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The RR-144 is designed to prevent interference with civil ATC radar systems. Chaff, originally called Window[ 1] or Düppel, is a radar countermeasure involving the dispersal of thin strips of aluminium, metallized glass fiber, or plastic. [ 2] Dispersed chaff produces a large radar cross section intended to blind or disrupt radar systems.
The Model 7/32 and Model 8/32 were 32-bit minicomputers introduced by Perkin-Elmer after they acquired Interdata, Inc., in 1973. The 7/32 and 8/32 are primarily remembered for being the first 32-bit minicomputers under $10,000. [1] [2] The 8/32 was a more powerful machine than the 7/32, with the notable feature of allowing user-programmable ...
D. B. Cooper. D. B. Cooper, also known as Dan Cooper, was an unidentified man who hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727 aircraft, in United States airspace on November 24, 1971. During the flight from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington, the hijacker told a flight attendant he had a bomb, demanded $200,000 in ransom ...
A floppy disk or floppy diskette (casually referred to as a floppy, a diskette, or a disk) is a type of disk storage composed of a thin and flexible disk of a magnetic storage medium in a square or nearly square plastic enclosure lined with a fabric that removes dust particles from the spinning disk. The three most popular (and commercially ...
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup helped invent rock ‘n’ roll. As the 70th anniversary of Presley’s recording of ”That’s All Right” approaches Friday — July 5, considered a cultural ...
According to a note from Piper Sandler, a small group of high-performing stocks, including “Magnificent Seven” tech names such as Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), Apple (), and Tesla (), significantly ...
Its cylinder had a stroke of 0.75 inches (19 mm) and a bore of 5/16 inch (8 mm), driving a two-bladed propeller with a diameter of 1.25 inches (32 mm). Introduced alongside the ME1 in 1958, the ME2 engine had identical dimensions to the ME3, except for the use of a Mamod upright engine instead of the SEL upright engine found in the ME3.
The United States will resume sales of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia, the State Department said Monday, ending a suspension put in place at the beginning of the Biden administration over ...