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  2. Strategic Defense Initiative - Wikipedia

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    SDI was not just lasers; in this Kinetic Energy Weapon test, a 0.25-ounce (7 g) Lexan projectile was fired from a light-gas gun at a velocity of 23,000 feet per second (7,000 m/s; 16,000 mph) at a cast aluminum block. Another criticism of SDI argued that it would be inconsistent with existing treaties.

  3. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...

  4. List of the United States Army weapons by supply catalog ...

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    Ordnance crest "WHAT'S IN A NAME" - military education about SNL. This is a historic (index) list of United States Army weapons and materiel, by their Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group and individual designations — an alpha-numeric nomenclature system used in the United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalogues used from about 1930 to about 1958.

  5. SDI (arcade game) - Wikipedia

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    SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative, or simply titled SDI and sometimes known as Global Defense, is a horizontally scrolling shooter produced and released internationally in arcades by Sega in 1987. It was ported to Amiga , Amstrad CPC , Atari ST , Commodore 64 , Master System , and ZX Spectrum .

  6. List of firearms (M) - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of small arms whose manufacturer or name (in the case of no known or multiple manufacturers) starts with the letter M—including pistols, shotguns, sniper rifles, submachine guns, personal defense weapons, assault rifles, battle rifles, designated marksman rifles, carbines, machine guns, flamethrowers, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, anti-tank rifles, and any other ...

  7. Project Excalibur - Wikipedia

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    The report also noted that the energy requirements for a directed energy weapon used as a BMD asset was much higher than the energy needed for the same weapon to be used against those assets. [78] This meant even if the SDI weapons could be successfully developed, they could be attacked by similar weapons that would be easier to develop.

  8. Club (weapon) - Wikipedia

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    An assortment of club weapons from the Wujing Zongyao from left to right: flail, metal bat, double flail, truncheon, mace, barbed mace. A club (also known as a cudgel, baton, bludgeon, truncheon, cosh, nightstick, or impact weapon) is a short staff or stick, usually made of wood, wielded as a weapon or tool [1] since prehistory.

  9. Category:Blunt weapons - Wikipedia

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