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Pearl Harbor Attack Aircraft Carriers
1,189 wordsDecember 7 th, 1941, was the opening of World War 2, in the Pacific arena. In 1931, Japan invaded China's northern parts and then in 1937, Japan announced a full invasion of China. The United States couldn't just stand by and let Japan take over Asia's parts, so they moved their fleets to Pearl Harbor. The strongest ships were the battleships, which were named after the states of the union. U. S. Arizona was made in 1915 and then was Rebuilt and updated in 1930. The ship was surrounded with over...
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Royal Air Force Battle Of Britain
664 wordsSome historians talk of crucial battles where the right man in the right place at the right time can alter the course of history. Others say that the forces of history are inexorable and mere mortals can barely hope to influence, much less deflect or halt them. The Battle of Britain is very close to evidence for the former view. It is known as the greatest aerial battle ever fought, and was a large contributor to the Allies victory of the Second World War. It came at a time when Britain, disillu...
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Gulf Of Mexico Tropical Storms
1,204 words... 30 %. A dependent of HRD scientists and technicians remained stationed at NHC to compile catalogs of output from a new storm surge model, the Sea, Lake Overland Surges from Hurricanes (SLOSH). These catalogs mapped possible hurricane flooding and required that each basin be meticulously, numerically rendered. These catalogs were then given to emergency personnel in the target cities to aid in evacuation planning. Computer modeling during the early 1980 's involved work on a 12 level nested g...
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Firmly Believed Radar Stations Fighter
991 wordsIn May 1940 after the fall of France, Hitler firmly believed that Britain, cut off from mainland Europe after the retreat from Dunkirk, would be ready to sue for peace if given enough time and incentive. He deduced that with Britain out of the war, America would come to terms with the new order as it could hope to gain no foothold in Europe without paying a terrible price. This would enable Germany to concentrate on what had always been considered the main threat, Russia. By 1939 air warfare was...
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Rules And Regulations United Airlines
1,224 wordsIn-flight aviation complications have a nine in ten chance of having been prevented by FAA (Federal Aviation Association) safety measures both in use today and being issued in the near future (Sign, 99). Some accidents are on a grand scale killing hundreds of people, while some are so small that passengers are unaware that they even happened. Meanwhile, the FAA is busy turning out new regulations, little attention is actually being paid to the jobs, making sure they are done, and done correctly....
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People Were Killed Early Morning
1,040 wordsA tornado is a violently rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm cloud to the earths surface. They are sometimes nicknamed twisters because of their shape and because of what they do. The winds in the tornadoes are usually 100 mph or less. In +F 4 's they can exceed 250 mph. They usually stay on a track of a few miles or less and are less than 100 yds. wide. For the development of tornadoes there are a few conditions required. An abundant low-level of moisture and unstable atmosp...
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Point Of View Wogga Mcbride Quick
955 wordsCloud street is the story of two families struggling to make ends meet in a run down house in Perth during the twenty years after World War II. It is a book about community that stirs deep hungers for belonging. Fish Lambs Sadness Radar The significance of the title of this chapter is shown in the opening sentences. Quick Lamb reads the paper every day and sees the long lists of the missing believed killed, and the notices in memoriam for sons and fathers and brothers. The wars over, he knows, b...
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Tanks The Evolution Of Tank Technology
1,679 wordsEver since the introduction of the tank into modern ground combat, it has been a bold symbol of armies of all countries. Its beginnings based on that of a farm tractor, the tank now looms large over battlefields as a worthy foe, and is in many cases the backbone of most modern day ground maneuvers. The tank was first developed by the British and the French during World War I. These tanks were very slow (road speed was about 5 mph) and were used only for infantry protection. Although they had som...
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Weather Balloon Army Air
999 wordsSome time in July of 1947, a mysterious flying object zigzagged across the skies of New Mexico. Within twenty-four hours the object disappeared from radar just as mysteriously as it had appeared. It was last seen in a small town in the middle of the Arizona desert, it's name, Roswell. The Roswell incident is one of the most publicized and well-known accounts of a possible UFO crash in the world. Perhaps the greatest evidence that a UFO did indeed crash near Roswell, is the wide scale military co...
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Nuclear Winter Theory Left A Lasting Impact Sagan
904 wordsNovember 9 th, 1997, Carl Edward Sagan was born in Brooklyn, NY. He was the son of a Russian immigrant who worked as a theater usher and garment cutter. From an early age, Carl showed an interest in science. His childhood dream was astronomy. The first experience Sagan had with this science was when he began looking at the stars at age five. By age eight, Sagan was determined to visit the planets. His dreams led to a deserving set of degrees. He earned two undergraduate degrees in 1954, his Mast...
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Long Range Front Line
1,540 wordsWhen the first computer was built some decades ago, it was capable of doing simple calculations and other basic tasks. The engineers had no idea what the future would bring within the world of computers. Their invention was the first step in a major professional and personal transformation in the industrialized world. Computers invaded in the following decades the lives of most people in various work saving machines and in the middle of the Eighties also in the form of Personal Computers (PCs). ...
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Nuclear Holocaust Internal Organs
935 wordsCreative Story: Death Close 2100 hours, Captain James S. Steward of the United States Air Force straps on his G-suit and goes over his mission briefings one last time. He walks out into the hanger and awaits his chariot. The SR- 71 Blackbird, the fastest plane in the world with its twin turbine engines and slick black radar absorbent skin make him a flying shadow in the air. His mission, to fly a covert reconnaissance mission over Moscow, the heart of the USSR Intelligence believe that the Russi...
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Electromagnetism Destructive Electromagnetism Command Post Can Destroy Guns
605 wordsIntroduction Electromagnetism Destructive Electromagnetism Destructive Electromagnetism Introduction Electromagnetism exists everywhere. When people drive, walk, or even go to the beach. However, due to the extreme complexity of the topic, electromagnetism has proven to be a subject studied by those who are crafty and willing enough to explore the domain. The ideas of electricity start from simple objects such as springs, coils and magnets that simply created a current for some sort of affect to...
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Road Rage Aggressive Driving
1,793 wordsAlmost Road Rage Road Rage Almost all drivers have experienced some occurrence of road rage. Most of these occurrences are as innocent as a rude gesture, but some drivers have lost their lives because of them. Traffic is a cooperative activity (2 - 3 - 7). When a driver decides to take control of the road, the consequences can again be fatal. Almost every driver on the road has been involved in one incident or another. No one is immune from road rage, therefore it effects us all. Road rage is an...
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Ufo Sightings Flying Saucers
1,000 wordsAlmost every civilization in history that has kept a written history has recorded the sightings of strange objects and lights in the skies. These objects have been described as glowing wheels, colored balls of light, and disk shaped objects. Today unexplained aerial phenomena are generally referred to as unidentified flying objects (UFOs) or flying saucers. The effects of extra terrestrial sightings can have an adverse effect on people if influenced the wrong way. No solid proof has shown that U...
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F 15 Eagle Aluminum Honeycomb Flight
549 wordsDesigns and technologies of fighter aircraft? s have come a long way this past half century, enabling aircraft? s to break the sound barrier and fly at speeds of mach 1, something they do now is a matter of routine. Wing platform has changed from strait to swept wings. The use of exotic metals and materials is increasing, and more powerful propulsion units are being developed. the idea was to get a fighter aircraft with a wing optimized for a high load factor and bullet free performance at 0. 9 ...
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U S Troops 000 Soldiers
554 wordsAugust 7, 1942, . Large force of ships, unknown number or types, entering the sound. What can they be? x Tapped a Japanese radio operator, stationed on the island of Tulagi, neighboring Guadalcanal. This was the beginning of a pivotal battle at Guadalcanal, which would lead to the road to Tokyo and victory. The battle that lasted over six months presented U. S. troops with the obstacles of nature and the Japanese. These were overcome, but at a considerable cost. The Japanese fought with tactics ...
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Officer Alerts His Commanding Officer Officer Alerts His Commanding Detroit
807 wordsIt is three o? clock in the afternoon. A cool wind blows across the frozen plain. It was a typical March afternoon on the Siberian plain, somewhere deep in the Russian wilderness. The flora and fauna that inhabit this environment are the product of hundreds of millions of years evolution, the time it takes to virtually perfect a species. They continue to go about their game of predator and pray, unaware of the petty political struggles that are going on thousands of kilometers away. The calm is ...
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Black And White First Time
830 wordsAnd In This Corner Levine Vs. Jackson To Be Or Not To Be a Physicalist A physicist is one who believes that all information is physical. This is a view that sees all factual knowledge as that which can be formulated as a statement about physical objects and activities. Thus, the language of science can be reduced to third Person descriptions. Philosopher Frank Jackson, an anti-physicist, proposes the knowledge argument against physicalism, which goes as follows: Suppose that there is a brilliant...
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Ufo Sightings Unidentified Flying
1,104 wordsThe Effects of UFOs on People By Steve Edwards Almost every civilization in history that has kept a written history has recorded the sightings of strange objects and lights in the skies. These objects have been described as glowing wheels, colored balls of light, and disk shaped objects. Today unexplained aerial phenomena are generally referred to as unidentified flying objects (UFOs) or flying saucers. The effects of extra terrestrial sightings can have an adverse effect on people if influenced...
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