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The cats were flown out of Singapore and delivered in crates dropped by parachutes as part of a broader program of supplying cats to combat an infestation of rats. [1] The operation was reported as a "success" at the time. [2] [3] Newspaper reports published soon after the operation reference only 23 cats being used. Some unreliable later ...
An airdrop is an unsolicited distribution of a cryptocurrency token or coin, usually for free, to numerous wallet addresses. Airdrops are often associated with the launch of a new cryptocurrency or a DeFi protocol, primarily as a way of gaining attention and new followers, resulting in a larger user base and a wider disbursement of coins. [ 1 ]
The Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) is an American military airdrop system which uses the Global Positioning System (GPS), steerable parachutes, and an onboard computer to steer loads to a designated point of impact (PI) on a drop zone (DZ). The JPADS family of systems consists of several precision airdrop systems, ranging from extra ...
The two prototype YC-130s, AF Serial Numbers 53-3396 and 53-3397, were built at the Burbank, California plant, and were given c/ns 1001 and 1002.Production Hercules have all been built at the Lockheed-Marietta, Georgia plant, and began their c/ns at 3001 (USAF 53-3129, still extant at the Air Force Armament Museum).
This is an incomplete list of U.S. Department of Defense code names primarily the two-word series variety. Officially, Arkin (2005) says that there are three types of code name : Nicknames – a combination of two separate unassociated and unclassified words (e.g. Polo and Step) assigned to represent a specific program, special access program ...
Dogecoin (/ ˈ d oʊ (d) ʒ k ɔɪ n / DOHJ-koyn or DOHZH-koyn, [2] Abbreviation: DOGE; sign: Ð) is a cryptocurrency created by software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer, who decided to create a payment system as a joke, making fun of the wild speculation in cryptocurrencies at the time. [3]
April 2018 - Zipline announced a second-generation drone, [15] which was listed in Time's "Best inventions of 2018" list. [16] April 2019 - Zipline opened its first four planned distribution centers in Ghana to supply 2,500 health facilities. [17] The fourth Ghanaian distribution center became operational in June 2020. [18]
Teddybear Airdrop Minsk 2012 was an aerial event that took place over Belarus on 4 July 2012. An airplane, chartered by the Swedish advertising agency Studio Total , illegally entered the Belarusian airspace on 4 July and parachuted several hundred teddy bears with notes carrying pro-democracy messages.