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Runway 01 has an additional 450 metres (1,480 ft) of grass overrun on the north end. The San Jose Del Guaviare VOR-DME (Ident: SJE) is located 2.9 nautical miles (5.4 km) south of the airport. The San Jose Del Guaviare non-directional beacon (Ident: SJE) is located on the field. [3] [4]
Tank leak detection is implemented to alert the operator to a suspected release from any part of a storage tank system, what enables to prevent from soil contamination and loss of product. In many countries regulated UST are required to have an approved leak detection method so that leaks are discovered quickly and the release is stopped in time.
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 ...
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.
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.
The defense readiness condition (DEFCON) is an alert state used by the United States Armed Forces. [1] [2] For security reasons, the US military does not announce a DEFCON level to the public. [1] The DEFCON system was developed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and unified and specified combatant commands. [3]
[1] Purell, Purell, Purell followed by a location is for cleanup (vomit) on Celebrity ships. Red Parties, Red Parties, Red Parties is used by Disney Cruise Line over the PA system to alert the crew of a fire or possible fire on board the ship. Star code, star code, star code is a code for a medical emergency aboard Celebrity ships.
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 ...