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Lee Child began writing Tripwire in spring 1997. [4] The book was published on 15 June 1999 in the United Kingdom [1] and the American publication followed on 28 June of the same year. [2] The reason for the opening of the book taking place in Key West was a vacation Child spent there in 1996. [4]
Tripwire force, a small but credible military force acting as a strategic deterrent Open Source Tripwire , open source intrusion detection software Tripwire (company) , a software company that builds and sells commercial versions of Tripwire-based software
A tripwire is a passive triggering mechanism. Typically, a wire or cord is attached to a device for detecting or reacting to physical movement. Military applications
Tripwire Interactive announced their fifth game, Killing Floor 2 in May 2014 and released it into early access in early 2015. [6] In 2015, Tripwire announced Rising Storm 2: Vietnam at E3 2015 and proceeded to release it in 2017. [7] On September 4, 2021, Tripwire CEO and co-founder John Gibson stated on Twitter that he supports the Texas ...
A tripwire-triggered pipe bomb mock-up used to train US military service personnel. A pipe bomb is an improvised explosive device (IED) that uses a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material.
Ancient Japanese iron kaginawa climbing hook A chain grapnel – used to recover a cable from the seabed. A grappling hook or grapnel is a device that typically has multiple hooks (known as claws or flukes) attached to a rope or cable; it is thrown, dropped, sunk, projected, or fastened directly by hand to where at least one hook may catch and hold on to objects.
A tripflare is a device used by military forces to secure an area and to guard against infiltration. [1] It consists of tripwire around the area, linked to one or more flares . When the tripwire is triggered, as by someone unsuspectingly disturbing it, the flare is activated and begins burning.
In southeast Alaska and along the British Columbia Coast, wooden halibut hooks have been used for thousands of years by three tribes, the Tlingit, the Haida and the Tsimshian. In the Tlingit language, the hooks are called náxw. In this region, the hooks are composed of two pieces of wood lashed together, and a lashed barb. [1]