ARMAMENTS FIRMS, THE STATE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM, AND THE NAVAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN EDWARDIAN BRITAIN
Essays in Economic and Business History, 2011 This article examines the relationship between Britain’s armament firms and the state’s procurement system, presenting a case for a Naval Industrial Complex (NIC) in the years immediately before the Great War.
Roger Lloyd-Jones Roger Lloyd-Jones +1 more
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Estimation of Priming Mixture Force
Energies, 2022 This paper presents the results of the estimation of the priming mixture force for primers used in 12.7 mm ammunition. The method of estimation is based on the results of pressure measurements in a closed chamber into which the products of the combustion
Radosław Trębiński +3 more
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Analysis of Application of Plasma Ignition in Closed Vessel Tests
Energies, 2021 This paper presents the results of a comparative investigation into the effects of the ignition method on the ballistic properties of three types of propellants: a single-base propellant, a double-base propellant and a low vulnerability (LOVA) propellant,
Radosław Trębiński +3 more
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Insects, 2019 Japanese rhinoceros beetle (Trypoxylus dichotomus) males have exaggerated head horns that they use as weapons in combat over reproductive opportunities.
Benjamin Buchalski +4 more
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Weapons and Equipment of a Horse from the Necropolis of Karakabа
Поволжская археология, 2020 The paper analyzes the armament and horse harness from the mounds of the early medieval burial ground of Karakaba located in the territory of East Kazakhstan.
Chotbaev Aydos E.
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Masters of the Channel Night: The 10th Destroyer Flotilla’s Victory Off Ile De Batz, 9 June 1944 [PDF]
, 2012 It was a dark and somewhat stormy night. In the western English Channel, off the Ile de Batz, twelve destroyers, eight Allied (including two Canadian) and four German, hurtled towards each other at a combined speed of 47 knots.
Whitby, Michael
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About the Social Status of the Woman from Barrow 34 of the Kalinovskiy Burial Mound
Нижневолжский археологический вестник, 2018 The paper is devoted to determining the social status of a young woman buried in barrow 34 of the Kalinovskiy burial mound which is located on the left bank of the Volga river within the Volgograd region. The peculiarity of this burial is the presence of
Anatoliy S. Skripkin
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Warrior Cops: The Ominous Growth of Paramilitarism in American Police Departments [PDF]
, 1999 Over the past 20 years Congress has encouraged the U.S. military to supply intelligence, equipment, and training to civilian police. That encouragement has spawned a culture of paramilitarism in American law enforcement.
Diane Cecilia Weber
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Sixty years of the Military Technical Courier: Origins of the military technical thinking in the military printing of the Kingdom of Serbia [PDF]
Vojnotehnički Glasnik, 2012 The article sheds light on the origins of the military technical thinking in the military publishing of the Kingdom of Serbia with a view to marking a jubilee - the sixtieth anniversary of the Military Technical Courier.
Ivan B. Mijatović
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Teaching new media composition studies in a lifelong learning context [PDF]
, 2000 Governmental proposals for lifelong learning, and the role of Information and Learning Technologies/Information Communication Technologies (ILT/ICT) in this, idealistically proclaim that ILT/ICT empowers learners.
Jameson, Jill, Squires, David
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