Laser rangefinder

A laser rangefinder, also known as a laser telemeter, is a rangefinder that uses a laser beam to determine the distance to an object. ^[1]

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Abhay IFV

Abhay (Sanskrit: अभय, "Fearless") was an Infantry Combat Vehicle created under a tech-demonstration program started in India by the Defence Research and Development Organisation or DRDO.

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Python family of AAM for comparisons, Python-5 (displayed lower-front) and Shafrir-1 (upper-back) An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft (including unmanned aircraft such as cruise missiles).

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Akeron MP

The Akeron MP (Akeron Moyenne Portée),, Shephard.

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Al-Khalid/VT-1A

The Al-Khalid/VT-1A (الخالد ٹینک—, literally "The Eternal Tank") is a main battle tank family developed jointly by Norinco of China and Heavy Industries Taxila of Pakistan.

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Al-Zarrar tank

The Al-Zarrar (Urdu: الضرار), is a second generation main battle tank (MBT), currently in the services of the Pakistan Army since 2004.

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Allothetic

Allothetic means being centred in people or places other than oneself.

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AMX-13

The AMX-13 is a French light tank produced from 1952 to 1987.

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AMX-30

The AMX-30 is a main battle tank designed by Ateliers de construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux (AMX, then GIAT) and first delivered to the French Army in August 1966.

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AMX-30E

The AMX-30E (E stands for España, Spanish for Spain) is a Spanish main battle tank based on France's AMX-30.

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AMX-32

The AMX-32 was a French main battle tank developed by AMX and APX in the late 1970s during the Cold War as an export tank to fit in a specific market niche of nations with smaller defence budgets.

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AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR

The AN/ASQ-228 Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) is a multi-sensor, electro-optical targeting pod incorporating thermographic camera, low-light television camera, target laser rangefinder/laser designator, and laser spot tracker developed and manufactured by Raytheon.

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AN/PEQ-1 SOFLAM

The AN/PEQ-1 also known as a Special Operations Forces Laser Acquisition Marker (SOFLAM or SOF-LAM) or the Ground Laser Target Designator (GLTD) is a U.S. military laser designator designed for use by special operations forces (SOF), including Combat Control Teams (CCT), Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC), and Tactical Air Control Parties (TACP), under rugged field conditions.

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AN/TWQ-1 Avenger

The Avenger Air Defense System, designated AN/TWQ-1 under the Joint Electronics Type Designation System, is an American self-propelled surface-to-air missile system which provides mobile, short-range air defense protection for ground units against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, low-flying fixed-wing aircraft, and helicopters.

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ArduPilot

ArduPilot is an open source, uncrewed vehicle Autopilot Software Suite, capable of controlling.

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Ariete

The C1 Ariete (ram) is a 3rd generation main battle tank of the Italian Army, developed by Consorzio Iveco Oto Melara (CIO), a consortium formed by IVECO and OTO Melara.

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Arjun (tank)

The Arjun is a third generation main battle tank developed by the Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), for the Indian Army.

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Armoured warfare

Armoured warfare or armored warfare (American English; see spelling differences), is the use of armoured fighting vehicles in modern warfare.

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Articulated body pose estimation

Articulated body pose estimation in computer vision is the study of algorithms and systems that recover the pose of an articulated body, which consists of joints and rigid parts using image-based observations.

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Artillery

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.

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Artillery observer

An artillery observer, artillery spotter, or forward observer (FO) is a soldier responsible for directing artillery and mortar fire support onto a target.

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Aselsan SMASH

The SMASH is a type of remote controlled weapon station manufactured by Aselsan of Turkey.

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ASTER (spacecraft)

ASTER is a planned space mission under development by the Brazilian Space Agency that will launch a spacecraft to orbit a near-Earth object known as, a triple asteroid system.

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Automated guided vehicle

An automated guided vehicle (AGV), different from an autonomous mobile robot (AMR), is a portable robot that follows along marked long lines or wires on the floor, or uses radio waves, vision cameras, magnets, or lasers for navigation.

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Avalanche photodiode

An avalanche photodiode (APD) is a highly sensitive type of photodiode, which in general are semiconductor diodes that exploit the photoelectric effect to convert light into electricity.

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Back-up collision

Back-up collisions happen when a driver reverses the car into an object, person, or other car.

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Ballbot

A ball balancing robot also known as a ballbot is a dynamically-stable mobile robot designed to balance on a single spherical wheel (i.e., a ball).

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Barry Voight

Barry Voight (born 1937) is an American geologist, volcanologist, author, and engineer.

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Begleitpanzer 57 AIFSV

The Begleitpanzer 57 (Escort Tank 57) AIFSV (Armored Infantry Fire Support Vehicle) was a project of the companies Thyssen-Henschel and Bofors.

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Bell OH-58 Kiowa

The Bell OH-58 Kiowa is a family of single-engine single-rotor military helicopters used for observation, utility, and direct fire support.

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BGM-71 TOW

The BGM-71 TOW ("Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided", pronounced) is an American anti-tank missile.

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Binoculars

Binoculars or field glasses are two refracting telescopes mounted side-by-side and aligned to point in the same direction, allowing the viewer to use both eyes (binocular vision) when viewing distant objects.

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Bisaro Anima

Bisaro Anima is a cave located on the Mount Bisaro plateau in British Columbia, Canada.

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Bison and Coyote armoured vehicles

The LAV II Bison and Coyote are armoured cars, or armoured personnel carriers built by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada for the Canadian Armed Forces.

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Blind spot monitor

The blind spot monitor or blind-spot monitoring is a vehicle-based sensor device that detects other vehicles located to the driver’s side and rear.

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BMD-2

The BMD-2 is a Soviet airborne infantry fighting vehicle, introduced in 1985.

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BMP-2

The BMP-2 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty,, literally "combat machine/vehicle (of the) infantry") is an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, following on from the BMP-1 of the 1960s.

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BoomSAR

The boomSAR is a mobile ultra-wideband synthetic aperture radar (UWB SAR) system designed by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in the mid-1990s to detect buried landmines and IEDs.

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Borsuk (infantry fighting vehicle)

Borsuk (Polish for Badger) is an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle produced by Huta Stalowa Wola, a part of PGZ (Polish Armaments Group).

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Boxer (armoured fighting vehicle)

The Boxer is a multirole armoured fighting vehicle designed by an international consortium to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules.

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British Aerospace Hawk 200

The British Aerospace Hawk 200 is a single-seat, single engine light multirole fighter designed for air defence, air denial, anti-shipping, interdiction, close air support, and ground attack.

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Bushnell Corporation

Bushnell Corporation is an American firm that specializes in sporting optics and outdoor products.

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Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle

The Carl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle (named after Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori, which initially produced it) is a Swedish-developed caliber shoulder-fired recoilless rifle, initially developed by the Royal Swedish Army Materiel Administration during the second half of the 1940s as a crew-served man-portable infantry support gun for close-range multi-role anti-armour, anti-personnel, battlefield illumination, smoke screening and marking fire, which has seen great export success around the globe and continues to be a popular multi-purpose support weapon in use by many nations.

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Cartography

Cartography (from χάρτης chartēs, 'papyrus, sheet of paper, map'; and γράφειν graphein, 'write') is the study and practice of making and using maps.

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Cave survey

A cave survey is a map of all or part of a cave system, which may be produced to meet differing standards of accuracy depending on the cave conditions and equipment available underground.

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Caving equipment

Caving equipment is equipment used by cavers and speleologists to aid and protect them while exploring caves.

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Challenger 2

The FV4034 Challenger 2 (MoD designation "CR2") is a third generation British main battle tank (MBT) in service with the armies of the United Kingdom, Oman, and Ukraine.

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Chandelier Tree

The Chandelier Tree in Drive-Thru Tree Park is a tall coast redwood tree in Leggett, California with a by hole cut through its base to allow a car to drive through.

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Chandrayaan-1

Chandrayaan-1 (from Sanskrit: Chandra, "Moon" and yāna, "craft, vehicle") was the first Indian lunar probe under the Chandrayaan programme.

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CheyTac Intervention

The CheyTac Intervention also known as the CheyTac M200, is an American bolt-action sniper rifle manufactured by CheyTac USA, which can also be classified as an anti-materiel rifle.

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Chieftain (tank)

The FV4201 Chieftain was the main battle tank (MBT) of the United Kingdom from the 1960s into 1990s. When introduced, it was among the most heavily armed MBTs of the era, mounting a 120 mm Royal Ordnance L11 gun, the equal of the much larger specialist heavy tanks then in service. It also was among the most heavily armoured, with up to that was highly sloped to offer thickness along the line of sight.

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China Maritime Satellite Telemetry and Control Department

The China Maritime Satellite Tracking and Control Department), MUCD 63680, is a corps deputy grade naval base located at Jiangyin City in Jiangsu Province, established in 1978 as the headquarter and home port for the Yuan Wang-class tracking ships, which are used to track rocket and missile launches, in particular the testing of the Dongfeng series ballistic missiles and Long March rockets.

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Chonma-ho

The Ch'ŏnma (Chosŏn'gŭl: 천마; Hanja: 天馬 meaning 'Pegasus'), often inaccurately referred to as Chonma-Ho, is one of North Korea's secretive indigenous main battle tank designs.

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Coincidence rangefinder

A coincidence rangefinder or coincidence telemeter is a type of rangefinder that uses the principle of triangulation and an optical device to allow an operator to determine the distance to a visible object.

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Consilience

In science and history, consilience (also convergence of evidence or concordance of evidence) is the principle that evidence from independent, unrelated sources can "converge" on strong conclusions.

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Corner reflector

A corner reflector is a retroreflector consisting of three mutually perpendicular, intersecting flat surfaces, which reflects waves directly towards the source, but translated.

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CROWS

The Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) is a series of remote weapon stations used by the US military on its armored vehicles and ships.

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Daewoo Precision Industries K3

The Daewoo Precision Industries K3 is a South Korean light machine-gun.

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Dassault Mirage 5

The Dassault Mirage 5 is a French supersonic attack aircraft/fighter-bomber designed by Dassault Aviation during the 1960s and manufactured in France and other countries.

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David A. Johnston

David Alexander Johnston (December 18, 1949 – May 18, 1980) was an American United States Geological Survey (USGS) volcanologist who was killed by the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Denel Dynamics Seeker

The Denel Dynamics Seeker is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufactured in South Africa by Denel Dynamics (formerly Kentron).

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DF-15

The Dong-Feng 15 (a.k.a. DF-15, M-9, CSS-6) is a short-range ballistic missile developed by the People's Republic of China.

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Dienst Speciale Interventies

The Dienst Speciale Interventies (Special Intervention Service), commonly abbreviated DSI, is the elite police tactical unit of the Dutch National Police Corps and was formally established on 1 July 2006.

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Draupner platform

The Draupner platform is a gas platform for the extraction of natural gas in the North Sea consisting of the Draupner S and E riser platforms.

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DRDO light tank

The DRDO light tank is a tracked amphibious light tank developed in India by DRDO.

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Drone warfare

Drone warfare is a form of warfare using unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV) or weaponized commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), or unmanned surface vehicles.

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Electro-optical targeting system

An electro-optical targeting system (EOTS), is a system employed to track and locate targets in aerial warfare.

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Elevation (ballistics)

In ballistics, the elevation is the angle between the horizontal plane and the axial direction of the barrel of a gun, mortar or heavy artillery.

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Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano

The Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano (English: Super Toucan), also named ALX or A-29, is a Brazilian turboprop light attack aircraft designed and built by Embraer as a development of the Embraer EMB 312 Tucano.

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Er:glass laser

An Er:glass laser (erbium-doped glass laser) is a solid-state laser whose active laser medium is erbium-doped glass.

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Eurofighter Typhoon

The Eurofighter Typhoon is a European multinational twin-engine, supersonic, canard delta wing, multirole fighter.

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Explore Scientific

Explore Scientific is a company founded by former Meade Instruments Vice President of Brand Community in 2008.

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External ballistics

External ballistics or exterior ballistics is the part of ballistics that deals with the behavior of a projectile in flight.

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FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks A FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force (US&R Task Force) is a team of individuals specializing in urban search and rescue, disaster recovery, and emergency triage and medicine.

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Fennek

The Fennek, named after the fennec (a species of small desert fox), or LGS Fennek, with LGS being short for Leichter Gepanzerter Spähwagen in German (Light Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle), is a four-wheeled armed reconnaissance vehicle produced by the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Dutch Defence Vehicle Systems.

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Field artillery

Field artillery is a category of mobile artillery used to support armies in the field.

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Field-Map

Field-Map is a proprietary integrated tool designed for programmatic field data collection from IFER – Monitoring and Mapping Solutions, Ltd.

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Fire-control system

A fire-control system (FCS) is a number of components working together, usually a gun data computer, a director and radar, which is designed to assist a ranged weapon system to target, track, and hit a target.

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Forests Commission Victoria

The Forests Commission Victoria (FCV) was the main government authority responsible for management and protection of State forests in Victoria, Australia between 1918 and 1983.

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Fourth-generation fighter

The fourth-generation fighter is a class of jet fighters in service from around 1980 to the present, and represents design concepts of the 1970s.

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Gaping Gill

Gaping Gill (also known as Gaping Ghyll) is a natural cave in North Yorkshire, England.

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Gazebo simulator

Gazebo is an open-source 2D/3D robotics simulator that began development in 2002.

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General Atomics MQ-1 Predator

The General Atomics MQ-1 Predator (often referred to as the Predator drone) is an American remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) built by General Atomics that was used primarily by the United States Air Force (USAF) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

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General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper

The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (sometimes called Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, one component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS)) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations, developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) primarily for the United States Air Force (USAF).

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General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark

The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark is a retired supersonic, medium-range, multirole combat aircraft.

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General Dynamics F-111C

The General Dynamics F-111C (nicknamed the "Pig") is a variant of the F-111 Aardvark medium-range interdictor and tactical strike aircraft, developed by General Dynamics to meet Australian requirements.

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Geodesy

Geodesy or geodetics is the science of measuring and representing the geometry, gravity, and spatial orientation of the Earth in temporally varying 3D.

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Geodimeter

The Geodimeter (acronym of geodetic distance meter) was the first optical electronic distance meter surveying instrument.

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Geographic information system

A geographic information system (GIS) consists of integrated computer hardware and software that store, manage, analyze, edit, output, and visualize geographic data.

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Geotagged photograph

A geotagged photograph is a photograph which is associated with a geographic position by geotagging.

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Gimbal

A gimbal is a pivoted support that permits rotation of an object about an axis.

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Giordano Bruno (crater)

Giordano Bruno is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon, just beyond the northeastern limb.

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Global Industrial Defence Solutions

Global Industrial & Defence Solutions (GIDS) is a Pakistani state-owned defence conglomerate, and the country's largest defence manufacturer, offering products for military applications.

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Glossary of military abbreviations

List of abbreviations, acronyms and initials related to military subjects such as modern armour, artillery, infantry, and weapons, along with their definitions.

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Golf equipment

Golf equipment encompasses the various items that are used to play the sport of golf.

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Google Street View

Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides interactive panoramas from positions along many streets in the world.

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Gravity Probe B

Gravity Probe B (GP-B) was a satellite-based experiment to test two unverified predictions of general relativity: the geodetic effect and frame-dragging.

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Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1

The Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-30-1 (also known by the GRAU index designation 9A-4071K) is a 30 mm autocannon designed for use on Soviet and later Russian military aircraft, entering service in the early 1980s.

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Haider Main Battle Tank

The Haider MBT (Urdu:حیدر; ''Trans.'' Lion Heart), is a modernized variant of the VT-4 main battle tank of Norinco.

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HAL Prachand

The HAL Prachand (IPA: "Giant" or "Intense") is an Indian multi-role light attack helicopter designed and manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) under Project LCH.

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Harry Glicken

Harry Glicken (March 7, 1958 – June 3, 1991) was an American volcanologist.

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Hensoldt

Hensoldt AG (HENSOLDT) is a multinational corporation headquartered in Germany which focuses on sensor technologies for protection and surveillance missions in the defence, security and aerospace sectors.

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Hezbollah armed strength

Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militia group, has an exceptionally strong military wing, thought to be stronger than the Lebanese Army and equivalent to the armed strength of a medium-sized army.

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History of radiation protection

The history of radiation protection begins at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries with the realization that ionizing radiation from natural and artificial sources can have harmful effects on living organisms.

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History of robots

The history of robots has its origins in the ancient world.

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Hitrole

The Hitrole is a remote weapons station manufactured by Italian arms company Oto Melara (merged into Leonardo S.p.A., previously Finmeccanica since 2016).

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HOT (missile)

The HOT (French: Haut subsonique Optiquement Téléguidé Tiré d'un Tube, or High Subsonic, Optical, Remote-Guided, Tube-Launched) is a second-generation long-range anti-tank guided missile system.

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HQ-17

The HQ-17 (NATO reporting name: CH-SA-15) is an all-weather, low to medium altitude, short-range surface-to-air missile system derived from the Tor-M1.

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HUST USV

HUST USVs are unmanned surface vehicles developed by Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), and by end of 2021, two USVs have been revealed to be in service.

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Hypsometer

A hypsometer is an instrument for measuring height or elevation.

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IAI Panther

The Israel Aerospace Industries Panther is a tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) produced by Israel Aircraft Industries in Israel.

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Ignazio Ciufolini

Ignazio Ciufolini (born 1951) is an Italian physicist active in the field of gravitational physics and general relativity.

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INDELA-I.N.SKY

INDELA-I.N.SKY is a Belarusian rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicle, medium-range with the weight up to 140 kg.

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Index of physics articles (L)

The index of physics articles is split into multiple pages due to its size.

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Infanterikanonvagn 91

The infanterikanonvagn 91 (ikv 91),, was a high mobility assault gun that was developed to meet the operational requirements of the Swedish Army.

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Infiniti QX70

The Infiniti QX70, formerly called the Infiniti FX until 2013, is a compact luxury crossover SUV produced by the Nissan-owned Infiniti luxury vehicle brand between 2002 and 2017.

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Infrared search and track

An infrared search and track (IRST) system (sometimes known as infrared sighting and tracking) is a method for detecting and tracking objects which give off infrared radiation, such as the infrared signatures of jet aircraft and helicopters.

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Input device

In computing, an input device is a piece of equipment used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system, such as a computer or information appliance.

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InSight

The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission was a robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of the planet Mars.

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Iraqi Ground Forces

The Iraqi Ground Forces (Arabic: القوات البرية العراقية), also referred to as the Iraqi Army (Arabic: الجيش العراقي), is the ground force component of the Iraqi Armed Forces.

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K21

The K21 is a South Korean infantry fighting vehicle.

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K30 Biho

The South Korean K30 Biho (Korean: 비호, Hanja: 飛虎; literally "Flying Tiger") twin 30 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon was developed to meet the operational requirements of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces for a highly mobile short range air defense system suited to the operational and terrain conditions of the Korean peninsula.

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Kawasaki OH-1

The Kawasaki OH-1 (nickname: "Ninja") is a military scout/observation helicopter developed and manufactured by the Kawasaki Aerospace Company.

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Kazan Optical-Mechanical Plant

Kazan Optical-Mechanical Plant (Казанский оптико-механический завод) is a company based in Kazan, Russia and established in 1940.

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Kåkbrinken

Kåkbrinken is a street in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden.

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Khan Research Laboratories

The Dr.

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Knightscope

Knightscope, Inc. is an American security camera and robotics company headquartered in Mountain View, California.

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LANTIRN

LANTIRN (Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night) is a combined navigation and targeting pod system for use on the United States Air Force fighter aircraft—the F-15E Strike Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon (Block 40/42 C & D models) manufactured by Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin).

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Laser

A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation.

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Laser guidance

Laser guidance directs a robotics system to a target position by means of a laser beam.

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Laser scanning

Laser scanning is the controlled deflection of laser beams, visible or invisible.

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Laser Science and Technology Centre

Laser Science and Technology Centre (LASTEC) is a laboratory of the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO).

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Laser warning receiver

A laser warning receiver is a warning system used as a passive military defence.

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LAV-25

The LAV-25 (Light Armored Vehicle) is a member of the LAV II family.

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Leddar

LEDDAR (Light-Emitting Diode Detection And Ranging) is a proprietary technology owned by.

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Leica Camera

Leica Camera AG is a German company that manufactures cameras, optical lenses, photographic lenses, binoculars, and rifle scopes.

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Leica Geosystems

Leica Geosystems (formerly known as Wild Heerbrugg or just Wild) based in eastern Switzerland produces products and systems for surveying and geographical measurement (geomatics).

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Length measurement

Length measurement, distance measurement, or range measurement (ranging) refers to the many ways in which length, distance, or range can be measured.

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Leopard 2

The Leopard 2 is a third generation German main battle tank (MBT).

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Leopard 2PL

The Leopard 2PL is a main battle tank used by the Polish Armed Forces, and is a modernized version of the older Leopard 2A4 tank, phased out by Germany and first acquired by Poland in the 2000s.

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List of acronyms: L

(Main list of acronyms).

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List of equipment of the British Army

This is a list of equipment of the British Army currently in use.

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List of equipment of the Croatian Army

This is a list of equipment in use by the Croatian Army.

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List of equipment of the Defense Forces of Georgia

This is a list of the modern equipment in the Georgian Defence Forces.

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List of equipment of the Portuguese Army

This is a list of equipment in service with the Portuguese Army.

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List of equipment of the RAF Regiment

This is a list of equipment currently used by the Royal Air Force Regiment.

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List of equipment of the Royal Brunei Land Forces

The equipment of the Royal Brunei Land Forces (RBLF) can be subdivided into: infantry weapons, vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs), and radars.

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List of equipment of the Royal Danish Army

This is a list of equipment currently held by the Royal Danish Army.

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List of equipment of the Royal Marines

This is a list of equipment of the Royal Marines currently in use.

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List of equipment of the Russian Ground Forces

Estimated list of the equipment of the Russian Ground Forces in service as of 2024.

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List of laser applications

Many scientific, military, medical and commercial laser applications have been developed since the invention of the laser in 1958.

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List of laser articles

This is a list of laser topics.

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List of laser types

This is a list of laser types, their operational wavelengths, and their applications.

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List of Mir spacewalks

Mir (Мир,; lit. Peace or World) was a Soviet and later Russian space station, operational in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001.

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List of sensors

This is a list of sensors sorted by sensor type.

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List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2021

This article lists orbital and suborbital launches during the first half of the year 2021.

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List of Star Wars air, aquatic, and ground vehicles

The following is a list of fictional Star Wars terrestrial vehicles, including armored fighting vehicles, military aircraft, and naval ships.

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List of superlative trees

The world's superlative trees can be ranked by any factor.

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List of tallest trees

This is a list of the tallest known species of trees, as reflected by measurements of the tallest reliably-measured individual specimen.

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Litening

The AN/AAQ-28(V) Litening targeting pod is an advanced precision targeting pod system currently operational with a wide variety of aircraft worldwide.

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Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk

The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is a retired American single-seat, subsonic twin-engine stealth attack aircraft developed by Lockheed's secretive Skunk Works division and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Long range shooting

Long range shooting is a collective term for shooting disciplines where the distance to target is significant enough that shooter has to put effort into calculating various ballistic factors, especially in regards to the deviating effects of gravity and wind.

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Longest recorded sniper kills

Reports regarding the longest recorded sniper kills that contain information regarding the shooting distance and the identity of the sniper have been presented to the general public since 1967.

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LRF

LRF may refer to.

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Lunokhod 1

Lunokhod 1 (Russian: Луноход-1 "Moonwalker 1"), also known as Аппарат 8ЕЛ № 203 ("Device 8EL No.

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Lunokhod 2

Lunokhod 2 (Луноход-2 ("Moonwalker 2"), also known as Аппарат 8ЕЛ № 204 ("Device 8EL No. 204")) was the second of two uncrewed lunar rovers that landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of the Lunokhod programme.

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Lunokhod programme

Lunokhod (p, "Moonwalker") was a series of Soviet robotic lunar rovers designed to land on the Moon between 1969 and 1977.

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M-84

The M-84 is a Yugoslav main battle tank, a variant of the Soviet T-72 tank.

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M1 Abrams

The M1 Abrams is a third-generation American main battle tank designed by Chrysler Defense (now General Dynamics Land Systems) and named for General Creighton Abrams.

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M247 Sergeant York

The M247 Sergeant York DIVAD (Division Air Defense) was a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG), developed by Ford Aerospace in the late 1970s.

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M551 Sheridan

The M551 "Sheridan" AR/AAV (Armored Reconnaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle) was a light tank developed by the United States and named after General Philip Sheridan, of American Civil War fame.

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M551 Sheridan replacement process

The Armored Gun System (AGS) was a U.S. Army competition in the 1990s to design a light tank to replace the M551 Sheridan and TOW-equipped HMMWVs.

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M60 tank

The M60 is an American second-generation main battle tank (MBT).

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M8 armored gun system

The M8 armored gun system (AGS), sometimes known as the Buford, is an American light tank that was intended to replace the M551 Sheridan and TOW missile-armed Humvees in the 82nd Airborne Division and 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (2nd ACR) of the U.S. Army respectively.

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Makran IFV

The Makran IFV, an Iranian armoured personnel carrier (APC), is the highly modernized and upsized copy of the BTR-50 APC.

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Mark 34 Gun Weapon System

The Mark 34 Gun Weapon System (GWS) is a component of the Aegis Combat System that is responsible for controlling and providing fire control to the 5" Mark 45 gun.

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Mark 38 25 mm machine gun system

The Mark 38 25 mm machine gun system (MGS) is a shipboard weapon system designed to protect warships primarily from a variety of surface threats, especially small, fast surface craft.

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Marvin (robot)

Mobile Autonomous Robot Vehicle for Indoor Navigation (Marvin) is a mobile robot developed at Robotics Lab at University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.

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MATADOR

The MATADOR (man-portable, anti-tank, anti-door) is a man-portable, disposable anti-armour and anti-brickwall weapon system developed by Germany, Israel and Singapore.

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MBT-70

The MBT-70 (German: KPz 70 or KpfPz 70) was an American–West German joint project to develop a new main battle tank during the 1960s.

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MBT-80

The FV4601 MBT-80 was a British experimental third-generation main battle tank, designed in the late 1970s to replace the Chieftain tank.

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Mikoyan MiG-27

The Mikoyan MiG-27 (Микоян МиГ-27; NATO reporting name: Flogger-D/J) was a variable-sweep ground-attack aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union and later licence-produced in India by Hindustan Aeronautics as the Bahadur ("Valiant").

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Mikoyan MiG-29M

The Mikoyan MiG-29M (Микоян МиГ-29M; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-E) is a Russian multirole fighter that first flew in 2005.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-23; NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union.

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Mil Mi-28

The Mil Mi-28 (NATO reporting name "Havoc") is a Soviet all-weather, day-night, military tandem, two-seat anti-armor attack helicopter.

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Military helicopter

A military helicopter is a helicopter that is either specifically built or converted for use by military forces.

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MiniTSFO

The Mini TSFO (Training Set, Fire Observation) was the first artillery call-for-fire simulation designed for the personal computer.

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Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon

The Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) is a smoothbore shoulder-fired rocket launcher.

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Mk44 Bushmaster II

The Mk44 Bushmaster II is a 30 mm chain gun manufactured by Northrop Grumman.

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Mohammed Hassan Dbouk

Mohammed Hassan Dbouk (in Arabic محمد حسن دبوق) was a Lebanese-Canadian accredited journalist with al-Manar television in Lebanon.

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Nag (missile)

The Nag missile (IAST: Nāga - 'Cobra'), also called "Prospina" for the land-attack version, is an Indian third-generation, all-weather, fire-and-forget, lock-on after launch, anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) with an operational range of 500m to 20km depending on variant.

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Nanchang Q-5

The Nanchang Q-5 (NATO reporting name: Fantan), also known as the A-5 in its export versions, is a 1960s-design Chinese-built single-seat, twin jet engine ground-attack aircraft based on the Shenyang J-6.

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NASAMS

NASAMS (National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, also known as Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System) is a distributed and networked short- to medium-range ground-based air defense system developed by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) and Raytheon.

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Nd:YAG laser

Nd:YAG (neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet; Nd:Y3Al5O12) is a crystal that is used as a lasing medium for solid-state lasers.

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NEAR Shoemaker

Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous – Shoemaker (NEAR Shoemaker), renamed after its 1996 launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene Shoemaker, was a robotic space probe designed by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for NASA to study the near-Earth asteroid Eros from close orbit over a period of a year.

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Next Generation Squad Weapon

The Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program is a United States military program created in 2017 by the U.S. Army to replace the 5.56mm M4 carbine, the M249 SAW light machine gun, and the 7.62mm M240 machine gun, with a common system of 6.8mm cartridges and to develop small arms fire-control systems for the new weapons.

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Nikon

() is an optics and photographic equipment manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Nomad rover

The Nomad rover is an uncrewed vehicle designed as a test for such a vehicle to ride on other planets.

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Norinco LG5 / QLU-11

The LG5 (PLAGF military designation: QLU-11 or QLU-131) is a semi-automatic grenade launcher developed by Norinco and introduced in 2011.

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Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton

The Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton is an American high-altitude long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed for and flown by the United States Navy and Royal Australian Air Force as a surveillance aircraft.

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OKEANOS

OKEANOS (Oversize Kite-craft for Exploration and Astronautics in the Outer Solar system) was a proposed mission concept to Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter's orbit, using a hybrid solar sail for propulsion; the sail was planned to be covered with thin solar panels to power an ion engine.

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Omniview technology

Omniview technology (also known as surround view or bird view) is a vehicle parking assistant technology that first was introduced in 2007 as the "Around View Monitor" option for the Nissan Elgrand and Infiniti EX.

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Opticoelectron

Opticoelectron (Оптикоелектрон) is a Bulgarian manufacturer of optics and optoelectronics based in the town of Panagyurishte in the Pazardzhik Province, Bulgaria.

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Optronique secteur frontal

The Optronique Secteur Frontal (OSF) is a long-range optoelectronics system, developed for the French Dassault Rafale combat aircraft.

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OrthoGraph

OrthoGraph I is a building survey and floorplan creation application for iOS and Android mobile operating systems, developed by OrthoGraph, a software developer based in Budapest, Hungary.

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Panhard AML

The Panhard AML (Auto Mitrailleuse Légère, or "Light Machine Gun Car") is an armoured car with reconnaissance capability.

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Parts-per notation

In science and engineering, the parts-per notation is a set of pseudo-units to describe small values of miscellaneous dimensionless quantities, e.g. mole fraction or mass fraction.

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People's Liberation Army Ground Force

The People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF), or the PLA Army, is the land-based service branch of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), and also its largest and oldest branch.

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PF-98

The Type 98 (PF-98) is a 120mm unguided anti-tank rocket system developed by Norinco for the People's Liberation Army as a successor to the Type 65 and Type 78 recoilless guns.

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Photodiode

A photodiode is a semiconductor diode sensitive to photon radiation, such as visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation, X-rays and gamma rays.

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Photonics mast

A photonics mast (or optronics mastBBC News Scotland, 30 August 2007, 13:06 GMT) is a sensor on a submarine which functions similarly to a periscope without requiring a periscope tube, thus freeing design space during construction and limiting risks of water leakage in the event of damage.

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PL-01

The PL-01 was a Polish light tank concept created by OBRUM with support from BAE Systems, based on the Swedish CV90120-T light tank.

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PNK-6

The PNK-6 (Ukrainian: ПНК-6) is a Ukrainian commander's panoramic tank optic used on the T-84 Oplot-M tank.

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Pokpung-ho

The P'okp'ung-ho, officially the Chonma-215 and Chonma-216 are North Korean main battle tanks (MBT) developed in the 1990s.

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Poprad (self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system)

The SPZR Poprad (pol. Samobieżny Przeciwlotniczy Zestaw Rakietowy) is a very short range air defense (VSHORAD) self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system, produced by PIT-Radwar S.A.

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Positioning system

A positioning system is a system for determining the position of an object in space.

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Prästgatan

Prästgatan (Swedish: "The Priest's Street") is a street in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden, stretching from a cul-de-sac west of the Royal Palace to the street Österlånggatan in the southern corner of the old town.

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Pro Optica Anubis

The Anubis is a Romanian remote controlled weapon station (RCWS) designed and manufactured by the Pro Optica company.

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Protector USV

The Protector unmanned surface vehicle (USV) was developed by the Israeli Rafael Advanced Defense Systems in response to emerging terrorist threats against maritime assets such as the USS ''Cole'' bombing, and is the first operational combat USV in service.

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Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons

The Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons, Protocol IV of the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, was issued by the United Nations on 13 October 1995.

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Proximity sensor

A proximity sensor is a sensor able to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact.

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PSR-A Pilica

PSR-A Pilica is a Polish Very Short Range Air Defense (VSHORAD) anti-aircraft missile and artillery system.

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Pulse-repetition frequency

The pulse-repetition frequency (PRF) is the number of pulses of a repeating signal in a specific time unit.

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Pulsed laser

Pulsed operation of lasers refers to any laser not classified as continuous wave, so that the optical power appears in pulses of some duration at some repetition rate.

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QBU-10

The QBU-10 or Type 10 sniper rifle is a semi-automatic anti-materiel rifle designed and manufactured by Norinco.

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Qods Mohajer-6

The Mohajer-6 (پهپاد مهاجر-6) is an Iranian single-engine multirole ISTAR UAV capable of carrying a multispectral surveillance payload and/or up to four precision-guided munitions.

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Queqiao-2

Queqiao-2 relay satellite, is the second communications relay and radio astronomy satellites designed to support the fourth phase the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, after Queqiao-1 launched in 2018.

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Ramer–Douglas–Peucker algorithm

The Ramer–Douglas–Peucker algorithm, also known as the Douglas–Peucker algorithm and iterative end-point fit algorithm, is an algorithm that decimates a curve composed of line segments to a similar curve with fewer points.

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Ramses II tank

The Ramses II tank is a heavily modernized T-55 main battle tank designed for and used by the Egyptian Armed Forces.

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Range imaging

Range imaging is the name for a collection of techniques that are used to produce a 2D image showing the distance to points in a scene from a specific point, normally associated with some type of sensor device.

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Real-time Control System Software

The Real-time Control System (RCS) is a software system developed by NIST based on the Real-time Control System Reference Model Architecture, that implements a generic Hierarchical control system.

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Reutech Rogue

The Reutech Rogue remote weapon system is a remotely controlled turret system for weapons ranging from 7.62 mm general purpose machine guns up to 20 mm cannons or a 40mm automatic grenade launcher.

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Rifleman's rule

Rifleman's rule is a "rule of thumb" that allows a rifleman to accurately fire a rifle that has been calibrated for horizontal targets at uphill or downhill targets.

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Robotic vacuum cleaner

A robotic vacuum cleaner, sometimes called a robovac or a roomba as a generic trademark, is an autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner which has a limited vacuum floor cleaning system combined with sensors and robotic drives with programmable controllers and cleaning routines.

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Rogue wave

Rogue waves (also known as freak waves, monster waves, episodic waves, killer waves, extreme waves, and abnormal waves) are huge and unpredictable surface waves that can be extremely dangerous to ships and isolated structures such as lighthouses.

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Royal Ordnance L11

The Royal Ordnance L11A5, officially designated Gun, 120 mm, Tank L11, is a 120 mm L/55 rifled tank gun design.

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RPG-32

The RPG-32 Barkas (Russian: РПГ-32) is a reusable Russian shoulder-launched, unguided anti-tank rocket system.

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S&T Daewoo K11

The S&T Daewoo K11 DAW (Dual-barrel Air-burst Weapon) is a multi-weapon resembling the earlier US Objective Individual Combat Weapon in concept, design and operation.

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S&T Motiv K14

The S&T Motiv K14 (Korean: 에스앤티모티브 14) is a.308 Winchester bolt-action sniper rifle developed by S&T Motiv, and is the standard sniper rifle of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.

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Samsung Galaxy S20

The Samsung Galaxy S20 is a series of Android-based smartphones designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Samsung Electronics as part of its Galaxy S series.

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Sazhen-S

Sazhen-S (Сажень-С) is a Soviet laser/optical space surveillance system, used to analyse the orbital parameters of spacecraft.

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SGR-A1

The SGR-A1 is a type of autonomous sentry gun that was jointly developed by Samsung Techwin (now Hanwha Aerospace) and Korea University to assist South Korean troops in the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

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Shaukat Hameed Khan

Shaukat Hameed Khan (Urdu: شوکت حمید خان; born 4 September 1941), is a Pakistani optical physicist and a visiting professor of physics at the Comsats University in Islamabad.

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Shtora-1

Shtora-1 (Штора, "curtain") is an electro-optical active protection system or suite for tanks, designed to disrupt the laser designator and laser rangefinders of incoming anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs).

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Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk

The Sikorsky SH-60/MH-60 Seahawk (or Sea Hawk) is a twin turboshaft engine, multi-mission United States Navy helicopter based on the United States Army UH-60 Black Hawk and a member of the Sikorsky S-70 family.

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Simultaneous localization and mapping

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is the computational problem of constructing or updating a map of an unknown environment while simultaneously keeping track of an agent's location within it.

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Skif (anti-tank guided missile)

The Skif, also known as the Stugna-P or Stuhna-P, is a Ukrainian anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system developed in the early 2010s by the Luch Design Bureau, a unit of UkrOboronProm.

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Skyranger 30

The Skyranger 30 is a short range air defense turret system developed by Rheinmetall Air Defence AG (formerly Oerlikon) and first revealed in March 2021.

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Skyranger 35

The Skyranger 35 is a short range air defence turret system developed by Rheinmetall Air Defence AG (formerly Oerlikon).

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Sniper

A sniper is a military/paramilitary marksman who engages targets from positions of concealment or at distances exceeding the target's detection capabilities. Snipers generally have specialized training and are equipped with telescopic sights. Modern snipers use high-precision rifles and high-magnification optics.

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Sniper equipment

The major components of sniper equipment are the precision sniper rifle, various optical scopes and field glasses, specialized ammunition and camouflage materials for the sniper’s body and equipment.

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Soyuz T-13

Soyuz T-13 was a Soyuz mission, transporting personnel to the Soviet space station Salyut 7.

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Spotting rifle

A spotting rifle or ranging gun is a small-calibre rifle used as a sighting device for artillery.

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Stadiametric rangefinding

Stadiametric rangefinding, or the stadia method, is a technique of measuring distances with a telescopic instrument.

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Starlink in the Russo-Ukrainian War

In February 2022, two days after Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine requested American aerospace company SpaceX to activate their Starlink satellite internet service in the country to replace internet and communication networks degraded or destroyed during the war.

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Stridsvagn 103

The Stridsvagn 103 (Strv 103), also known as the Alternative S and S-tank, is a Swedish Cold War-era main battle tank, designed and manufactured in Sweden.

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Stridsvagn 122

Stridsvagn 122 (strv 122) is a Swedish main battle tank that, like the German Leopard 2A5, is based on the German Leopard 2 Improved variant utilizing such newer technology as command, control, and fire-control systems, reinforced armour, and long-term combat capacity.

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Sukhoi Su-17

The Sukhoi Su-17 (izdeliye S-32; NATO reporting name: Fitter) is a variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed for the Soviet military.

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Sukhoi Su-25

The Sukhoi Su-25 Grach (Грач (rook); NATO reporting name: Frogfoot) is a subsonic, single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Sukhoi.

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T-14 Armata

The T-14 Armata (Т-14 «Армата»; industrial designation Object 148) is a Russian main battle tank (MBT) based on the Armata Universal Combat Platform.

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T-54/T-55

The T-54 and T-55 tanks are a series of Soviet main battle tanks introduced in the years following the Second World War.

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T-64

The T-64 is a Soviet tank manufactured in Kharkiv, and designed by Alexander Morozov.

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T-72

The T-72 is a family of Soviet main battle tanks that entered production in 1971.

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T-72 operators and variants

The T-72 is a Soviet-designed main battle tank that entered production in 1971.

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T-90

The T-90 is a third-generation Russian main battle tank developed from, and designed to replace the T-72.

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TADS/PNVS

The Target Acquisition and Designation Sights, Pilot Night Vision System (TADS/PNVS) is the combined sensor and targeting unit fitted to the Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopter.

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TAI Anka

The TAI Anka is a family of unmanned aerial vehicles developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries primarily for the Turkish Air Force.

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Tank

A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat.

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Tank gun

A tank gun is the main armament of a tank.

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Tanks in the British Army

This article on military tanks deals with the history and development of tanks of the British Army from their first use in the First World War, the interwar period, during the Second World War, the Cold War and modern era.

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Tanks in the Cold War

Tank development both evolved considerably from World War II and played a key role during the Cold War (1945–1990).

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Tanks of the post–Cold War era

The post–Cold War era is the period in world history from the collapse of the Soviet Union on December 27, 1991 to the present.

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Tanks of the Soviet Union

This article deals with the history and development of tanks of the Soviet Union and its successor state, the Russian Federation; from their first use after World War I, into the interwar period, during World War II, the Cold War and modern era.

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Target acquisition minefield detection system

Target acquisition minefield detection system (also known as the "Airborne standoff minefield detection system", or ASTAMIDS) is a bomb-detection system engineered to detect improvised explosive devices (IED).

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Targeting pod

Targeting pods (TGP) are target designation tools used by attack aircraft for identifying targets and guiding precision-guided munition (PGM) such as laser-guided bombs to those targets.

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Task Force ODIN

Task Force ODIN, whose name is an acronym for observe, detect, identify, and neutralize, is a United States Army aviation battalion created in August 2006 to conduct reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition (RSTA) operations to combat insurgent operators of improvised explosive devices in Iraq.

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Technological and industrial history of China

At the time of its founding, the People's Republic of China was one of the poorest countries in the world.

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Telescopic sight

A telescopic sight, commonly called a scope informally, is an optical sighting device based on a refracting telescope.

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Tellurometer

The tellurometer was the first successful microwave electronic distance measurement equipment.

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Tiandu

Tiandu satellites are a pair of Chinese Lunar Exploration Program's lunar navigation and communications test satellites based on Queqiao-2 relay satellite technology.

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Tico Robot

Tico is a social robot developed by Adele Robots to interact with humans in different environments, primarily promotional events and in education as a helper for teachers.

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Tigr (military vehicle)

The Tigr (lit) is a Russian 4×4 multipurpose all-terrain infantry mobility vehicle manufactured by Military Industrial Company, first delivered to the Russian Army in 2006.

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Time-to-digital converter

In electronic instrumentation and signal processing, a time-to-digital converter (TDC) is a device for recognizing events and providing a digital representation of the time they occurred.

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TR-85

The TR-85 is a main battle tank designed for the armed forces of Romania.

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TrackingPoint

TrackingPoint is an applied technology company based in Austin, Texas.

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Tree volume measurement

Tree volume is one of many parameters that are measured to document the size of individual trees.

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Trimble Inc.

Trimble Inc. is an American software, hardware, and services technology company.

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TRT-25 remote weapon station

The TRT-25 is a Remote weapon station (RWS) made by BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa incorporating a M242 Bushmaster 25 mm (25×137mm) autocannon.

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True-range multilateration

True-range multilateration (also termed range-range multilateration and spherical multilateration) is a method to determine the location of a movable vehicle or stationary point in space using multiple ranges (distances) between the vehicle/point and multiple spatially-separated known locations (often termed "stations").

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Type 08

The Type 08 is a Chinese family of modern eight-wheeled, amphibious, modular armored vehicles developed by Norinco for infantry fire support, battlefield logistics, and quick reaction operations.

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Type 15 tank

The Type 15 (also designated ZTQ-15), nicknamed the Black Panther, is a Chinese third generation light tank family operated by the People's Liberation Army Ground Force, People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps, and People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps.

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Type 212A submarine

The Type 212A is a class of diesel-electric submarine developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG (HDW) for the German Navy (German: U-Boot-Klasse 212 A), and the Italian Navy where it is known as the Todaro class.

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Type 59 Durjoy

The Type 59G Durjoy, sometimes known as Type 59G, is a highly modernized version of the Chinese Type 59 tank for the Bangladesh Army.

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Type 59 tank

The Type 59 (industrial designation: WZ-120) main battle tank is a Chinese-produced version of the Soviet T-54A tank, an early model of the ubiquitous T-54/55 series.

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Type 69 tank

The Type 69 and Type 79 are Chinese first generation main battle tanks.

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Type 72Z

The Type 72Z tank (also known as the T-72Z and the Safir-74, and the Al-Zubair I in Sudan) is a highly modernized version of the Type 59 and T-54/T-55 tanks, with upgrades carried out by the Iranian Defense Industries Organization.

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Type 74

The was a main battle tank (MBT) of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF).

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Type 80/88 main battle tank

The Type 80 and the Type 88 are a family of Chinese second-generation main battle tanks (MBTs).

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Type 86 (infantry fighting vehicle)

The Type 86, also known as WZ501, is a Chinese copy of the Soviet BMP-1 (Type 86G) infantry fighting vehicle (IFV).

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Type 90 tank

The is a main battle tank (MBT) of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF).

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Type 95 SPAAA

The Type 95 (PLA military designation: PGZ95 –; pinyin: 95 shi zixing gaoshepao, "Type 95 self-propelled anti-aircraft artillery") is a Chinese self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicle.

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United States Army air defense

United States Army air defense relies on a range of ground launched missiles, ranging from hand held to vehicle mounted systems.

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United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance

Force Reconnaissance (FORECON) are United States Marine Corps deep reconnaissance companies that supply military intelligence to the command element of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). Force Reconnaissance companies unlike USMC division reconnaissance report to the Marine expeditionary force (MEF) and provide direct action and deep reconnaissance during large-scale operations.

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Uppland Runic Inscription 53

Uppland Runic Inscription 53 is a runestone built into a wall in the intersection between the thoroughfares Prästgatan and Kåkbrinken in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden.

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Urals Optical-Mechanical Plant

Urals Optical-Mechanical Plant (Уральский оптико-механический завод) is a company based in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

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US Field artillery team

In the US system for land-based field artillery, the field artillery team is organized to direct and control indirect artillery fire on the battlefield.

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VBC-90

The Renault VBC-90 (Véhicule Blindé de Combat, or "Armoured Combat Vehicle") is a six-wheeled French armoured car carrying a 90mm high-velocity gun mated to a sophisticated fire control computer and ranging system.

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VBCI

The Véhicule Blindé de Combat d'Infanterie (English: Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle) or VBCI is a French Infantry fighting vehicle designed and manufactured by GIAT Industries (now Nexter Systems) and Renault Trucks Defense (now Arquus) to replace the AMX-10P.

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Vector Field Histogram

In robotics, Vector Field Histogram (VFH) is a real time motion planning algorithm proposed by Johann Borenstein and Yoram Koren in 1991.

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Vehicle blind spot

A blind spot in a vehicle or vehicle blind spot is an area around the vehicle that cannot be directly seen by the driver while at the controls, under existing circumstances.

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Veternica (cave)

Veternica is a cave located on Medvednica mountain in Zagreb, Croatia.

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Vickers MBT Mark 3

The Vickers Main Battle Tank Mk.

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Vickers MBT Mark 4

The Vickers Main Battle Tank Mk.

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Vickers MBT Mark 7

The Vickers Main Battle Tank Mark 7 was a main battle tank developed on the basis of a joint venture between Vickers Defence Systems in the United Kingdom and Krauss-Maffei of Germany.

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Virginia-class submarine

The Virginia class, or the SSN-774 class, is the newest class of nuclear-powered cruise missile fast attack submarines in service with the United States Navy.

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Wave radar

Wave radar is a type of radar for measuring wind waves.

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WZ-122 main battle tank

The WZ-122 was a main battle tank developed by the People's Republic of China.

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WZ-551

The WZ-551 is a Chinese wheeled infantry fighting vehicle family.

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XM25 CDTE

The XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement (CDTE) System, also known as the Punisher and Individual Semiautomatic Air Burst System was an airburst grenade launcher with programmable ammunition derived from the XM29 OICW.

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XM29 OICW

The XM29 OICW (Objective Individual Combat Weapon) was a series of prototypes of a new type of assault rifle that fired 20 mm HE airbursting projectiles.

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ZBD-03

The ZBD-03 or Type 03 (industrial designation WZ506) is a Chinese airborne infantry fighting vehicle.

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ZM-87

The ZM-87 Portable Laser Disturber is a Chinese electro-optic countermeasure neodymium laser device.

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ZSU-23-4 Shilka

The ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" is a lightly armored Soviet self-propelled, radar-guided anti-aircraft weapon system (SPAAG).

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ZU-23-2

The ZU-23-2, also known as ZU-23, is a Soviet towed 23×152mm anti-aircraft twin-barreled autocannon.

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Zulfiqar (tank)

Zulfiqar (ذوالفقار) is an Iranian main battle tank, conceived by Brigadier General Mir-Younes Masoumzadeh, deputy ground force commander for research and self-sufficiency of the armed forces.

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2007 plot to behead a British Muslim soldier

The 2007 plot to behead a British Muslim soldier was a plot in Birmingham, England, to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier in order to undermine the morale of the British Army and inhibit its recruitment of Muslims.

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2013 in science

A number of significant scientific events occurred in 2013, including the discovery of numerous Earthlike exoplanets, the development of viable lab-grown ears, teeth, livers and blood vessels, and the atmospheric entry of the most destructive meteor since 1908.

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3D camera

3D camera may refer to.

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3D scanning

3D scanning is the process of analyzing a real-world object or environment to collect three dimensional data of its shape and possibly its appearance (e.g. color).

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7th Combat Weather Squadron

The 7th Combat Weather Squadron (7 CWS), based out of Wiesbaden, Germany, is a United States Air Force squadron providing weather intelligence to United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) forces across the United States European Command (USEUCOM) and United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM) domains.

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99942 Apophis

99942 Apophis (provisional designation) is a near-Earth asteroid and a potentially hazardous object with a diameter of that caused a brief period of concern in December 2004 when initial observations indicated a probability up to 2.7% that it would hit Earth on April 13, 2029.

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9K114 Shturm

9K114 Shturm - Weaponsystems.net (lit) - is a SACLOS radio guided anti-tank missile system of the Soviet Union.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_rangefinder

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