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121List of current ships of the Finnish Navy — A list of current Finnish Navy vessels. The list might not be fully up to date or complete.PatrolRauma class missile boats*Finnish missile boat Rauma FNS 70, 6th Missile Squadron *Finnish missile boat Raahe FNS 71, 6th Missile Squadron *Finnish… …
122Flyer (steamboat) — Flyer was a steamboat that served from 1891 to 1930 on Puget Sound. During her last years, from 1918 to the end of her service, she was officially known as the Washington . The Flyer ran for millions of miles at high speed, more than any inland… …
123United States Naval Gunfire Support debate — The United States Naval Gunfire Support debate (also known as the United States Naval Surface Fire Support debate) is an ongoing debate between the Navy, Marine Corps, Congress, and independent groups like the United States Naval Gunfire Support… …
124Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …
125Timeline of Russian inventions and technology records — The Hall of Space Technology in the Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, Kaluga, Russia. The exhibition includes the models and replicas of the following Russian inventions: the first satellite, Sputnik 1 (a ball under the… …
126Pioneer Venus project — Infobox Spacecraft Name = Pioneer Venus Orbiter Caption = Pioneer Venus Orbiter Organization = Ames Research Center NASA Major Contractors = Mission Type = Orbiter Satellite Of = Venus Orbital Insertion Date = December 4, 1978 Launch = 20 May,… …
127HMHS Britannic — (1914) , the third and largest Sclass|Olympic|ocean liner of the White Star Line, sister ship of RMS|Olympic and RMS|Titanic, sank in 1916 after hitting a mine with the loss of 30 lives. Although the White Star Line always denied what it called a …
128Future of the Royal Navy — At the beginning of the 1990s, the Royal Navy was a force designed for the Cold War with its three small aircraft carriers and a force of ASW frigates and destroyers, its main purpose was to search for and destroy Soviet submarines in the North… …
