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51Russia — /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… …
52Cold War (1953–1962) — 1959 World map of alignments:   NATO member states …
53Military strategy — This article is about real and historical warfare. For the computer game genre, see Real time tactics. Warfare Military history Eras Prehistoric …
54war, law of — Introduction that part of international law dealing with the inception, conduct, and termination of warfare. Its aim is to limit the suffering caused to combatants and, more particularly, to those who may be described as the victims of war… …
55Industrial warfare — [p.410, Christon I. Archer, World History of Warfare [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=nLM1Kolw vMC pg=PA410 lpg=PA410 dq=Industrial+warfare source=web ots=GIj3EJYEPR sig=GgDJjZlo0 96NLFWnHzP7Y2i1Us hl=en#PPA409,M1] ] is a period in the… …
56British replacement of the Trident system — A Trident missile launches from a submerged submarine The British replacement of Trident is a proposal to replace the existing Vanguard class of four Trident ballistic missile armed submarines with a new class designed to continue a nuclear… …
57Chemical warfare — For other uses, see Chemical warfare (disambiguation). This article forms part of the series Chemical agents Lethal agents Blood agents Cyanogen chloride (CK) …
58Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — The Fat Man mushroom cloud resulting from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rises 18 km (11 mi, 60,000 ft) into the air from the hypocenter …
59Strategic bombing — is a military strategy used in a total war with the goal of defeating an enemy nation state by destroying its economic ability to wage war rather than destroying its land or naval forces. It is a systematically organized and executed attack from… …
60Armoured warfare — This article is about the military doctrine. For the tactical wargame, see Armored Brigade (video game). British tanks advancing under fire at the Second Battle of El Alamein during World War II …
