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According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the international framework on firearms is composed of three main instruments: the Firearms Protocol, the United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (Programme of Action, or PoA) and the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify ...
Reconnoitre: to go to an area (reconnoitering) to find out information of the exact location of an enemy force. Retreat: withdrawal of troops from a battlefield (can be either orderly or unorderly; fighting or by rout). Rout: disorderly withdrawal of troops from a battlefield following a defeat, either real or perceived.
Point defence (or point defense; see spelling differences) is the defence of a single object or a limited area, e.g. a ship, building or an airfield, now usually against air attacks and guided missiles. [1] Point defence weapons have a smaller range in contrast to area-defence systems and are placed near or on the object to be protected.
Schematic representation of the main controlled airspace types and the air traffic control offices that respectively provide control service inside these airspaces. "TMA" is an abbreviation for Terminal Manoeuvring Area ("Terminal Control Area" outside Europe)
The gun system are mandated to have the following specifications: [8] All up weight of less than 15 tons. Capable to fire all existing 155 mm rounds in the army's inventory; Has a range of more than 40 km; Has a minimum service life of more than 20 years. And a minimum barrel life of 1,500 equivalent full charges; Potential Competitors [8] KSSL ...
The United States Air Force Combat Control Teams, singular Combat Controller (CCT) (AFSC 1Z2X1), are an elite special operations force (specifically known as "special tactics operators") who specialize in all aspects of air-ground communication, as well as air traffic control, fire support (including rotary and fixed-wing close air support), and command, control, and communications in covert ...
A close-in weapon system (CIWS / ˈ s iː w ɪ z / SEE-wiz) [1] is a point-defense weapon system for detecting and destroying short-range incoming missiles and enemy aircraft which have penetrated the outer defenses, typically mounted on a naval ship. Nearly all classes of larger modern warships are equipped with some kind of CIWS device.
The 9K38 Igla (Russian: Игла́, "needle", NATO reporting name SA-18 Grouse) is a Soviet/Russian man-portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. A simplified, earlier version is known as the 9K310 Igla-1 (NATO: SA-16 Gimlet), and the latest variant is the 9K338 Igla-S (SA-24 Grinch).