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One of Sandia's first permanent buildings (Building 800) was completed in 1949. Sandia National Laboratories' roots go back to World War II and the Manhattan Project.Prior to the United States formally entering the war, the U.S. Army leased land near an Albuquerque, New Mexico airport known as Oxnard Field to service transient Army and U.S. Navy aircraft.
NM 536 west – Sandia Park, Sandia Peak: Eastern terminus of NM 536: Sandoval: No major junctions: Santa Fe: Golden: 15.748: 25.344: NM 344 south – Edgewood: Northern terminus of NM 344 44.900: 72.260: NM 599 north (Santa Fe Bypass) Southern terminus of NM 599 46.675: 75.116: I-25 / US 85 – Albuquerque, Las Vegas: I-25 Exit 278: Santa Fe ...
Sandia Base was located at about 35° 02' 25" N, 106° 32' 59" W at an elevation 5,394 feet (1,644 m) above sea level. It was in the southeast quadrant of Albuquerque, bounded roughly by Louisiana Boulevard SE and Kirtland Air Force Base on the west, and Eubank Avenue SE and the Sandia Mountains on the east, and Isleta Pueblo lands on the south.
Fatal subway burning exposes New York City’s sad disconnect to humanity. ... that’s a person right here,” the person filming says, while a chorus of “oh s–t” rings out from the crowd ...
The 2001 anthrax attacks, also known as Amerithrax (a portmanteau of "America" and "anthrax", from its FBI case name), [1] occurred in the United States over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 attacks.
MTA agencies now move about 8.6 million customers per day (translating to 2.65 billion rail and bus customers a year) and employ about 74,000 people. [53] [54] The MTA's systems carry over 11 million passengers on an average weekday systemwide, and over 850,000 vehicles on its seven toll bridges and two tunnels per weekday. [55]
Sailors and marines take cover from thousands of gallons of aqueous film forming foam solution during a countermeasure washdown. Decontamination foam (known commonly as decon foam) is a spray-on cleaning solution used on surfaces that have been contaminated with biological or chemical agents (e.g., chemical warfare agents, anthrax spores or toxic industrial materials). [1]
Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons. [1] [2] This type of warfare is distinct from nuclear warfare, biological warfare and radiological warfare, which together make up CBRN, the military acronym for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (warfare or weapons), all of which are considered "weapons of mass destruction" (WMDs), a ...