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A rock climber approaches a roof while leading a multi-pitch, traditional route in Custer State Park, United States. Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up, across, or down natural rock formations or indoor climbing walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a usually pre-defined route without falling.
Avro 707 research aircraft in formation with Avro Vulcan bomber prototypes. Fairey Delta 2 research aircraft. Gloster E.28/39 jet engine research aircraft. Miles M.35 Libellula canard research aircraft. Armstrong Whitworth Ape 1926 – Variable configuration aerodynamic test vehicle. Armstrong Whitworth A.W.52 1947 – Jet powered flying wing.
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows. [ 1] The word comes from the Latin arcus, meaning bow. [ 2] Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern times, it is mainly a competitive sport and recreational activity.
The AGR-20 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System ( APKWS) is a design conversion of Hydra 70 unguided rockets with a laser guidance kit to turn them into precision-guided munitions (PGMs). [ 7] APKWS is approximately one-third the cost and one-third the weight of the current inventory of laser-guided weapons, has a lower yield more suitable for ...
Atmospheric entry. Atmospheric entry (sometimes listed as V impact or V entry) is the movement of an object from outer space into and through the gases of an atmosphere of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite. There are two main types of atmospheric entry: uncontrolled entry, such as the entry of astronomical objects, space debris, or ...
Mass. 140–500 kilograms (310–1,100 lb) The ADS (Active Defence System), formerly known as AMAP-ADS, is a hard-kill active protection system (APS), developed by the German company ADS Gesellschaft für aktive Schutzsysteme, a subsidiary of Rheinmetall and IBD Deisenroth Engineering, [ 1] as part of their Advanced Modular Armor Protection ...
Reactive armour is a type of vehicle armour used in protecting vehicles, especially modern tanks, against shaped charges and hardened kinetic energy penetrators. The most common type is explosive reactive armour (ERA), but variants include self-limiting explosive reactive armour (SLERA), non-energetic reactive armour (NERA), non-explosive ...
Trophy (countermeasure) Trophy's radar and covered projectile launcher. Merkava Mk 4m equipped with Trophy APS technology during Operation Protective Edge. Trophy ( Israel Defense Forces designation מעיל רוח, lit. "Windbreaker") is a military armored vehicle active protection system (APS) designed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.