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  2. J-turn - Wikipedia

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    The narrowest J-turn was performed in a Renault Twingo, between barriers set 3.78 metres (12.4 ft) apart.The diagonal length of the car, 3.70 metres (12.1 ft), meant stunt driver Terry Grant had a gap of 4 centimetres (1.6 in) on each side.

  3. UUM-44 SUBROC - Wikipedia

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    The W55 was 13 inches (33 cm) in diameter, 39.4 inches (100 cm) long, and weighed 465 lb (211 kg). Some sources suggest the W55 evolved from the experimental bomb tested in the Hardtack I Olive nuclear test on July 22, 1958, which had a full two-stage yield estimated at 202 kilotons.

  4. Basic fighter maneuvers - Wikipedia

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    Basic fighter maneuvers (BFM) are tactical movements performed by fighter aircraft during air combat maneuvering (ACM, also called dogfighting), to gain a positional advantage over the opponent. [1] BFM combines the fundamentals of aerodynamic flight and the geometry of pursuit, with the physics of managing the aircraft's energy-to-mass ratio ...

  5. List of military tactics - Wikipedia

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    Penetration of the center: This involves exploiting a gap in the enemy line to drive directly to the enemy's command or base.Two ways of accomplishing this are separating enemy forces then using a reserve to exploit the gap (e.g., Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)) or having fast, elite forces smash at a weak spot (or an area where your elites are at their best in striking power) and using reserves ...

  6. Maneuverable reentry vehicle - Wikipedia

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    Three of the AMaRVs were launched by Minuteman-1 ICBMs on 20 December 1979, 8 October 1980 and 4 October 1981. AMaRV had an entry mass of approximately 470 kg, a nose radius of 2.34 cm, a forward frustum half-angle of 10.4°, an inter-frustum radius of 14.6 cm, aft frustum half angle of 6°, and an axial length of 2.079 meters.

  7. Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving - Wikipedia

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    It featured a 15-turn, 1.6-mile road course, an eight-acre asphalt pad for advanced training with more than 100 race-prepared vehicles. [2] Bob Bondurant's copyrighted Bondurant Method taught competition driving, police pursuit driving, evasive driving for chauffeurs and bodyguards, stunt driving, and other courses. [3] [4]

  8. Moose test - Wikipedia

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    The evasive manoeuvre test (Swedish: Undanmanöverprov; colloquial: moose test or elk test; Swedish: Älgtest, German: Elchtest) is performed to determine how well a certain vehicle evades a suddenly appearing obstacle. This test has been standardized in ISO 3888-2. [1] Forms of the test have been performed in Sweden since the 1970s. [2]

  9. Operation Praying Mantis - Wikipedia

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    1 aircraft carrier 1 amphibious transport dock 4 destroyers 1 guided missile cruiser 3 frigates AH-1T attack helicopters A-6E Intruder attack jets: 2 frigates 1 missile boat 6 Boghammar speedboats (estimated) 2 F-4 fighters ZU-23 guns on 2 platforms: Casualties and losses; 2 killed 1 helicopter crashed (cause unknown) 1 frigate sunk (45 crew ...