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  2. Dharma Initiative - Wikipedia

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    DHARMA-Houses. The Dharma Initiative and its origins are first explored in the episode "Orientation" by an orientation film in the Swan Station.Dr. Pierre Chang (Francois Chau), under the alias of Dr. Marvin Candle, explains that the project began in 1970, created by two doctoral candidates from the University of Michigan, Gerald and Karen DeGroot (Michael Gilday and Courtney Lavigne), and was ...

  3. AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radar - Wikipedia

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    A computer program analyzes the track data and then extrapolates the round's point of origin. This calculated point of origin is then reported to the operator with map coordinates, thus allowing friendly artillery to direct counter-battery fire towards the enemy artillery. The system has a reported range of up to 31 miles (50 km).

  4. Artillery sound ranging - Wikipedia

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    Assuming the artillery is far away and using the asymptotes of the hyperbolas, which are lines, to find an approximate location of the artillery. [4] A curvature correction could then be applied to get a more accurate bearing. [5] Approximate solutions can be generated using sets of metal disks whose radii differ by small increments.

  5. Is your Myrtle Beach area home built atop or near an ... - AOL

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    Here’s the map. Jason Lee. ... Machine gun and artillery ranges were also used for live fire practice in the area. ... Report the item by calling 9-11 with a detailed location of the suspicious ...

  6. Culp's Hill - Wikipedia

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    Culp's Hill defenses, afternoon, July 2, 1863. By mid-morning of July 2, 1863, the XII Corps arrived and fortified the hill. Brig. Gen. George S. Greene, who at 62 was the oldest Union general on the field, was a brigade commander in the division of Maj. Gen. John W. Geary.

  7. Kill chain (military) - Wikipedia

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    One military kill chain model is the "F2T2EA", which includes the following phases: Find: Identify a target. Find a target within surveillance or reconnaissance data or via intelligence means. Fix: Fix the target's location. Obtain specific coordinates for the target either from existing data or by collecting additional data.

  8. Disappearing gun - Wikipedia

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    A US Army coast artillery 5-inch gun M1897 on a balanced pillar mount M1896. U.S. Endicott-era balanced pillar and masking parapet mounts were, in a sense, a hybrid of simple pedestal mounts and disappearing mounts: the guns were hidden from observation while out of action, but, once engaged, remained vulnerable to direct observation and direct ...

  9. Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials - Wikipedia

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    Chart of public symbols of the Confederacy and its leaders as surveyed by the Southern Poverty Law Center, by year of establishment [note 1]. Most of the Confederate monuments on public land were built in periods of racial conflict, such as when Jim Crow laws were being introduced in the late 19th century and at the start of the 20th century or during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ...