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The R-25 Vulkan (Serbian: Вулкан) was a surface-to-air missile (SAM) designed by Serbian engineer Obrad Vučurović and built in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) in the late 1950s, early 1960s.
Vulkan is intended to provide a variety of advantages over other APIs as well as its predecessor, OpenGL. Vulkan offers lower overhead, more direct control over the GPU, and lower CPU usage. [23] The overall concept and feature set of Vulkan is similar to concepts seen in Mantle and later adopted by Microsoft with Direct3D 12 and Apple with Metal.
The Book about Milutin (Serbian: Knjiga o Milutinu, Књига о Милутину) is a novel by the Serbian writer Danko Popović. Novel is about Milutin, Serbian peasant and former soldier who tells his story from jail after World War I. He talks to imaginary listener about tragic fate of Serbian people, his family and Serbia. Published in 1985.
The "Vulkan" designation was later given to a variation of the Energia which has eight boosters and multiple stages. The Energia was designed to launch the Soviet " Buran " reusable shuttle, [ 7 ] and for that reason was designed to carry its payload mounted on the side of the stack, rather than on the top, as is done with other launch vehicles.
Some Birds Can't Fly (Serbian: Птице које не полете / Ptice koje ne polete) is a 1997 Yugoslav drama film directed by Petar Lalovi ...
Orbital is a 2023 novel by English writer Samantha Harvey that incorporates elements of science fiction, [3] [4] literary fiction, and philosophical drama, published by Jonathan Cape in the UK and by Grove Atlantic in the US.
A pyroclastic surge is a fluidised mass of turbulent gas and rock fragments that is ejected during some volcanic eruptions.It is similar to a pyroclastic flow but it has a lower density or contains a much higher ratio of gas to rock, [1] which makes it more turbulent and allows it to rise over ridges and hills rather than always travel downhill as pyroclastic flows do.
Misti is a dormant volcano located in the Andes mountains in southern Peru, rising above Peru's second-largest city, Arequipa.It is a conical volcano with two nested summit craters, the inner one of which contains a volcanic plug or lava dome with active fumaroles.