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A dart gun is an air rifle that fires a dart. [1] The dart is tipped with a hypodermic needle and filled with a sedative , [ 2 ] vaccine [ 3 ] or antibiotic . [ 4 ] A dart gun containing a sedative is called a tranquillizer gun ( also spelled tranquilizer gun , tranquilliser gun or tranquiliser gun ), derived from the word "tranquil", which ...
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was designed to assess how much a spacecraft impact deflects an asteroid through its transfer of momentum when hitting the asteroid head-on. [ 6 ]
A chokehold, choke, stranglehold or, in Judo, shime-waza (Japanese: 絞技, lit. 'constriction technique') [1] is a general term for a grappling hold that critically reduces or prevents either air [2] or blood from passing through the neck of an opponent.
After a 1988 ballot measure allowing DART to take on long-term debt failed, a 1989 referendum to withdraw from DART was approved. Flower Mound is not eligible to re-join DART, as it does not border a member city. It is eligible to join the Denton County Transportation Authority instead, but a 2003 measure to do so failed.
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The No. 8 Rebels (5-2, 1-2 SEC) did not trail in regulation against LSU (5-1, 2-0) but surrendered a game-tying touchdown pass with 27 seconds left when LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier hit ...
These had a length of about 30 and 60 cm (12 and 24 in) and resembled an arrow with a long head and short shaft. The Roman model, the plumbata , was weighted with lead. [ 3 ] In some legions, five of these were carried inside each soldier's shield; reconstructions show a range of 70 m (230 ft) or more when thrown overhand in the fashion of a ...
Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS), long dart penetrator, or simply dart ammunition is a type of kinetic energy penetrator ammunition used to attack modern vehicle armour. As an armament for main battle tanks , it succeeds armour-piercing discarding sabot (APDS) ammunition, which is still used in small or medium caliber ...