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Operation Diamond [1] (Hebrew: מִבְצָע יַהֲלוֹם, Mivtza Yahalom) was an operation undertaken by Mossad. Its goal was the acquisition of a Soviet -built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 , the most advanced Soviet fighter plane at that time.
Operation Diamond Racket is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language action spy thriller film produced and directed by Dorai–Bhagavan.The film stars Rajkumar, alongside Padmapriya, Chandralekha, Vajramuni, Thoogudeepa Srinivas, Tiger Prabhakar and M. B. Shetty.
Military space program French: pierres précieuses (fr.: gemstones) that included the five prototypes Agathe, Topaze, Emeraude, Rubis and Saphir.. The Diamant rocket (French for "diamond") was the first exclusively French expendable launch system and at the same time the first satellite launcher not built by either the United States or USSR.
HMS Dacres, Captain class frigate converted to act as a headquarters ship; HMS Durban (light cruiser used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater) HNLMS Flores, Dutch gunboat; HMS Hilary, H.Q. ship for Juno Beach carrying tri-service commanders and staff; HMS Kingsmill, Captain class frigate converted to act as a headquarters ship
The interim group of 12 LSM(R)s crossed to the Pacific through the Panama Canal and on to the Philippines, headed for battle against Japan in March 1945.. In a preliminary assault on 26 March 1945, they laid down a rocket barrage at dawn on Kerama Retto, a small cluster of islands off the southwestern shore of Okinawa, to allow US Army troops of the 77th Infantry Division to land and secure ...
Operation Demon. The story of the evacuation of British Commonwealth troops from mainland Greece and the tragic loss of the Dutch troopship Slamat and HM destroyers Diamond and Wryneck in April 1941. Angela Young. ISBN 978-1-527271-01-2. Luidinga, Frans (1995). Operation Demon. Het Scheepsjournal van Tjalling Luidinga 1890-1941.
Thus, the Mason and Akebano had, at most, a few minutes to prepare a response after being informed of the missile’s approach by U.S. military radars.. Akebano, with its smaller air defense ...
Operation Diamond Arrow was focused on Thatheng, where Routes 16 and 23 merged in an intersection to form Route 16/23. Surrounding mountainous terrain funneled traffic through this line of communication to the Bolovens Plateau. Occupation of the intersection was crucial to controlling the Plateau overlooking the Ho Chi Minh Trail.