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41Nobel Prizes — ▪ 2009 Introduction Prize for Peace The 2008 Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, former president (1994–2000) of Finland, for his work over more than 30 years in settling international disputes, many involving ethnic,… …
42Scramjet — Part of a series on Aircraft propulsion Shaft engines (to drive pr …
43Physical Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Scientists discovered a new family of superconducting materials and obtained unique images of individual hydrogen atoms and of a multiple exoplanet system. Europe completed the Large Hadron Collider, and China and India took… …
44CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder — JF 17 Thunder FC 1 Xiaolong …
45Orion (Constellation program) — For deep space spacecraft based on the Orion design, see Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle. For initial design of the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, see Crew Exploration Vehicle. For the nuclear powered spacecraft designed in the 1950s, see Project… …
46Chinese space program — This article is about the Chinese space program in general. For the current Chinese space agency since 1993, see China National Space Administration. The launch of Tianlian, Xichang Center The space program of the People s Republic of China is… …
47History of the People's Liberation Army — Military history of the People s Republic of China redirects here. The history of the People s Liberation Army began in 1927 with the start of the Chinese Civil War and spans to the present, having developed from a peasant guerrilla force into… …
489K22 Tunguska — Infobox Weapon name=9K22 Tunguska NATO reporting name: SA 19 Grison caption=9K22 Tunguska M Gun/Missile Air Defence System. origin=flagcountry|Soviet Union type=Tracked SAM system is ranged= is bladed= is explosive= is artillery= is vehicle=yes… …
49japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
50Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
