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2. Project Nike - Wikipedia

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   Project Nike (Greek: Νίκη, "Victory") was a U.S. Army project, proposed in May 1945 by Bell Laboratories, to develop a line-of-sight anti-aircraft missile system. The project delivered the United States' first operational anti-aircraft missile system, the Nike Ajax, in 1953. A great number of the technologies and rocket systems used for ...

3. MIM-3 Nike Ajax - Wikipedia

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   MIM-3 Nike Ajax. A Nike Ajax in firing position. The Nike Ajax was an American guided surface-to-air missile (SAM) developed by Bell Labs for the United States Army. The world's first operational guided surface-to-air missile, [1] the Nike Ajax was designed to attack conventional bomber aircraft flying at high subsonic speeds and altitudes ...

4. Nike (rocket stage) - Wikipedia

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   Nike (rocket stage) Early Booster Missile Nike I (three fin model). The Nike stage or Nike booster, a solid fuel rocket motor, was created by Hercules Aerospace for the Nike Ajax (M5) Nike Hercules (M5E1) (and M88 late in Hercules career). [1] [2] It was developed for use as the first stage of the Nike Ajax and Nike Hercules missiles as part of ...

5. Jump boot - Wikipedia

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   Jump boot. Jump boots are a type of combat boot designed for paratroopers featuring calf-length lacing and rigid toe caps. The style was developed in many countries simultaneously with the adoption of airborne infantry forces during World War II. Modern jump boots are earned in some countries and therefore have become a mark of achievement and ...

6. Special Boarding Unit - Wikipedia

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   The Special Boarding Unit (特別警備隊, Tokubetsukeibitai) is a special forces unit established by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on March 27, 2001, in response to a spy ship incursion that had taken place on the Noto Peninsula in 1999. [4] [5] The unit was created to perform similar roles to those undertaken by American Navy SEALs ...

7. No rift over cost of U.S. troops in South Korea if Trump ...

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   During his first presidency Trump accused Seoul of "free-riding" on U.S. military might, with more than 28,000 American troops stationed in South Korea as part of efforts to deter its nuclear ...