Search results for "Missile" - New World Encyclopedia
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- the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of ... Cuba, and whether the Soviet space and missile programs had surpassed those ...53 KB (7,912 words) - 19:39, 1 May 2023
- Days of Decision" and support for the Bomarc missile program. Pearson never had a majority in the Canadian House of Commons, but he introduced ...24 KB (3,567 words) - 22:02, 25 October 2022
- but CIS countries continue to employ gun-missile systems in their main battle ... Today, tanks are vulnerable to specialized top-attack missile weapons ...57 KB (9,115 words) - 04:01, 27 February 2023
- the ice cap without damage, thus enabling a missile launch from a submarine under the Arctic ice cap. == See also == * Chemical element ...12 KB (1,615 words) - 17:06, 25 January 2023
- U.S. authorize sending a shipment of small missile parts to Iranian military ... participation in the November 1985 Hawk missile shipment to Iran. US Attorney ...39 KB (5,798 words) - 12:59, 6 March 2024
- The terms space debris, space junk, orbital debris, and space waste refer to human-made objects in space that no longer serve any useful purpose ...13 KB (1,862 words) - 15:16, 27 April 2023
- Greek βολις (bolis), which can mean "a missile" or "to flash." The International Astronomical Union has no official definition ...13 KB (2,001 words) - 16:25, 9 November 2022
- made small enough to fit in the nose of a missile as in an ICBM. In his book ... expressed opposition to the antiballistic missile (ABM) because it would damage ...25 KB (3,736 words) - 14:34, 3 May 2023
- 3000°C) materials, used in reentry shields for missile nosecones, solid rocket engines, pebble bed reactors, brake shoes, electric motor brushes, and ...13 KB (1,840 words) - 19:59, 19 September 2021
- that confirmed American superiority in both missile numbers and technology, but the president worried that publicizing the data would lead to the ...14 KB (2,001 words) - 16:24, 13 September 2023
- newsletter for the BOMARC surface-to-air missile deployed by the U.S. Air ... reviews addressing subjects as diverse as missile security, the Watts Riots ...33 KB (4,941 words) - 22:49, 30 April 2023
- sides within civil wars. The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was the most ... 1952—until the resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. ...49 KB (7,114 words) - 22:28, 7 January 2024
- National Historic Site, Marin Headlands, Nike Missile Site, and the Presidio of San Francisco. It protects 554 acres (2.24 km²) of forested area populated ...13 KB (2,008 words) - 01:49, 11 March 2023
- targets throughout Iraq and Kuwait: SCUD missile launchers, weapons of mass ... ===Iraq launches missile strikes=== Iraq launched missile attacks on ...62 KB (9,530 words) - 08:21, 8 January 2024
- American Activities Committee and the Cuban missile crisis; and she wrote What Use Are Flowers, a play about life after an atomic war. In 1964, the SNCC ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 02:44, 4 November 2022
- projects, and vice-versa. Both the Minuteman missile and Apollo program needed lightweight digital computers for their inertially-guided flight computers; ...29 KB (4,001 words) - 06:15, 6 March 2024
- when they entered the General Electric Nuclear Missile Re-entry Division in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, where nose cones for the Mark 12A warheads ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 14:50, 28 March 2023
- of China, notably the Silkworm anti-ship missile. Iran acquired weapons and ... Gazelle attack helicopter and the Exocet anti-ship missile. ...36 KB (5,506 words) - 17:42, 29 January 2024
- alloys are used for oil pipelines, aircraft and missile parts, and filaments. Special alloys (such as the Hastelloys) are notably heat-resistant and ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 19:51, 9 November 2022
- credited for his role in defusing the Cuban Missile Crisis and for ending the civil war in the Congo. Although he didn't seek it, Thant was ...14 KB (2,150 words) - 01:24, 3 May 2023
- four large nuclear-powered Kirov class missile cruisers, two of which were ... the naval surface fire support gun and missile development programs achieve ...59 KB (9,033 words) - 22:12, 16 January 2022
- in November 1967, involved a donated U.S. missile and U.S. support staff as ... com/blogs/science_news/4251430.html Navy Missile Successful as Spy Satellite ...35 KB (4,993 words) - 00:11, 8 January 2024
- in response to the Soviet Union's missile superiority. However, he ... division within his own party and to anti-missile demonstrations. Schmidt ...30 KB (4,486 words) - 17:03, 6 February 2022
- reasons. No evidence of a bomb, surface-to-air missile or hijacking has ever been presented. It has been speculated that the crew of the Douglas DC-6 ...15 KB (2,373 words) - 07:44, 12 January 2024
- smaller ones that were shot from the mouth of a missile shaped like a dragon, and even fin–mounted winged rockets. The book described the use ...17 KB (2,391 words) - 20:43, 3 April 2024
- States, Cuba was center stage during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. After the missile crisis cooled, Cuba under Castro exported communist revolution ...29 KB (4,178 words) - 15:02, 25 January 2023
- where space was at a premium (such as missile guidance and telemetry systems). In 'cordwood' construction, two leaded components are ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 22:58, 30 November 2022
- Hod (Balder's blind brother) to fire the missile, which embedded itself in the joyful god's heart and killed him instantly. When Hod discovered ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 21:01, 3 November 2022
- later most famously exacerbated by the Cuban Missile Crisis), control of Pravda allowed the government to explain negative events in a voice most favorable ...17 KB (2,565 words) - 00:32, 12 April 2023
- Sharif seemed genuinely surprised by the alleged missile movement, responding that India probably planned the same action. An article in May 2000, stating ...53 KB (8,038 words) - 18:09, 14 May 2024
- Support Program to signal detection of missile launches, nuclear detonations ... Arms Control Association, Missile Technology Control Regime. ...54 KB (8,113 words) - 20:37, 29 December 2023
- war nearly broke out during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. At the beginning ... === Cuban Missile Crisis === In October 1962 a major confrontation ...72 KB (10,971 words) - 06:40, 11 January 2024
- Beryllium (chemical symbol Be, atomic number 4) ranks among the lightest of all known metals. Steel-gray in color, it is strong but brittle. ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 17:26, 29 September 2023
- systems that combine antiaircraft guns with missile launchers are still the best way to defend against air attacks. Island nations, such as the ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 11:07, 6 March 2024
- policy of strengthening the Soviet Union's missile forces at the expense of conventional arms. This policy antagonized the Soviet military establishment ...17 KB (2,467 words) - 10:29, 7 June 2023
- test launch of the German V-2 ballistic missile on October 3, 1942, at Peenemünde in Germany. By September 1944, the V-2s routinely achieved ...16 KB (2,554 words) - 15:12, 27 April 2023
- Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo (June 19, 1917 – July 1, 1999) was the leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union from the ...18 KB (2,723 words) - 05:07, 7 May 2024
- denouncing the U.S. during the Cuban Missile Crisis. As one of the most prestigious and outspoken leftwing intellectuals, he also attracted opposition ...16 KB (2,513 words) - 06:10, 18 November 2022
- thermal-imaging cameras, infrared homing missile guidance systems, and instruments for infrared astronomy. == Applications == The most important ...17 KB (2,369 words) - 06:33, 31 July 2023
- " At 10:30, Wickson fired an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile at the trail helicopter from a range of about 4|nmi|km|-1. The missile hit and destroyed the ...67 KB (10,179 words) - 23:19, 30 March 2024
- over there." During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Mikoyan was sent to Cuba where he persuaded Castro to remove the nuclear missiles and bombers ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 17:21, 2 December 2022
- such as during the 1960 U-2 incident and the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the aftermath of the U-2 Crisis Suslov was able to remove, and replace, several ...40 KB (5,479 words) - 22:14, 30 March 2023
- and has active nuclear and ballistic missile weapons programs. ... possibly including a hydrogen bomb and a missile capable of reaching the ...72 KB (9,967 words) - 06:32, 16 November 2022
- as an air support platforms for guided missile cruisers and submarines ... * Nordeen, Lon. 1985. Air Warfare in the Missile Age, 2nd edition ...53 KB (8,096 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- *U.S. ballistic missile submarine USS Tecumseh (SSBN-628) *A Royal Navy gunboat built in 1814, and named HMS Tecumseth. It was laid up after the ...19 KB (2,963 words) - 04:39, 27 February 2023
- and one result of that was the German Wasserfall missile. By the late 1930s, several radio manufacturers offered remote controls for some of ...20 KB (3,126 words) - 03:59, 8 December 2022
- Bush also pledged to expand the National Missile Defense initiative and to ... Criminal Court, and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) with Russia ...61 KB (9,229 words) - 08:20, 23 January 2023
- in the SALT I treaty) and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 00:39, 3 January 2024
- Pacific Fleet has used the Sea as a ballistic missile submarine bastion. ==Economy== The Sea of Okhotsk supports an incredible range of fish species ...21 KB (3,208 words) - 17:32, 25 January 2023
- Clark National Historic Trail, the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site, which features a decommissioned nuclear missile silo, and the Missouri ...41 KB (6,101 words) - 15:37, 4 February 2023
