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His 'Moving Target' promised to be a dreary two-hour exercise in flattering a budding star's ego." However, Ruth acknowledged that his preconceived notions about the movie were wrong, and that it was "a nice, little movie, full of action, crisp dialogue and a host of terrific performances cast against type, which combine to provide a taut ...
Zuni (rocket) The Zuni 5-inch Folding-Fin Aircraft Rocket (FFAR), or simply Zuni, is a 5.0 in (127 mm) unguided rocket developed by the Hunter-Douglas Division of Bridgeport Brass Company and deployed by the United States Armed Forces, [ 1][ 2] and the French Air Force. [ 3] The rocket was developed for both air-to-air and air-to-ground operations.
The Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System ( Joint STARS) is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) airborne ground surveillance, battle management and command and control aircraft. It tracks ground vehicles and some aircraft, collects imagery, and relays tactical pictures to ground and air theater commanders.
Moving target indication ( MTI) is a mode of operation of a radar to discriminate a target against the clutter. [ 1] It describes a variety of techniques used for finding moving objects, like an aircraft, and filter out unmoving ones, like hills or trees. It contrasts with the modern stationary target indication (STI) technique, which uses ...
Chemoreceptor trigger zone. The chemoreceptor trigger zone ( CTZ) is an area of the medulla oblongata that receives inputs from blood -borne drugs or hormones, and communicates with other structures in the vomiting center to initiate vomiting. The CTZ is located within the area postrema, which is on the floor of the fourth ventricle and is ...
5:20:27: The east penthouse on top of 7 World Trade Center crumbles apart. 5:20:33: 7 World Trade Center, a 47-story building, collapses. The building contained New York's emergency operations center, operated by the NYC Office of Emergency Management, originally intended to respond to disasters such as the September 11 terrorist attacks. Due ...
A no-fly zone, also known as a no-flight zone ( NFZ ), or air exclusion zone ( AEZ ), [ 1] is a territory or area established by a military power over which certain aircraft are not permitted to fly. Such zones are usually set up in an enemy power's territory during a conflict for humanitarian or military reasons without consent of the enemy ...
By the 1994 NBA All-Star Game, there was speculation as to whether or not the Timberwolves would remain in Minneapolis following the 1994–95 season.On February 11, 1994, NBA commissioner David Stern announced that he and his representatives would serve as mediators in an effort to resolve issues related to the debt owed on the Target Center, the Timberwolves home arena. [2]