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  • 1Ballistic gelatin — is a solution of gelatin powder in water. Ballistic gelatin closely simulates the density and viscosity of human and animal muscle tissue, and is used as a standardized medium for testing the terminal performance of firearms ammunition. While… …

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  • 2Ballistic tip bullet — Ballistic tip ammunition is a form of plastic tipped bullet, meant to confer the advantages of both full metal jacket hollow point variant ammunition. They consist of a fairly normal hollow point bullet, with the frontal cavity filled in by hard… …

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  • 3ballistic missile — ► NOUN ▪ a missile which is initially powered and guided but falls under gravity on to its target …

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  • 4ballistic missile — n. a long range missile that is propelled to high speed and may be guided for a part of its flight, but is a free falling object as it approaches its target: see GUIDED MISSILE …

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  • 5Ballistic coefficient — The ballistic coefficient (BC) of a body is a measure of its ability to overcome air resistance in flight. It is inversely proportional to the deceleration mdash;a high number indicates a low deceleration. BC is a function of mass, diameter, and… …

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  • 6Ballistic missile — Diagram of V 2, the first ballistic missile. A ballistic missile is a missile that follows a sub orbital ballistic flightpath with the objective of delivering one or more warheads to a predetermined target. The missile is only guided during the… …

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  • 7Ballistic 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… …

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  • 8ballistic missile — Missile Mis sile, n. [L. missile.] 1. A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projected, as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet. [1913 Webster] 2. A rocket propelled device designed to fly through the air and deliver a warhead of explosive… …

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  • 9ballistic missile — noun a missile that is guided in the first part of its flight but falls freely as it approaches target (Freq. 4) • Hypernyms: ↑missile • Hyponyms: ↑intercontinental ballistic missile, ↑ICBM * * * noun, pl ⋯ siles [count] : a weapon that is shot… …

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  • 10ballistic test target — balistinis bandomasis taikinys statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Specialus įtaisas, įrengiamas balistinėje trasoje, sviedinio lėkimo laikui ir padėčiai tam tikrame trajektorijos ruože nustatyti. Sviedinio lėkimo laiką nustato pagal kontaktinius …

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