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11Ramjet — A ramjet, sometimes referred to as a stovepipe jet, or an athodyd, is a form of jet engine that contains no major moving parts. Unlike most other airbreathing jet engines, ramjets have no rotary compressor at the inlet, instead, the forward… …
12missile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. projectile, trajectile; guided missile. See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. cartridge, projectile, ammunition, rocket, guided missile; see also bullet , shot 2 , weapon 1 . Types of missiles include:… …
13Kh-31 — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes name=Kh 31 (NATO reporting name: AS 17 Krypton) caption=Kh 31A origin=Soviet Union type=Medium range, Anti radiation missile used by= manufacturer=Zvezda Strela unit cost= propellant= production date= service=1982… …
14Solar sail — Solar sails (also called light sails or photon sails, especially when they use light sources other than the Sun) are a proposed form of spacecraft propulsion using large membrane mirrors. Radiation pressure is about 10 5 Pa at Earth s distance… …
15ship — shipless, adj. shiplessly, adv. /ship/, n., v., shipped, shipping. n. 1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 2. Naut. a. a sailing vessel square rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a… …
16USS Triton (SSRN-586) — USS Triton (SSRN/SSN 586), a U.S. Navy nuclear powered radar picket submarine, was the first vessel to execute a submerged circumnavigation of the Earth, accomplishing this during her shakedown cruise in early 1960. She also has the distinction… …
17Operation Sandblast — Part of Cold War (1953–1962) …
18Submarine — For other uses, see Submarine (disambiguation). A Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Oyashio class submarine in 2006 A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which… …
19Mariner 2 — Operator NASA Major contractors Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mission type Flyby …
20Mars Exploration Rover — Artist s conception of rover on Mars Part of a panorama taken by the Spi …
