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  2. Missile Defense Alarm System - Wikipedia

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    On March 16, 1955, the U.S. Air Force had ordered the development of an advanced reconnaissance satellite to provide continuous surveillance of “preselected areas of the Earth” in order “to determine the status of a potential enemy’s war-making capability.” [2] The result of this order was the creation of a then-secret USAF program known as WS-117L, which controlled the development ...

  3. USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) - Wikipedia

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    From 6–10 January 2012, accompanied by guided missile cruiser Cape St. George, Abraham Lincoln visited the Gulf of Thailand port of Laem Chabang. [55] During the visit, Singapore-based Glenn Defense Marine Asia provided husbanding services, for which the Navy was billed $884,000. In November 2013, federal prosecutors charged that the Navy had ...

  4. NATO bombing of Yugoslavia - Wikipedia

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    In particular this applied to early-warning radars located in Montenegro, which remained operational during the campaign and gave Yugoslav forces advanced warning of incoming NATO air raids. [ 136 ] [ 132 ] Kosovo's mountainous terrain also made it difficult for NATO to locate and target Yugoslav air defences, while at the same time the region ...

  5. Turkish Air Force - Wikipedia

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    An advanced jet trainer named the TAI Hürjet is under development, and is planned to start replacing the T-38 Talon and CF5 by 2025. [89] The prototype made its first flight on 25 April 2023. [ 90 ] 4 Block 0 prototypes and 12 Block 1 mass production aircraft was ordered.

  6. Superhero - Wikipedia

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    Whiz Comics cover featuring Captain Marvel, published by Fawcett Comics in 1940. A superhero or superheroine is a fictional character who typically possesses superpowers or abilities beyond those of ordinary people, is frequently costumed concealing their identity, and fits the role of the hero, typically using their powers to help the world become a better place, or dedicating themselves to ...

  7. LGBTQ people and military service - Wikipedia

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    Testimony advanced during the hearings on Don't Ask, Don't Tell of 1993, with US Senator Sam Nunn and General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. recalled "instances where heterosexuals have been solicited to commit homosexual acts, and, even more traumatic emotionally, physically coerced to engage in such acts".

  8. Amazon Web Services - Wikipedia

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    Early AWS "building blocks" logo along a sigmoid curve depicting recession followed by growth. [citation needed]The genesis of AWS came in the early 2000s. After building Merchant.com, Amazon's e-commerce-as-a-service platform that offers third-party retailers a way to build their own web-stores, Amazon pursued service-oriented architecture as a means to scale its engineering operations, [15 ...