitudes as high as 50,000 feet. Then, the very thing that was not supposed to happen … happened. The pilot controlling the remote controlled plane lost contact with the bat-winged stealth plane.
UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) are programmed to fly back to their base if they lose radio contact. If there were a malfunction, the drone would have either returned to base or crashed, which would have destroyed the aircraft.
Neither happened. The Sentinel drone is in perfect condition. The Iranian Air Force has put it on display in all its gleaming glory. Already Chinese and Russian military intelligence officials have visited the display.
Iran displays the super secret Sentinel Stealth Drone in public
It is believed the RQ-170 Sentinel Stealth Drone, considered the perfect spy plane, was carrying sophisticated sensors that the Iranian military would love to get their hands on. These include communications encryption apparatus, hyper spectral imaging systems and refined nuclear particle detectors.
Now this surveillance technology is in the hands of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, the very people that were being spied on.
In an interview with the Iranian Fars News Agency, The Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, Major-General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said that the Iranian Army’s electronic warfare unit suspected the drone would enter Iranian airspace and followed it before electronically hijacking it over Kashmar in northeastern Iran.
He confirmed that the drone was brought down by being hijacked remotely and landed under Iranian control, saying, “After entering the country's eastern space the plane was caught in an electronic ambush by the armed forces and it was brought down on the land with minimum damage.”
President Obama sent a formal request asking Iran to return the high tech airplane.
Tehran has decided to comply with the request to return a Sentinel stealth drone.
According to Moqawama.org Iranian radio reported that a toy model will be sent to White House.
Tehran has decided to comply with the request to return a Sentinel stealth drone. Not the original downed drone, but a replica model … a toy.
Iranian radio reported that this toy model will be sent to White House.
The report said “The model will be one eightieth the size of the original aircraft,” adding, “the models will also be sold on the Iranian marked for about 70,000 rials.” That is approximately $4 each.


Russian officials have again raised the possibility of retrieving tons of nuclear trash from the bottom of the Arctic Ocean – only to confess just as quickly that they don’t have the money to do it.
Discussions of what to do about thousands of containers of radioactive waste, nuclear reactors, pieces of irradiated debris, and two entire nuclear submarines languishing at the bottom of Russia’s northern seas come up a few times a year and are routinely abandoned just as quickly.
But they, nonetheless, raise interesting questions about what, precisely, is there, and about what kind of a minefield it creates for Russia’s Arctic oil drilling ambitions, to which the country has long hitched its economic future.
Between 1965 and 1972, Russia’s nuclear navy intentionally sank some 17,000 tons of solid radioactive waste, the K-27 nuclear submarine, 14 reactors from other submarines, 19 ships containing nuclear waste, and 735 pieces of heavily irradiated equipment from a variety of nuclear powered vessels, including the iconic nuclear icebreaker Lenin.
And that doesn’t count what got there by mistake – which includes another submarine, the K-159 that went down in 2003 while being towed through heavy weather and which has been the subject of abortive retrieval discussions of its own.
The full scale of the carcinogenic cache of nuclear cast offs was revealed to Norwegian authorities in 2012, and it has been the subject of on-again-off-again Russian government attention ever since.


Nearly 1,000 atomic bomb tests were detonated in the Nevada Test Site in the Nevada Desert from 1951 until 1992. Many of the test were conducted at night resulting in a 'premature dawn' seen in these pictures taken on various dates. Some casinos also hosted “dawn parties” encouraging visitors to view the tests.
Postcards advertising the view of the detonations.
The January 1951 AEC flyer announcing the first atmospheric atomic test series at the Nevada Bombing and Gunnery Range.


Published on January 10th, 2016.
The pocket knife dates back to the first century when the Romans invent it. It was a handy utility tool with endless uses such as cutting cloth, meat, and many other uses or just whittling a piece of wood. However, the pocket knife slowly gave way to the sheath knife as a more favorable alternative. It wasn’t until the 16th century that the folding pocket knife began making a comeback. It became so popular that men of all walks were carrying one including businessmen, farmers, lawyers to name a few. The versatile pocket knife was once again being used for a variety of jobs, even eating on the go.
Throughout American history, the Pocket knife has been an essential tool carried by soldiers and sailors. During the American Revolution, New Hampshire and New York required their militias to carry pocket knives. George Washington had one on his person at all times. The pocket knife became standard issue for American GIs during WWII.
Though men have been carrying pocket knives for centuries, modern times have seen an increase in security in airports and a variety of buildings which has led to the disappearing pocketknife. But such minor obstacles should not be reason enough to stop carrying the reliable pocket knife altogether.
A pocket knife used to be as essential to a man as his wallet and keys. How many times have you been in a situation where you wished you had a knife. The following are just a few instances of how handy a pocket knife really is.
Use a pocket knife for:
- 1. A box opener.
- 2. Cutting string, tape or rope.
- 3. Slicing fruit especially apples and eating them by slicing it into pieces and eat them off the blade, safely of course.
- 4. You can use your finger to open a letter like most, but why when a pocket knife is so much more convenient.
- 5. As a weapon though not the most effective, but it’s better than nothing.
- 6. Camping is where a pocketknife is a must have. Sharpening a stick to a point for stabbing your prey (meaning your hot dog) is a must.
The three common designs of pocket knives are the multi-purpose knife having scissors, can openers, tweezers, leather punchers, and even screwdrivers, the jack knife has a hinge at one end with two or more blades and the pen knife has hinges on both ends of the handle with multiple blades. Choosing the right pocket knife is simply based on your needs.


So the “Bang” in an atomic bomb comes from the energy produced in nuclear reactions. A small amount of matter is turned into a vast amount of explosive energy. The famous equation by Einstein, E=MC^2 , explains this. It says that Energy and Mass are the same and that a little bit of mass contains a lot of energy. So what mass is inside an atomic bomb? Well different bombs have different elements inside them, but it is usually uranium or plutonium, The US dropped an atomic bomb of both types on Japan (uranium on Hiroshima, plutonium on Nagasaki) at the end of world war II.
There are also atomic bombs that used nuclear fusion (the ones above use nuclear fission) which contain isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium). These are sometimes known as hydrogen bombs.
During the cold war, the Russians detonated one of the biggest hydrogen bombs ever, the “Tsar Bomba”. Soon after, every one realised that we had enough bombs to wipe out every one on the planet many times over. That is probably when people started thinking about controlling “nuclear proliferation” (letting every one have nuclear bombs)


During W.W II the German military made extensive use of radio. One of the key elements of the Blitzkrieg was the co-ordination of armour, air power, artillery and infantry, and radio was the perfect medium for this co-ordination. The German victory over Poland in 1939 illustrated how intermedate communication between land and air units could more effectively defeat an enemy. However, it was the success of the panzer troops in France and Russia that showed how indispensable radio had become in armoured warfare. A brief review of their opponents' failures will help to show the advantage radio gave to the German panzer
As noted , command vehicles had additional radios which allowed them to receive a broader range of frequencies. For example, information from the Luftwaffe would be received by the company leaders tank on the command set and then relayed to all other tanks via the standard tank radio set. This helped to organise the radio communication and prevent one unit from accidentally interfering with the communications of another
Also included in the family of special armoured radio vehicles were armoured half-tracks, along with four, six and eight wheeled armoured cars. These vehicles were equipped with a variety of radio sets, depending upon their objective. They initially had a large frame antenna but later versions used the less conspicuous mast antenna. Perhaps the most versatile armoured radio vehicle was the half-track SdKfz 251. While all models of this vehicle were radio equipped, several versions had special radio equipment.
Going wireless was the only long distance way to communicate effectively with airships, aeroplanes, mobile land vehicles, ships and submarines.The beginning of radio was rather heavy – literally speaking. In 1914 a German "heavy mobile radio station" consisted of 2 cavalry officers, 34 other staff, 30 horses, 3 vessels, 1 motor vehicle, and the station itself had a weight of 1.5 tons.It took the Germans twenty more years to create lightweight and mobile devices for wireless communication. In 1934, General Erich Fellgiebel, the commander of the German Army Signal Corps16, started the development of radio receivers for tanks. He decided to develop devices for very high frequencies – hitherto unused for communication purposes. In general, it was assumed that the signals of electro-magnetic waves with wavelengths below 10 meters propagate in straight line only within the limits of direct visibility and are therefore of no use in the battle field. It took many experiments to proof that electromagnetic waves of very high frequency could be used for communication purposes on short distance (3-4km).In 1939 the German rapidely make radio equipments,better than other country in the world.New tubes,new ceramic matrials etc, let the German produce small effectively radioset.They make later in the war 1942 radioset working on UHF (400Mhz band) very difficult on this time.
Already in 1934 the Germans decided to add VHF-radio receivers to each tank. The tanks of commanders were equipped with transmitters. The radio transmitters of commanders of smaller groups had a range of 3-4 km, while the regimental commanders had radio transmitters with a range of 30-40 km in motion, and of 120km in stationary mode with a larger antenna. Probably due to the traditional one-way command structure in the early stages of VHF radio the tanks did not have any horizontal links between them nor any feedback ability to the commander.
"German forces were much more adept at operating in chaotic environments where other armoured forces were lost in confusion.Guderian was also among the first to operate from a command car equipped with several radios in order to allow his subordinates to operate faster and further than an army had ever operated before".
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When it comes to the AR-15, the charging handle is an essential component that should not be overlooked. The charging handle is what allows the user to manually cycle the firearm in order to load and eject ammunition. Without a high-quality charging handle, the AR-15 will not function properly, if at all. That’s why it is important to understand the value of a quality charging handle when it comes to an AR-15. In this blog post, we will discuss why a charging handle matters for your AR-15.
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If you are an AR-15 enthusiast, you understand the importance of having a quality charging handle. Not only does it allow for faster and easier loading of the firearm, but it also improves the overall experience of using your rifle. A good quality charging handle, like those offered by www.gunbuilders.com, allows for smooth operation and ensures that your rounds chamber properly. This is especially true if you have modifications or additions to your AR-15 such as a scope or forward grip. The handle allows for a better grip on the rifle when cycling through ammunition or when making quick adjustments in a tactical situation. Additionally, the ergonomic design of a quality charging handle makes it easier to manipulate and use for extended periods of time without feeling fatigued.
When choosing a charging handle for your AR-15, it’s important to consider how it will affect the functionality of your gun. A quality charging handle can improve the way your AR-15 operates in several ways. For instance, a good charging handle with an extended latch can allow for quicker and smoother reloads, especially when you’re wearing gloves or trying to do it one-handed. It can also make the action of locking and unlocking the bolt more efficient and reliable.
When it comes to selecting a charging handle for your AR-15, durability is an important factor to consider. A quality charging handle from a reputable gun builder such as www.gunbuilders.com can ensure that your rifle will stay reliable for many years to come. Quality charging handles are constructed from materials such as aluminum and steel, which are far more resistant to corrosion and wear than the plastic ones commonly found in entry-level rifles. Additionally, many charging handles are finished with a durable anodized coating that further improves the handle’s longevity and ensures smooth operation of the action. Investing in a quality charging handle from www.gunbuilders.com is an easy way to improve the longevity of your AR-15, as well as its performance.


The Winter 2015 issue will follow closely upon the heels of Autumn 2015. It opens with Issue Editor Jack Herris’ “Friedrichshafen Torpedo Bombers,” a comprehensive review of the Friedrichshafen Company’s conversion of land airplanes into floatplane aircraft for torpedo bombing. The principal types were the FF35, FF41A, FF41AT and FF53 and Herris provides all the details of their development histories and final specifications as well as scale drawings and numerous photos of the types. This article adds to our knowledge of some of the more obscure aircraft developed in Germany that nevertheless played a role in World War aviation.
Ron Kinter tells us how the aircraft above were employed during the war in “An Operational History of the Friedrichshafen Torpedo Bombers.” Drawing from original sources, Kintner describes how they were sometimes put to very imaginative uses – including an attack on the Russian torpedo boat, Stroini – in the Baltic during the closing months of the war. A detailed listing of each torpedo bomber in frontline service and the stations and crews that employed them is given along with supplemental photographs, all of which helps complete the story of the Friedrichshafen torpedo bombers.
“Night Fighters,” by Jack Herris, takes a look at another lesser-known chapter of World War I aviation and traces Great Britain’s development and use of fighter aircraft to hunt German airships. Many aircraft types were modified and tried against German raiders, sometimes with spectacular success. As usual, Herris supplies numerous photographs of the unique aircraft which sported a wide array of armament in their effort to bring down the high-flying airships. Among the highlights are triplane and quadraplane (!) designs as well as a SPAD 11 that mounted a large spotlight in front of its propeller.
“You’re The Boss!,” assembled by Aaron Weaver, is the transcript of an informal discussion between the late Howard Nickel and German aviator Rudolf Hunze, who was a combat pilot with Feldflieger-Abteilung 8 and Flieger-Abteilung (Artillerie) 278 from 1916 until the end of the war. Hunze reminisced about his wartime experiences and offered information that only those who manned the cockpit in those days would have known.
Peter Fedders, PhD, examines the validity of certain aircraft claims in “An Assessment of American Air Combat Victory Claims in 1918.” Fedders provides a detailed list of some of the American claims in the closing months of the war, including latitude and longitude identifications, and compares them against German records that noted lost or missing aircraft. The study’s conclusions appear to be highly supportable and may surprise some of our readers.
League President Michael O’Neal brings us up to date on the League’s membership in “Between The Lines” and offers suggestions on how those members can help increase their number.
“Mentioned in Despatches” displays some additional photographs of the Albatros C.XV that were provided by German historian Volker Koos right after the Autumn 2015 issue’s article on the type went to press.
As part of our continuing service to our readers,“Between the Bookends” gives detailed publication reviews (by Peter Kilduff, Dick Bennett, Carl Bobrow, Jon Guttman, David Layton, Steve Ruffin, Jim Streckfuss and Dan Turner) of 18 recent publications centered on World War I aviation.


I was Tau they were Blood Angels. I had
- 12 fire warrior strike team + cadre fireblade + two gun drones + tactical support turret
- 10 fire warrior breacher team + guardian drone in a devilfish
- hammerhead w/ ion cannon
- piranha w/ fusion blaster and 2 seeker missiles
- 6 stealth suits 2 w/ fusion blasters and target locks and 4 with burst cannons
- 3 crisis suits w/ two plasma rifles each with a buffmander w/ a flamer and stim injector and 2 shield drones
- 6 pathfinders
- 2 tactical squads both with five dudes. One with two plasma guns and one with two flamers. Each was inside METAL BOXES
- 3 bikes
- two squads of I can't remember what they're called but they have angel wings and jump packs and are really good at melee and they can deep strike whenever he wants to instead of having to roll for it and they can assault after deep striking and they only scatter 1D6 after deep striking and I fucking hate them
- one of those squads had Dante in them he's kind of a big deal. He has 4 wounds, a 2+ armour save, a jetpack and he tears absolutely everything to bits in close combat
- A librarian dreadnought in a droppod
I deployed the pathfinders and strike team into a large ruin that was half way inside my deployment zone. I deployed the vehicles, including the breacher team in their transport, next to the building. Crisis suits and commander were held in reserve (I had the commander trait that they wouldn't scatter)
He deployed one rhino in each corner of the map behind some buildings with the bikes near the rhino with the plasma dudes in it (those were the ones closer to my vehicles.
I infiltrated my stealth suits far away from my main army near his rhino filled with flamers.
Then I had my first turn
First thing first my stealth suits moved up to their designated rhino and laid into it. The fusion blasters did a lot of damage and then the burst cannons finished it off by glancing it to death. The tactical squad escaped out unscathed and rallied in the direction of my suits. My stealth team tried to jetpack away and fucked it up, only moving 3", well within assault range for the tactical squad next turn.
On the side of the board my pathfinders took up residence in the first floor of the ruined building so they could provide markerlight support to everyone else. They stayed up there for the rest of the mission. My strike team took up residence in the ground floor, staying inside for cover for now.
My vehicles cautiously advanced a little, keeping close to the building I had taken up as my home base. The pathfinders miraculously managed to snap shoot two markerlights onto the surviving enemy rhino. The piranha used these to unload its two seeker missiles on it (doesn't require line of sight if fired with markerlights!) and heavily damaged it. The devilfish and hammerhead then both unloaded their smart missiles on it to finish it off (also don't need line of sight :D). Now transportless the tactical squads would have to walk, with very little cover, towards a position I was quickly fortifying.
On the enemy's first turn he tried to droppod the dreadnought directly on top of my vehicles but luckily it scattered the maximum possible distance away from me. It advanced and did an aura attack that damaged my piranha and my hammerhead and advanced towards my hammerhead.
The bikes started moving down the flank (closing in on my piranha and devilfish) while the tactical squad near them advance slowly.
The other tactical squad charged my stealth suits and locked them into a melee, killing two stealth suits and losing one marine in the first turn of it.
My piranha motors ahead to flank the dreadnought and hit it its side armour while by hammerhead backs away from it. Both unload into it with some markerlight support from my pathfinders. They blow off one of the arms but don't kill it. My fire warriors, unable to damage it with any of their weapons, sit in place so they can deploy their tactical support turret (another source of smart missiles).
My devilfish advances to intercept the bikers and takes some smart missile pot shots at the tactical squad, taking out one of them.
The other tactical squad wipes out my stealth suits, but they've been delayed long enough and are so far away from the main battle that they never end up taking part in the mission beyond this point. For that matter neither does the other tactical squad (my opponent later said he intentionally kept them away at this point onwards so he couldn't get board-wiped, which is an instant loss)
Not a good turn for me. With me having failed to hold off the dreadnought it successfully assaults my hammerhead and tears it appart with its claws, causing it to explode. The bikes round the corner to finally reach my vehicles and are able to assault my pirahna and ram it to death. All of my anti-vehicle units are now destroyed.
My commander finally arrives from deep strike, landing behind the dreadnought as his crisis team blow the shit out of it from behind, finishing it off and getting revenge for my fallen vehicle crews.
The devilfish pulls up beside the enemy bikes and unloads my breacher team on top of them. To my dismay they only manage to kill two out of three of the bikes, the last one managing to avoid point blank goddamn shotguns because of his jink save. Thankfully some of my other fire warriors can shoot from inside the building they're in and are able to finish off the last one. I now hold my base again uncontested with his two tactical squads split up on opposite sides of the board far away from each other.
My commander's squad then jetpack moves his squad into some rough terrain in the hopes that it might help hold off an assault.
So then that fucker Dante lands in with the other angel dude squad. Both of them assault my commander's squad, the difficult terrain doing nothing to hold them off. Six plasma guns, a flamer, three pulse blaster, two pulse carbines and a pulse rifle gets fired into them in a desperate attempt to overwatch. It takes out one man from dante's squad and two from the other one. My commander's squad, unsurprisingly, gets completely wiped out. Dante's unit regroups towards my breacher team, the other unit towards my strike team.
No prizes for guessing what happens this turn. I shoot things. My striker team pours out of the building so they can bring every gun to bear on the squad running at them. They do not survive the weight of 11 pulse rifles and 2 pulse carbines at close range. The pulse blasters are brought against dante. He survives with one of his squad members.
My devilfish is also still alive and I move it away to capture a tactical objective to get some victory points.
Dante splits up from his one surviving squadmate split up into two separate units. This means they can charge my breacher team separately and my breachers can only overwatch fire at one of them. The non-dante charges first and dies a shotgun-y death. Dante himself charges and then routs and wipes out the squad of 10 men and 1 drone by himself.
The other squad is not so lucky when it charges my striker team gunline. It is wiped out and my remaining fire warriors are safe.
On my turn my fire warriors remain stationary. Because of the fireblade this means they can all shoot twice. Dante dies under sheer weight of dice as each of my 11 rifles shoots him four times.
I also move the devilfish up to the enemy table edge to secure another objective and victory point.
On my opponent's last turn he tries to get his plasma tactical squad (remember those guys?) to assault and destroy my devilfish, as I have now moved it quite close to them, in order to get an objective point of his own, which he fails at. Good thing for me he didn't as we called it a game there and I won by a single victory point - 8 against 7


The best airsoft gun combo is not the one with the highest FPS. If you want high-impact shooting, high-speed distance and powerful hand-to-hand combat skills, the combination is more than enough. It’s all about how you use it.
There are advantages and disadvantages to fast and slow. Fast airsoft guns have a shorter range and a higher rate of fire. The range is useful in close-quarter shooting, where shots must be fired quickly. In long-range combat, however, you may find yourself using slow weaponry. The best airsoft gun combo will have both speed and firepower, which are different from the speed and firepower. The best airsoft guns come with both speed and firepower. And you should always be wary of buying guns that offer low power without being high speed.
The most important thing for indoor play is the gun’s ability to be fired accurately. When you’re playing a sport, you’re trying to score points. And no point is higher than accuracy.
You will need a good pair of sights and a good sight picture if you want fast airsoft guns. However, if you’re playing in an indoor field and need to kill people as quickly as possible, you may be able to forget the looks at accuracy. Accuracy is the only thing you can’t compromise on. If you’re going to play outdoors and you’re the type of person who wants to kill people as quickly as possible, you’ll want faster and better airsoft guns. The fastest and best airsoft guns are not the ones with the highest FPS.
Speed is only part of the equation. Since you can only do so much damage when you’re in close range, you should aim for the center of the target. A sniper with a sniper rifle with a low-angle sight is a great choice. The best airsoft guns come with a scope, but that is usually not enough. A scope may help you hit things at longer ranges, but the best airsoft guns do more than just help you hit targets. They give you more options.
Many people buy a paintball gun or a shotgun or a sniper rifle and get them confused. A paintball gun only goes so far. No matter how large the tank is, you’re only going to get a few hits before the tank blows up. Accuracy is the main factor. The best airsoft guns give you both speed and firepower. These are things that you need to know.
When you’re looking for the best airsoft guns, do some research and figure out what you need to shoot at. Find out what kind of field you plan to play in and the difference between fast and slow guns. The best airsoft gun combo will give you both speed and firepower. The speed, however, will help you see where you are and where the other player is. On the other hand, the firepower of the best airsoft guns will allow you to get into an engagement and get some killing done, fast and deadly. Read more about a real airsoft gun.


Black Scout Reviews – Mora Bushcraft Survival Black Knife
In this episode, we review the Bushcraft Black knife from Mora Knives. We do some batoning as well as other tests to give you some examples of how this knife will perform. Thanks for watching and please subscribe if you haven't done so!
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since the beginning of humanity, warfare has existed. The man has searched for new and improved ways to harm his fellow
man in order to impose his will upon his enemies. As long as man has developed
weapons, he has simultaneously produced armour;
protective clothing that would deflect or cushion the blow of a weapon. The
first weapons were the fist and the club.
The first type of armour was made from
animal skins piled on top of each other to absorb the smack of a club. Warriors
of ancient Rome and medieval Europe covered their torsos in metal plates before
going into battle. From the
use of leather on Grecian shields, layered silk in ancient Japan, to chain mail
and suits of armour in the Middle-Ages,
personnel protection has sought to protect the wearer from the corresponding
advances in armaments.
crude and unsophisticated armour of the
Romans to the medieval knights of the Middle Ages established a trend towards armour modernization.
Gunpowder ended the development of armour
for centuries until the famous Australian ‘bushranger’ Ned Kelly introduced
effective armour in the 1850s. World War
II and the Korean War were a renaissance for body armour.1 Technological innovation and combat experimentation firmly
re-established the requirement for effective body armour.
many years the textile industry has focused attention and committed resources
to technology for developing new materials to improve performance, comfort,
efficiency, durability, and reliability
of body armour. The development of high strength, high-modulus fibres in the 1960s ushered a new era of body armour that offered protection against small
arms munitions and is capable of absorbing enormous amounts of energy quickly
enough to change what would normally be a lethal wound into a bruise. Textile armours are by far the newest and most
revolutionary materials in the body armour
field today. Research and development through
the last decades have resulted in ‘state of the art’ body armour in the hands of the military, police and
security personnel, and gives an extra measure of confidence and protection
with minimal impairment of their mobility on the battlefield.


The space plane is a future aircraft, the aircraft can take off like an ordinary aircraft level to 16,000 -3 10,000 km per hour speed
Flight within the atmosphere, and accelerated into the Earth's orbit can become a space shuttle; return to the atmosphere, the butter, as the aircraft landed at the airport, a free round-trip transportation between heaven and earth, people call it space plane.
China has successfully flight air and space fighter prototype. Born in 1970, Wang Chun, in July 1992 at the Nanjing Aeronautical Institute, graduated University of Defense Technology in 2006 to obtain master's degree in aerospace engineering, served as the Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute of Design Research wing group of designers, deputy head of the professional , aerospace technical design, the general assembly deputy director of laboratory, head of air and space technology, space technology and is currently in Design Research Laboratory near space vehicle director general, senior engineer.
Wang Chun full participation in the test prototype of the design, the general assembly, flight test, and overall project management for the development of a subsystem, presided over the completion of the emergency isolation system design, installation, ground tests and aircraft ground tests, achieving a spacecraft stage separation technology in the successful application of aviation products, for the demonstration flight test completed as planned and laid a solid security foundation. His skillful, good management, in the "Eleventh Five-Year" led the work of the average age of less than 30 years of a young team, undertook a comprehensive test prototype design work completed in just four years, the overall design, the overall assembly, and as a prototype command and field hosted and participated in flight test, the prototype made major contributions toward the successful first flight. He took part in the design of aircraft, with the new concept, layout and space combined with new features, breaking the overall structure, environmental control heat integration design, rapid changes in focus and the focus of matching a wide range of changes in design technology, the harsh heat all aircraft under multi-band integrated conformal antenna design, the whole machine integrated design payload to fill the gap.
Space fighter powerful than nuclear weapons also
April 22 Air Force successfully launched the first aircraft X-37B reusable unmanned space plane flight. Outsiders suspected, X-37B may be developed by the U.S. space fighter is taking shape, it will be possible in two hours of the attacks on any target on Earth, more dangerous than nuclear bombs. Space fighter once successfully developed, would the U.S. really build a "global fight against the two-hour Circle", which greatly enhance the U.S. deterrent capability. Swedish military experts say, the U.S. development of space planes, that mankind will enter the "era of space weapons," which is also dangerous than nuclear weapons


The Pantex Plant, located northeast of Amarillo, Texas, is the nation’s primary facility for the final assembly, dismantlement and maintenance of nuclear weapons. Pantex is one of six production facilities in the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Nuclear Security Enterprise.
Pantex Plant has several national security missions that protect our country and our allies around the world. Providing the nuclear deterrent for our nation and allies, ensuring our stockpile is strong and viable, reducing the total nuclear weapons in the stockpile, and supporting the stockpile as the High Explosives Center of Excellence are key activities at this historic site.
In meeting the country’s evolving nuclear security needs, Pantex has developed unique skills and acquired a wealth of experience that benefit the nation and world. Expertise in science-based product evaluation, materials science, precision manufacturing, applied manufacturing technology, nuclear nonproliferation, data-driven operations management, and the handling of nuclear materials has spurred scientific research and sparked innovation.
Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC manages and operates the facility along with the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee under a single contract from the U.S. Department of Energy/NNSA.


Pistol crossbows Unsafe Goods Notice
This notice prohibits the supply of Ninja pistol and Barnett Phantom crossbows, and any pistol crossbow that doesn't have a safety catch on the firing mechanism.
Unsafe Goods (Pistol Crossbows) Notice 1988 Prohibited indefinitely
This notice prohibits the supply of:
- the Ninja pistol crossbow
- the Barnett Phantom crossbow
- any pistol crossbow that doesn't have a safety-catch on the firing mechanism.
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Сайт танкового музея в Сомюре на русском языке / Web-pages about Saumur tank museum (in Russian)
Additional helpful information for collectors and reenactors (in English)
- Soviet tank units uniform and insignias
- WW2 Red army infantry (or tank descent) summer uniform model 1943 for private
The main activity of the Saumur tank museum Russian friends are concerning about the development the Russian (Soviet) section, including the WW2 and Cold War soviet tank crew uniform, militaria and insignias.
Our goal: to provide all Saumur tank museum Soviet exhibits by the authentic uniforms and to create the tank/ Assault Guns/ Artillery/ Infantry/ paratroopers exhibition dedicated to WW2 and Cold War.
We provide also the information about the Red Army (1918-1946), Soviet Army (1946-1991) and Russian Army (since 1992) uniforms and insignias, mostly of AV troops
Some helpful information about Russian tank uniform (Saumur museum and Russian friends collection):
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Using the correct ammunition may seem like a no brainer. But recently while I was at the range (not teaching for a change) I notice a guy having trouble with his firearm. So I asked if he needed any help and he replied “I bought a bad batch of ammunition”. Seeing that the box was that of a major brand I asked him what the problem was. He said that the ammunition was not made right and he has to forcefully jam it into the gun. A lot of red flags went up for me at this point so I asked if I could take a look at the gun he was using. The gun was a Walther PPKS. This is a gun in caliber 380. On the side of the gun says 9mm Kurz. The box of ammunition was 9mm. Without out understanding what the correct ammunition his gun took he purchased the wrong caliber, I explained the difference to him and after a thank you and a laugh he left the range to go buy the correct ammunition.
This is a common mistake with this model firearm. Please remember if you are using force to load your firearms something is not correct.


It was in September 2015 when the Indian Air Force (IAF) inked a multi-billion dollar deal with the US Defence giant Boeing to supply 22 choppers to India. The choppers in question are US-made Apache AH-64E(I), widely considered the most "fierce attack helicopters in the world". And, on Friday, eight out of the 22 Apache attack helicopters joined the IAF fleet in Pathankot.
At the Pathankot Air Force station, the first squadron was raised with a priest performing rituals in front of one of the helicopters, followed by a water cannon salute (a traditional salute that is being followed since ages to honour military veterans, foreign dignitaries and new airline services).
Talking about what makes these choppers lethal, Air Force chief BS Dhanoa said at the event, "It is one of the most fierce attack helicopters in the world. It is capable of performing many missions. Today with the induction of Apache AH-64E, the Indian Air Force has upgraded its inventory to the latest generation of attack helicopters."
Take a look at the Apache:
#NewInduction: Glimpses of AH-64E Apache attack helicopter's maiden flight at AFS Hindan.— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) September 2, 2019
The helicopter is planned to be inducted into the IAF on 03 Sep 19 at AFS Pathankot. pic.twitter.com/UYiSrEfOsg
The AH-64 Apache is the world’s most advanced multi-role combat helicopter and is used by the US Army and a growing number of international defence forces. Boeing has delivered more than 2,200 Apaches to customers around the world since the helicopter entered production.
The Apache has been in service since 1984 with over 2,100 machines produced. The version that India is purchasing is the latest Block III configuration that the US first got in 2011. A total of 22 choppers are being bought for $1.4 billion.
“With its mast-mounted Longbow millimetric wave radar, the Apache will open up the tactical battlefield like never before. Besides the TOW (tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided) anti-tank missiles that it carries, its ability to transmit and receive the battlefield picture (from and to other weapon systems) through data-link make it a very lethal acquisition,” Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur (retd), additional DG, Centre for Air Power Studies, had told a leading media daily earlier this year.
The Apache comes loaded with fire-and-forget Hellfire missiles (a type of missile which does not require further guidance after launch). They can also prioritise threats by tracking up to 128 targets in a minute.
Reportedly, the Apache helicopters might replace the Russian origin Mi-35 that India has been using for years, which are now on the verge of being retired. While the Mi-35 was seen as an assault chopper that was designed to carry troops into heavily-defended territories, the Apache, on the other hand, is a dedicated lethal attack chopper.
The statement issued by the defence ministry said, “The addition of AH-64 E (I) helicopter is a significant step towards modernisation of Indian Air Force’s helicopter fleet. The helicopter has the capability to carry out precision attacks at standoff ranges and operate in hostile airspace with threats from ground. The ability of these helicopters, to transmit and receive the battlefield picture, to and from the weapon systems through data networking makes it a lethal acquisition. These attack helicopters will provide a significant edge in any future joint operations in support of land forces."
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As Washington and Iran celebrated a nuclear deal that many see as a historic step forward for relations between both countries, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to social media to repeat what’s becoming an increasingly tired refrain: that peace with Iran spells impending doom for Israel and will lead to widespread suffering in the Middle East.
On Tuesday, world leaders reached an agreement that brings an end to lengthy negotiations with Iran over its controversial nuclear program. The deal seeks to limit Iran’s ability to produce a nuclear bomb for at least the next 15 years while still allowing the country to continue low-level enrichment necessary for nuclear power generation. To uphold the agreement, international inspectors would have increased, but not unlimited, access to Iranian nuclear facilities. In return, Iranians can look forward to a gradual easing of sanctions that have had a brutal effect on their economy.
While Iranians celebrated the deal, Netanyahu took it as an opportunity to repeat a militaristic message that’s been Israel’s main talking point since before the prime minister’s controversial speech to Congress.


For the hammers thrown by the Hammer Suit power-up, see Hammer Suit.
NPC / Enemy
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- The hammers are thrown by both NPCS. Modifying the hammer affects both.
- If you code the hammers so they become invisible and friendly, you can make hammer-less versions of the NPCs above.
- Hammers are projectiles, and can be found in the secret "Lakitus throwing lakitus" projectile tab.
- The hammers that Mario and Luigi throw are different NPCs.


Prior to joining ULA in 2014, Bruno served as the vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Strategic and Missile Defense Systems, a leading provider of ballistic missile and ballistic missile defense systems to the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.K. Royal Navy and Ministry of Defence. Programs he supervised included the Navy’s Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) and the Air Force’s intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Reentry Systems. He also managed Lockheed Martin’s responsibilities in Atomic Weapons Establishment Management Ltd., a joint venture that produces and safely maintains the U.K.’s nuclear weapons.
Since joined Lockheed Martin in 1984, he has held a number of leadership and engineering positions involving design and analysis of control systems for rockets and hypersonic reentry vehicles. He holds several patents.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the California Polytechnic State University, in San Luis Obispo, Calif., and has completed graduate courses and management programs at Harvard University, Santa Clara University, the Wye River Institute, San Jose State University and the Defense Acquisition University.
Bruno is a companion of the Naval Order of the United States, a member of the Navy League and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. He served on the National Blue Ribbon Panel for Bettering Engineering & Science Education and as Chairman of the Diversity Council of Lockheed Martin Space Systems.
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Ammunition price is one of the largest aspects for individuals not training with their chosen firearms because it directly correlates with exactly how typically you go to the variety. If you can’t manage to shoot something that is virtually two dollars per round, you won’t shoot typically. In regards to searching, the 6.8 SPC is rather efficient in cleanly taking any type of medium sized video game in North America. These are pets like feral hogs, antelope, white, and black tail deer. Actually, at the muzzle there is a boost of energy by 40% in the 6.8 SPC over the 5.56.
Today it’s nearly solely utilized in AR systems as well as is increasing in popularity in private shooting sporting activities. The very first major manufacturer to use a 6.8 mm Remington SPC-chambered version of the AR-15 was Barrett Firearms Business, providing the Barrett M468 and later the REC7. By 2007, many major producers of AR-15-type rifles for the noncombatant gun market were offering rifles in this quality. Dedicated AR top receiver settings up chambered for the round are produced by a number of smaller companies, including Daniel Protection. Ruger Firearms no more generates a 6.8 mm for their Ruger SR-556 piston-driven AR-15 variation.
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The projectiles range in weight from 90 grains as much as 130, and take a. 277 ″ bullet. Precision describes the ability of the weapon to hit its target continually. Some weapons perform best with particular tons while others choke up. For that reason, it is very important to check various tons to figure out which load creates the most exact results.
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In 2010 the Jordanian state-owned arms supplier KADDB announced that they would certainly be generating 6.8 mm rifles and carbines for the Jordanian Army. The manufacturing facility ammunition you are most likely to buy at the store is really still the very first generation of 6.8 specifications because they never got the permission from SAAMI. This means that any rifle you acquire today will certainly shoot right stuff you buy in the shop just fine, but will likewise be able to shoot hotter hand lots you might fill on your own. Though, I would certainly consider it to be more detailed in feeling to the 223 chambered AR. In general, the 6.8 SPCII I have on lending for review from Palmetto State Armory is a positive rifle to shoot for long periods of time.
So calculating how much 6.8 SPC costs to fire is a bit much more tough than it would have been this moment in 2014. You can expect to pay in between 90 cents per round as well as $1.75 per round for factory ammunition. Please note that this graph features various info than we have on our rifle ballistics chart which will be obtaining updated at some time in the near future. These numbers are done from a 16 ″ barrel utilizing the Hornady 120 grain SST, among my faves, and the red-tipped one visualized. Remington rushed the release of this cartridge and also ended up messing up the whole thing for army usage. 6.8 spc ammo They could not support the chamber stress and needed to fill them to lower, reducing ability.
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Commercial cartridges differed in case capacity as well as density, however LWRC wanted a thick and long lasting case for military uses. A 90 gr (5.8 g) load was created especially for a high muzzle rate and low really felt detest the Six8’s 8.5 in barrel. Reliable variety is over 300 yd as well as the bullet still has adequate power to pass through intermediate barriers. Three 90 gr loads were built for screening that included Gold Dot, Monolithic Hollow Point, and FMJ. The Gold Dot bullet was chosen with a. 035 in (0.89 mm) jacket as well as a bonded core. The propellant was created for reduced muzzle flash stable performance at temperature levels between -29.2 to 125.6 degrees F.
The 6.8 SPC had a harsh beginning when Remington bungled its release up causing many people to think that it wanted when contrasted to various other qualities. In reality, it is more effective out of a shorter barrel than most others. Ultimately, the 5.56 NATO stayed in wide usage for the US armed forces, although the 6.8 SPC did master close quarters battle. At the muzzle, the 6.8 produces 40% more power than the 5.56 NATO does. Yet one more benefit of making use of 6.8 SPC is its capability to provide optimal quantities of power. A lot of other rounds call for multiple shots to accomplish full infiltration.


The three sub-munitions fly in a formation about 1.5 meters in radius, and have enough kinetic energy to manoeuvre to meet a target evading at 9 g at 7,000 meters.. , In September 1999, the missile was shown attacking an armoured personnel carrier. a roof-mounted panoramic weapon sight and an air defense alerting
This was developed in combination with McDonnell-Douglas and, LML: Fired from a Lightweight Multiple Launcher (LML) that holds three missiles ready for firing and can be used as either a stationary launch unit or mounted on a light vehicle such as a, Seastreak: Two versions of a naval mounting have been demonstrated—a one-man mount similar to the LML but carrying a total of six missiles, and a, Starstreak Avenger: Built to a U.S. Army requirement in the early 1990s, this system integrated the Starstreak missile on the. Starstreak can be fired from a soldier's shoulder or from the Stormer armoured vehicle. email@example.com, MDAA U.S. This gives time for the projectile to penetrate the target before the explosive warhead detonates. The contract affected is speculated to have been Starstreak. Some of the advantages included in this new missile are an improved range of 7 km (4.3 mi), improved lethality, an improved targeting system and the ability to operate it at much higher altitudes, up to 5 km (16,000 ft).
The tungsten housing is designed to fragment and produce maximum damage inside the target.. , In 2011, when it won a contract for the Lightweight Multirole Missile, Thales announced it agreed with the MOD to "re-role previously contracted budgets to facilitate the full-scale development, series production and introduction of the LMM." defense system is capable of rapid engagement and has a high hit The process of tracking the target allows the aiming unit to compute the right trajectory to bring the missile together with the target.
It cannot be suppressed with anti-radar missiles. South Africa uses the LML. The first stage motor ejects the missile out of its canister. defense system is based on a modified Alvis The dart housing is made from a tungsten alloy, and contains approximately 450 g (16 oz) of explosive with a delayed action impact activated fuze. After launch, the missile accelerates to more than Mach 4, making it the fastest short-range surface-to-air missile in the world. missiles are carried inside the hull. is 1 000 m. The Starstreak HVM has a semi-automatic line of sight However, it lacks the armour penetration capabilities of a purpose-built anti-tank guided missile or a dual purpose missile such as Air Defence Anti-Tank System. Artillery However, it lacks the armour penetration capabilities of a purpose-built anti-tank guided missile or of a dual purpose missile (such as the Air Defence Anti-Tank System). On impact with the target, a delayed action fuze is triggered. The dart housing is made from a tungsten alloy. was developed primarily to counter the threat of attack helicopters It cannot be suppressed with anti-radar missiles. There are several variations of the Starstreak Missile System:
However, it stops burning before the missile leaves the tube. ", https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mod-orders-more-starstreak-missiles, http://defense-update.com/products/t/thor.htm, http://www.thalesuk.com/thales_corporate/press-room/latest-news/latest-news-home.cfm?articleid=15044863, http://www.armedforces-int.com/projects/Missiles/starstreak-high-velocity-missile.asp, "Army Technology, Starstreak Close Air Defense Missile", http://www.army-technology.com/projects/starstreak/, Starstreak close air-defence missile - Army Technology, Starstreak short-range surface-to-air missile man portable system(Army recognition), Starstreak High Velocity Missile - Armed Forces International, STARSTREAK HIGH VELOCITY MISSILE - armedforced.co.uk, THOR/Multi Mission System (video) - howstuffworks.com, https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Starstreak_(missile)?oldid=4096273, Manportable/Vehicle mounted surface-to-air missile. This showed that Starstreak could also be useful in attacking targets on the ground as well as in the air. , In July 2001, Thales received a contract for a Successor Identification friend or foe system for Starstreak.  The LML and shoulder-launched versions have been in use since 2000. It can also mess around the guidance system. Starstreak missiles A launcher which can be moved around by people. Starstreak Mark II: Upgrade to the Starstreak. This is also the case (to a slightly lesser extent) in misty or rainy conditions. Things like smoke can stop the gunner from being able to see their target. It is also known as Starstreak High Velocity Missile, or Starstreak HVM.
Eight ready entered service in 1997. This tungsten is designed to split up and make as much damage as possible inside the target.
The missile was intended to replace the Javelin surface-to-air missile in British service. The missile, which travels at more than three times the speed of sound, uses a system of three dart-like … When the initial tracking is complete, the operator fires the missile by pressing a button.. A General Staff Requirement (GSR 3979) was drawn up with the requirements of the system, specifying the requirement of three launch platforms for the missile: In 1984, the British Ministry of Defence awarded development contracts to British Aerospace (BAe) and Shorts Missile Systems; the BAe missile was known as Thunderbolt HVM. Starstreak Mark II: Upgrade to the Starstreak. As the second stage burns out, three dart sub-munitions are released. This tube is sealed closed.
Starstreak is a British short range man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS) manufactured by Thales Air Defence (formerly Shorts Missile Systems), in Belfast. Engineering Vehicles At a safe distance from the launcher, the second motor ignites and accelerates the missile to more than 3 times the speed of sound. The Stormer air Each A General Staff Requirement (GSR 3979)  was made. This can be valuable at short -range, where there is less time to act and speed becomes critical.
They were awarded £356 million. Shorts won the competition and were awarded the £356 million.
The dart housing is made from a tungsten alloy. performance low-flying aircraft. , In 2012, the Ministry of Defence said that it was going to put a group of Starstreaks on top of an apartment complex in London. , In the middle of 2007, Thales UK in Northern Ireland said that it had developed Starstreak II. It is made by Thales Air Defence (first called Shorts Missile Systems), in Belfast. Traveling at speeds greater than Mach 4, it is the world’s fastest short-range SAM. Stormer Britain uses the SP HVM. - Starstreak High Velocity Missile launcher. The missile, which travels at more than three times the speed of sound, uses a system of three dart-like … This was after a study into a weapon that could add to the Rapier missile system. Contact Us Vehicle has
It was reported in October 2007 that Starstreak missiles cost about R1 million each and that Guardian had by then cost R801 million. The gunner follows the target using Starstreak's special aiming system. Each Regiment was equipped with 108 HVM Self propelled armoured launchers mounted on the Stormer tracked chassis capable of holding 8 missiles ready to fire and a further 8 reloads (originally 12 but some capacity was removed during a later modification). armored personnel carrier chassis. When the initial tracking is complete, the operator fires the missile by pressing a button.. Addon features: - Starstreak High Velocity Missile. Visit our , In 2011, when it won a contract for the Lightweight Multirole Missile, Thales announced it agreed with the MOD to "re-role previously contracted budgets to facilitate the full-scale development, series production and introduction of the LMM." The problem could be reduced by making the laser's beam wider, but only at the cost of lowering accuracy and reducing the amount of energy being reflected. The darts
HVM (High Velocity Missile) is a short-range air defense system.  In 2013, the British MOD ordered 200 more Starstreak missiles. Its high speed reduces the amount of time for effective usage of any potential countermeasure, such as the beam manoeuvring or illuminating the guidance laser source with a, The major disadvantage is that the submunitions, having no. This gives time for the projectile to penetrate the target before the explosive warhead detonates.
The tube is attached to the main part of Starstreak to be fired. noting, that the Starstreak missiles are also effective against The front wings then steer the missile in the appropriate direction.
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Neighbourhood News Desk/Avi Arya: India successfully test-fired on Thursday its nuclear capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile Agni-5 — the most advanced missile in the Agni series with a strike range of over 5000 kms — from a test range off the Odisha coast. The user associate test-flight of the missile has further boosted indigenous missile capabilities and deterrence strength of the country. All radars, tracking systems and range stations monitored the flight performance.
Sources say that after four successful developmental trials, this was the first user associate test of Agni-5 missile. Agni-5 is the most advanced missile in the Agni series with new technologies incorporated in it in terms of navigation and guidance, warhead and engine. It’s range was over 5000 km. India has at present in its armoury of Agni series, Agni-1 with 700 km range, Agni-2 with 2000 km range, Agni-3 and Agni-4 with 2500 km to more than 3500km range.