antiaircraft defenses
1Antiaircraft — US Soldaten beim Abschuss einer Stinger Rakete. Unter Flugabwehr (veraltet Luftabwehr) versteht man im Militär Bodentruppen, die vorrangig mit der Aufgabe betraut sind, einen zugewiesenen Luftraum gegen das Eindringen feindlicher Flugzeuge, unter …
2rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion. Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… …
3Battle of Corregidor — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Corregidor caption=Victorious Japanese troops atop Hearn Battery May 6 1942. partof=World War II, Pacific Front date=May 5, 1942 ndash; May 6, 1942 place=Corregidor island in Manila Bay, Luzon Island,… …
4U.S. Operations Plan Neptune — ▪ Primary Source The “Neptune” Initial Joint Plan, presented in early February 1944 by the joint commanders of the Allied expeditionary forces charged with invading northwestern Europe, stipulated that the two separate armies of the… …
5German battleship Tirpitz — A recognition drawing of Tirpitz prepared by the US Navy …
6USS Waters (DD-115) — Career (US) …
7tactics — /tak tiks/, n. 1. (usually used with a sing. v.) the art or science of disposing military or naval forces for battle and maneuvering them in battle. 2. (used with a pl. v.) the maneuvers themselves. 3. (used with a sing. v.) any mode of procedure …
8HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
9USS William D. Porter (DD-579) — USS William D. Porter (DD 579), a Fletcher class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Commodore William D. Porter (1808 ndash;1864). William D. Porter was laid down on 7 May 1942 at Orange, Tex., by the Consolidated Steel… …
10Curtis LeMay — Curtis Emerson LeMay Nickname Old Iron Pants , Bombs Away LeMay B …
