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Regional heterothermy in Megasoma gyas is not related to active heat dissipation by the horns

open access: yes
Insect Science, EarlyView.
Danilo Giacometti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sonic weapon system

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1983
A system for transmitting a parametrically pumped sonic signal through a transmission medium to a remote location is disclosed. The preferred system, which is particularly intended for use as a sonic weapon, comprises a sound source; means for separating the sound into a plurality of discrete frequency components including a fundamental component and ...
Edward M. Vlicki, William Drewes
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Information Is Not a Weapons System

Journal of Strategic Studies, 2016
ABSTRACTWhile many militaries have tried to capitalize on the potential of information operations in internal war, few have succeeded. I argue that military information campaigns fall short of expectations for two reasons. First, the theory of influence militaries generally embrace – communications as a non-lethal weapons system – is largely invalid ...
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Applying Weapons Law to Particular Weapon Systems

2009
Abstract Chapter 14 discusses specific weapon technologies and types of munition that merit individual consideration. This may be because of concerns that have been expressed as to their characteristics, because the technologies themselves require, or appear to some to require, particular legal care, or because they are emerging ...
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Weapons System Management

IRE Transactions on Engineering Management, 1957
A weapons system provides for, and includes, all elements required to perform a desired mission. The scope of a weapons system begins at the conception of an idea and ends with the successful use of the weapon in the field. A wide variety of weapons systems are concurrently in process at Martin.
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Proportionality and Autonomous Weapons Systems

Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 2015
Given the swift technologic development, it may be expected that the availability of the first truly autonomous weapons systems is fast approaching. Once they are deployed, these weapons will use artificial intelligence to select and attack targets without further human intervention.
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Weapons and military systems

2009
The end of the Cold War signalled a change in the basic security environment and in the requirements of the armed forces. Nowadays, the main task of the armed forces involves what are commonly known as peacemaking and peacekeeping operations, some of which are carried out far away from the respective home country.
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Major weapons systems

IEEE Spectrum, 1982
Summary form only given. The hardware shown here is discussed in articles he lie pter throughout the issue. Spectrum chose these major systems of the US Army, Navy, and Air Force to give an idea of relative sizes and costs.
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Software reliability in weapon systems

Proceedings The Eighth International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, 1997
Summary form only given, as follows. The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC) is responsible for the operational testing of application software used in weapon systems. In order to determine if a system is ready for operational testing, raw data from unit and integration testing is analyzed to determine if the software is ...
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