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111Collins class submarine — HMAS Rankin, sixth submarine of the Collins class, underway in 2006 Class overview Builders: Australian Submarine Corporatio …
112Airbus A320 family — A320 redirects here. For other uses, see A320 (disambiguation). A320 family US Airways Nevada A319 132 …
113Westinghouse Astronuclear Laboratory — The Westinghouse Astronuclear Laboratory (WANL) was a division of Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Established in the late 1950s to develop nuclear space propulsion technologies for the government, the lab was located, for most of its history,… …
114Cluster munition — SD2 Butterfly Bomb circa 1940. Wings rotate as bomb falls, unscrewing the arming spindle connected to the fuze A cluster munition is a form of air dropped or ground launched explosive weapon that releases or ejects smaller sub munitions. Commonly …
115Parts cleaning — is essential to many industrial processes, as a prelude to surface finishing or to protect sensitive components. Electroplating is particularly sensitive to part cleanliness, since molecular layers of oil can prevent adhesion of the coating. ASTM …
116TWA Flight 800 alternative theories — Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 800, a Boeing 747 131, tail number N93119, crashed on July 17, 1996, about 20:31 EDT (00:31, July 18 UTC), in the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York. TWA Flight 800 was a scheduled international… …
117Hurricane Andrew — This article is about the 1992 hurricane. For the 1986 tropical storm, see Tropical Storm Andrew (1986). Hurricane Andrew Category 5 Hurricane (SSHS) Hurricane Andrew approaching the Bahamas and Florida as a Category 5 hurricane Formed …
118explosive — explosively, adv. explosiveness, n. /ik sploh siv/, adj. 1. tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance. 2. pertaining to or of the nature of an explosion: explosive violence. 3. likely to lead to… …
119Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …
120Blowback (firearms) — Blowback is a system of operation for self loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gases created by the ignition of the propellant charge.[1] Several types of blowback… …
