When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Laser warning receiver - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_warning_receiver

    It detects, analyzes, and locates directions of laser emissions [1] from laser guidance systems and laser rangefinders. Then it alerts the crew and can start various countermeasures, like smoke screen , aerosol screen (e.g. Shtora ), active laser self-defence weapon with laser dazzler (LSDW, used on the Chinese Type 99 main battle tank [ 2 ...

  3. Jettison (aviation) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jettison_(aviation)

    Fuel being dumped (jettisoned) from the left wing tank of Boeing 747-400. In aviation, to jettison is to discard fuel, external stores or other expendable items. [1] [2] The item is usually jettisoned by operating a switch or handle; external stores may be separated from the aircraft by use of explosive bolts or a mechanism.

  4. Emergency service response codes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_service_response...

    Code 1: A time critical case with a lights and sirens ambulance response. An example is a cardiac arrest or serious traffic accident. Code 2: An acute but non-time critical response. The ambulance does not use lights and sirens to respond. An example of this response code is a broken leg. Code 3: A non-urgent routine case. These include cases ...

  5. Multiservice tactical brevity code - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiservice_tactical...

    Using the codes eases coordination and improves understanding during multiservice operations. The codes are intended for use by air, ground, sea, and space operations personnel at the tactical level. Code words that are followed by an asterisk (*) may differ in meaning from NATO usage. There is a key provided below to describe what personnel ...

  6. Specific Area Message Encoding - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_Area_Message_Encoding

    Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) is a protocol used for framing and classification of broadcasting emergency warning messages. It was developed by the United States National Weather Service for use on its NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) network, and was later adopted by the Federal Communications Commission for the Emergency Alert System, then subsequently by Environment Canada for use on its ...

  7. List of the United States military vehicles by supply catalog ...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_United_States...

    front cover G1 1930. This is the Group G series List of the United States military vehicles by (Ordnance) supply catalog designation, – one of the alpha-numeric "standard nomenclature lists" (SNL) that were part of the overall list of the United States Army weapons by supply catalog designation, a supply catalog that was used by the United States Army Ordnance Department / Ordnance Corps as ...

  8. What 'secret' loudspeaker codes mean at department stores - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/2010-10-13-what-secret...

    This "code" is one of many innocuous sounding secret codes that stores use to alert employees to problems without distracting you from shopping.

  9. Armoured recovery vehicle - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armoured_recovery_vehicle

    A US Marine Corps M88A2 Hercules in 2014, lifting an M1 Abrams engine with its crane.. An armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) is typically a powerful tank or armoured personnel carrier (APC) chassis modified for use during combat for military vehicle recovery (towing) or repair of battle-damaged, stuck, and/or inoperable armoured fighting vehicles, such as tanks and armoured personnel carriers.