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61Military history of the Soviet Union — Joseph Stalin and Kliment Voroshilov depicted saluting a military parade in Red Square above the message Long Live the Worker Peasant Red Army a Dependable Sentinel of the Soviet Borders! The military history of the Soviet Union began in the days …
62china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
63China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
64rocket 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… …
65People's Republic of China and weapons of mass destruction — Not to be confused with Republic of China and weapons of mass destruction. Weapons of mass destruction …
66France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
67cannon — /kan euhn/, n., pl. cannons, (esp. collectively) cannon, v. n. 1. a mounted gun for firing heavy projectiles; a gun, howitzer, or mortar. 2. Brit. Mach. quill (def. 10). 3. Armor. a cylindrical or semicylindrical piece of plate armor for the… …
68Cannon — /kan euhn/, n. 1. Annie Jump /jump/, 1863 1941, U.S. astronomer. 2. Joseph Gurney /gerr nee/, ( Uncle Joe ), 1836 1926, U.S. politician and legislator. * * * Long range artillery piece, as distinguished from other big guns such as the howitzer or …
69Global Positioning System — GPS redirects here. For other uses, see GPS (disambiguation). Geodesy Fundamentals …
70Louis A. Johnson — Infobox US Cabinet official name=Louis A. Johnson small order=2nd president=Harry S. Truman title=United States Secretary of Defense term start=March 28, 1949 term end=September 19, 1950 predecessor=James Forrestal successor=George Marshall birth …
