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by Jessica Brain * The Crimean War broke out on 5th October 1853, a military conflict fought between the Russian Empire on one side, against an alliance of Britain, France, the Ottoman Empire and Sardinia. The complexity of the war meant that it was fought on the grounds of various
- March 28, 2023
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A man wielding a large knife killed two women and injured several other people at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon, and Portuguese authorities said they were investigating Tuesday’s stabbing attack as a possible terror act. The women were Portuguese staff members at the center, Ismaili
- March 28, 2023
BERLIN (Reuters) – The 18 Leopard 2 battle tanks pledged by Germany to support Ukraine in its war against Russia have arrived in Ukraine, the German Defence Ministry said on Monday. Germany agreed in January to supply the tanks, regarded as among the best in the West’s arsenal, overcoming misgivings
- March 27, 2023
The embassy in Dushanbe, which is still run by the anti-Taliban opposition, is said to be considering its position. The Afghan consulate in the eastern Tajikistan city of Khorog has passed under the control of the Taliban regime, while staff at the main embassy in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, are
- March 27, 2023
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Featured Event 1930 Constantinople renamed Istanbul Built as Byzantium about 657 bce, then renamed Constantinople in the 4th century ce after Constantine the Great made the city his capital, the Turkish city of Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930. Virginia Woolf British writer Born January 25, 1882 London, England Died March 28,
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The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Defense, Space & Security). The AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) and later AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attack Missile – Expanded Response) are cruise missile variants. The regular Harpoon uses active radar homing and flies just above the water to evade defenses. The missile can be launched from: Fixed-wing aircraft (the AGM-84, without the solid-fuel
- March 28, 2023
The AN/SLQ-25 Nixie and its variants are towed torpedo decoys used on US and allied warships. It consists of a towed decoy device (TB-14A) and a shipboard signal generator. The decoy emits signals to draw a torpedo away from its intended target. The Nixie attempts to defeat a torpedo’s passive sonar by emitting simulated ship noise, such
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Jabuka (pronounced [jâbuka], which means apple in Croatian) is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Adriatic Sea, west of the island of Vis. It is part of the Dalmatian archipelago. The closest land masses are the small islands of Svetac and Brusnik. Jabuka is the farthest from the nearest land mass out of all Croatian islands. Flora and fauna Its coast is steep and difficult to approach,
- March 27, 2023
Since the early sixties, Soviet designers have developed anti-submarine missile systems. Another impetus to the emergence of new projects like weapons was the decision of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, issued in December 1969 year. In accordance with this document, the OKB-9 (now the Novator Design Bureau) was to create
- March 26, 2023
On March 24, 2023, a deadly severe weather and tornado outbreak began affecting portions of the lower Mississippi River Valley in the United States. An eastward-moving trough interacted with a moist and unstable environment from the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in widespread heavy rainfall and severe thunderstorms. A preliminarily-rated violent EF4 tornado took a path through the
- March 26, 2023
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- Featured Event 1930 Constantinople renamed Istanbul Built as Byzantium about 657 bce, then renamed Constantinople in the 4th century ce after Constantine the Great made the city his capital, the Turkish city of Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930. Virginia Woolf British writer Born January 25, 1882 London, England Died March 28, 1941 (aged 59) Rodmell, England 1986...
- 47 bce Cleopatra reinstated as queen of Egypt The legendary Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, aided by her Roman lover Julius Caesar, was reinstated as coruler of Egypt (with her brother Ptolemy XIV) this day in 47 bce following a civil war with her brother Ptolemy XIII. Births 1970 Mariah Carey American singer 1965 José Carlos Palma Creator of Smartencyclopedia Project 1963 Quentin Tarantino...
- On March 17, 1969, for the first time, a woman assumed the leadership of the Israeli government. Meir’s resolute character earned him the recognition of Ben Gurion, the founder of Israel, of whom she had been a minister. Golda Meir was the first and until now the only woman at the head of government in...
The Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo (formerly known as Lightweight Hybrid Torpedo, or LHT) is a standard 12.75-inch (324 mm) anti-submarine warfare (ASW) torpedo used by the United States Navy. Development The Mark 54 was co-developed by Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems and the U.S. Navy under the U.S. Navy’s Lightweight Hybrid Torpedo program in response to perceived problems with the extant Mark 50 and Mark 46
- March 24, 2023
The Mark 50 torpedo is a U.S. Navy advanced lightweight torpedo for use against fast, deep-diving submarines. The Mk 50 can be launched from all anti-submarine aircraft and from torpedo tubes aboard surface combatant ships. The Mk 50 was intended to replace the Mk 46 as the fleet’s lightweight torpedo. Instead the Mark 46 will be replaced with the Mark 54
- March 24, 2023
The Mark 46 torpedo is the backbone of the United States Navy’s lightweight anti-submarine warfare torpedo inventory and is the NATO standard. These aerial torpedoes are designed to attack high-performance submarines. In 1989, an improvement program for the Mod 5 to the Mod 5A and Mod 5A(S) increased its shallow-water performance. The Mark 46 was initially developed as Research Torpedo Concept
- March 24, 2023