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• Ballistic vest — A ballistic vest is an item of protective clothing that absorbs the impact from gun fired projectiles and shrapnel fragments from explosion. This protection is for the torso. Soft vests are made from many layers of woven or laminated fibers and… …   Wikipedia

• Ballistic knife — A ballistic knife is a knife with a detachable blade that can be expelled from the handle/frame as a projectile by means of a spring operated or gas driven mechanism. These knives have been banned nationwide in the United States since 1986. Uses… …   Wikipedia

• Ballistic parachute — A ballistic parachute is a parachute ejected from the casing via a small explosion, much like that used in an ejection seat. The advantage of the ballistic parachute is that it ejects the canopy away from the craft to which it is attached, hence… …   Wikipedia

• 6mm Remington — Infobox Firearm Cartridge name= 6mm Remington caption= origin= USA type= Rifle service= used by= wars= designer= Fred Huntington design date=1955 manufacturer=Remington production date= number= variants= .244 Remington is SI specs= parent=7x57mm… …   Wikipedia

• .303 Savage — Infobox Firearm Cartridge name= .303 Savage caption= .303 Savage cartridge dimensions origin= flagcountry|United States type= Rifle service= used by= wars= designer= Savage Arms design date= manufacturer=Savage Arms production date=1895 number=… …   Wikipedia

• international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium

• launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space. [1955 1960] * * * Rocket system that boosts a spacecraft into Earth orbit or beyond Earth s gravitational pull. A wide variety of launch vehicles …   Universalium

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

• nuclear strategy — ▪ military Introduction  the formation of tenets and strategies for producing and using nuclear weapons.       Nuclear strategy is no different from any other form of strategy in that it involves relating military means to political ends. In this …   Universalium

• radar — /ray dahr/, n. 1. Electronics. a device for determining the presence and location of an object by measuring the time for the echo of a radio wave to return from it and the direction from which it returns. 2. a means or sense of awareness or… …   Universalium

• Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …   Universalium