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  2. Forces on sails - Wikipedia

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    True wind (V T) is the same everywhere in the diagram, whereas boat velocity (V B) and apparent wind (V A) vary with point of sail. Forces on sails result from movement of air that interacts with sails and gives them motive power for sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and sail-powered land vehicles.

  3. Pakistan Navy ranks and insignia - Wikipedia

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    The Pakistan Navy ranks and insignia are the military insignia used by the Pakistan Navy.They are used to identify their roles as commanding officers and varies with their responsibilities. [1]

  4. Pakistan Navy - Wikipedia

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    The order of precedence of the three services changed from Navy–Army–Air force to Army–Navy–Air Force. [ 27 ] [ self-published source? In February 1956, the British government announced the transfer of several major surface combat warships to Pakistan Navy, including a cruiser and four destroyers to be purchased with funds made ...

  5. Sailing - Wikipedia

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    The forces transmitted via the sails are resisted by forces from the hull, keel, and rudder of a sailing craft, by forces from skate runners of an iceboat, or by forces from wheels of a land sailing craft which are steering the course. This combination of forces means that it is possible to sail an upwind course as well as downwind.

  6. Weather helm - Wikipedia

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    Weather helm is the result of a leeward and aft shift of a vessel's vector center of effort (the direction to which the force generated by the sails is pushing). This shift is caused by excess pressure on the mainsail , which overpowers the windward lateral resistance generated by the jib (or other head sail) and keel or centerboard.

  7. Special Service Group (Navy) - Wikipedia

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    The Pakistan Navy Special Service Group (reporting name: Navy SSG or simply Pakistan Navy SEALs, [3] [4]) is the special operations force tasked with the conducting the small-unit based military operations in all environmental formats of the sea, air, and land by adopting to the tactics of the unconventional warfare.

  8. Tufail Mohammad - Wikipedia

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    Major Tufail Mohammad (Urdu: طفیل محمد ; b. 22 June 1914 – 7 August 1958: 26 [2]), NH, was a Pakistani military officer and the third recipient of Pakistan's highest military award, the Nishan-e-Haider (Eng. Trans.: Emblem of the Lion) for his actions of valor during the 1958 East Pakistan-India border clashes.

  9. List of military unit mottoes by country - Wikipedia

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    Pakistan Army (Urdu: پاک فوج) Motto (Urdu): Iman, Taqwa, Jihad fi Sabilillah (English translation: "Faith, Piety, Struggle for Allah") Pakistan Air Force ( Urdu : پاک فضائیه) Motto ( Persian ): Sahrast ke daryast tah-e-bal-o-par-e-mast (English translation:- "Be it the deserts / Be it the rivers / All are under my wings")