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Critics point to the case of military contractors, seeking to sell a weapons system. For obvious reasons of cost, weapons systems (such as an air-to-air missile system for use by fighter aircraft) are extensively modelled on computer. Without testing of their own, a potential buyer must rely to a large extent on the manufacturer's own model.
The Small Arms Weapons Effect Simulator (SAWES) was a training device used by the British Army during the 1980s.It consisted of an infrared projector mounted on the L1A1 self-loading rifle and later the SA80, and a harness with receptors to receive the beams to simulate hits.
UC1583 PAL controller (early 1990s), based on a commercial Compaq LTE laptop. A permissive action link (PAL) is an access control security device for nuclear weapons.Its purpose is to prevent unauthorized arming or detonation of a nuclear weapon. [1]
The gameplay is a simulation of a global nuclear war, with the game's screen reminiscent of the "big boards" that visually represented thermonuclear war in films such as Dr. Strangelove, Fail-Safe, and especially WarGames. The game has been available by download since September 29, 2006 through Introversion's web store and Steam.
A Boeing B-52 strategic bomber being prepared for EMP testing at Trestle in 1982.. ATLAS-I (Air Force Weapons Lab Transmission-Line Aircraft Simulator), better known as Trestle, was a unique electromagnetic pulse (EMP) generation and testing apparatus built between 1972 and 1980 during the Cold War at Sandia National Laboratories near Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Javelin is a fire-and-forget missile with lock-on before launch and automatic self-guidance. The system employs a top attack flight profile against armored vehicles, attacking the usually thinner top armor, but can also make a direct attack, for use against buildings, targets too close for top attack, targets under obstructions, and helicopters ...
Gimbal lock is the loss of one degree of freedom in a multi-dimensional mechanism at certain alignments of the axes. In a three-dimensional three- gimbal mechanism, gimbal lock occurs when the axes of two of the gimbals are driven into a parallel configuration, "locking" the system into rotation in a degenerate two-dimensional space.
After the war, Luck was interned at GUPVI forced labour camp 518/I in Tkibuli, Georgia, a camp for POWs and internees, similar to a GULAG camp. [51] He was released in December 1949 and returned to West Germany. [52] He became involved in veterans' associations and was frequently asked to lecture at military schools.