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The system consists of a transmitter and two different types of receivers, one to initiate blasting caps and one to initiate C4 directly. RAMS was designed to serve as a more portable and convenient alternative to conventional remote activation systems like the model XM-122, which was considered too big, heavy, and fragile for efficient use.
A U.S. Army Special Forces paratrooper conducts a high-altitude low-opening military freefall jump with an MK–54 SADM. The Special Atomic Demolition Munition ( SADM ), also known as the XM129 and XM159 Atomic Demolition Charges, [1] and the B54 bomb [2] was a nuclear man-portable atomic demolition munition (ADM) system fielded by the US ...
The TM 31-210 Improvised Munitions Handbook is a 256 page United States Army technical manual intended for the United States Army Special Forces. It was first published in 1969 by the Department of the Army. Like many other U.S. military manuals [1] dealing with improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unconventional warfare, it was declassified ...
Catalina's isolation also left the island as the last central office in the US Bell System to operate entirely using manual switchboard operators. The Catalina Island exchange was converted to dial in 1978. The island shares area code 310 and overlay area code 424 with parts of Ventura and Los Angeles County. Emergency services
The Watts Towers, Towers of Simon Rodia, or Nuestro Pueblo ("our town" in Spanish) are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural towers, architectural structures, and individual sculptural features and mosaics within the site of the artist's original residential property in Watts, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Arizona’s state legislature is sending a controversial immigration policy to voters this November, putting the border on the ballot alongside Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
The M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge (MICLIC) is a rocket -projected mine-clearing line charge used to provide a "close-in" demining capability for maneuver forces of the United States Army and Marine Corps. [1] [2] [3] First entering service with United States Army Europe and Africa in 1988, [4] it is effective against conventionally fuzed land ...
Infants, young children, older adults and people with compromised immune systems may be at greater risk, DC Water said. Atlanta was under a state of emergency last month, after disruptions to its ...