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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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    platform. fixed erector/launchers. The Nike Ajaxwas an American guided surface-to-air missile(SAM) developed by Bell Labsfor the United States Army. The world's first operational guided surface-to-air missile,[1]the Nike Ajax was designed to attack conventional bomber aircraftflying at high subsonic speedsand altitudes above 50,000 feet (15 km).

  4. Nike Hercules - Wikipedia

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    system. command guidance. The Nike Hercules, initially designated SAM-A-25 and later MIM-14, was a surface-to-air missile (SAM) used by U.S. and NATO armed forces for medium- and high-altitude long-range air defense. [4] It was normally armed with the W31 nuclear warhead, but could also be fitted with a conventional warhead for export use.

  5. Ammunition boot - Wikipedia

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    Ammunition boot. Soldier of the British Army's Army Air Corps wearing Boots, Ankle, General Service ("ammo boots") as part of ceremonial No 2 Dress in 2011. Ammunition boots are a form of military footwear. They were the standard combat boot for the British Army and other forces around the British Empire and Commonwealth from at least the mid ...

  6. Nike Air Force - Wikipedia

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    Nike Air Force 1 - Low-Top. Nike Air Force 1 - High-Top. Nike Air Force 1 - upper side and under side. Nike Air Force is a range of athletic shoes made by Nike. It was created by designer Bruce Kilgore [1] and was the first basketball shoe to use Nike's "Air" technology. [2] The shoe is offered in low-, mid- and high-top styles.

  7. Is Sasquatch real? Professor visits Tri-Cities to reveal ...

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    Annette Cary. July 12, 2024 at 12:22 PM. Twenty-eight years ago Professor Jeff Meldrum was in the foothills just east of Walla Walla in Eastern Washington after a snow melt when he saw a trail of ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. It was arguably Hayes’ first tough decision as the manager of the women’s team after coming on board in late 2023 following a successful decade-plus at Chelsea FC in London.