Download or read book Beastly Firepower written by Lisa M. Bolt Simons and published by Capstone Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wild, animals use teeth, claws, and other natural weapons to attack their prey. On the battlefield, soldiers need weapons to fight the enemy. Military forces have often looked to nature for inspiration to develop effective weapons and combat tactics. From the first feathered arrows to tomorrow's high-tech weaponry, take a look at how military technology often imitates the natural weapons of animals to help soldiers succeed in combat. Then be sure to catch the other amazing titles in the Beasts and the Battlefield series.
Download or read book Beastly Firepower written by Lisa M. Bolt Simons and published by Capstone Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wild, animals use teeth, claws, and other natural weapons to attack their prey. On the battlefield, soldiers need weapons to fight the enemy. Military forces have often looked to nature for inspiration to develop effective weapons and combat tactics. From the first feathered arrows to tomorrow's high-tech weaponry, take a look at how military technology often imitates the natural weapons of animals to help soldiers succeed in combat. Then be sure to catch the other amazing titles in the Beasts and the Battlefield series.
Download or read book Deaf Row written by Ron Franscell and published by WildBlue Press. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A retired detective investigates a cold case of child murder in Colorado in this “darkly engrossing” mystery thriller (New York Times–bestselling author Anne Hillerman). Former detective Woodrow Bell left his big-city homicide beat for a quiet life in a small Colorado mountain town. Having failed in so many ways—as a father, husband, friend, and cop—all he wants out of retirement is to fade away. But when he stumbles across a long-forgotten child murder, he can’t just let it go. Suspecting that the killer may still be near, Woodrow is drawn into the macabre cold case. With local cops taking no interest, Bell must rely on the end-of-the-road codgers he meets for coffee every morning—a club of old guys with unique skills who call themselves Deaf Row. Soon, this motley crew finds itself on a collision course with a serial butcher.
Download or read book The Beastly Battles Of Old England written by Nigel Cawthorne and published by Piatkus. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history the English have been a warlike lot. Often we fight among ourselves - there have been a good few civil wars - and when we were not slaughtering each other, we practiced on our neighbours, the Scots, the Irish, the French . . . When that got too easy, we set off around the world to find other people to fight. This was usually done with a hubris that invited some ludicrous pratfall. In THE BEASTLY BATTLES OF OLD ENGLAND, Nigel Cawthorne takes us on a darkly humorous journey through some of our ill-advised military actions. From the war over a severed ear to a general seeking out his rival's mistresses to even the score, it is a miscellany of insufferable arrogance, reckless gallantry, stunning stupidity, massive misjudgements and general beastliness.
Download or read book Firepower written by Jeremy Flack and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Miller and Max written by Luke Buckmaster and published by Hardie Grant Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Firepower in limited war written by Robert H. Scales and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Firepower written by John Musgrave and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Black Officer Corps written by Isaac Hampton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Armed Forces started integrating its services in 1948, and with that push, more African Americans started rising through the ranks to become officers, although the number of black officers has always been much lower than African Americans' total percentage in the military. Astonishingly, the experiences of these unknown reformers have largely gone unexamined and unreported, until now. The Black Officer Corps traces segments of the African American officers' experience from 1946-1973. From generals who served in the Pentagon and Vietnam, to enlisted servicemen and officers' wives, Isaac Hampton has conducted over seventy-five oral history interviews with African American officers. Through their voices, this book illuminates what they dealt with on a day to day basis, including cultural differences, racist attitudes, unfair promotion standards, the civil rights movement, Black Power, and the experience of being in ROTC at Historically Black Colleges. Hampton provides a nuanced study of the people whose service reshaped race relations in the U.S. Armed Forces, ending with how the military attempted to control racism with the creation of the Defense Race Relations Institute of 1971. The Black Officer Corps gives us a much fuller picture of the experience of black officers, and a place to start asking further questions.
Download or read book Flight Plan Africa written by John P. Cann and published by Helion and Company. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the 1952 reorganization of the Portuguese Air Force from the army and naval air arms, Portugal now had an entity dedicated solely to aviation that would bring it into line with its new NATO commitment. As it proceeded to develop a competence in modern multiengine and jet fighter aircraft for its NATO role and train a professional corps of pilots, it was suddenly confronted in 1961 with fighting insurgencies in all three of its African possessions. This development forced it to acquire an entirely new and separate air force, the African air force, to address this emerging danger. This is the story of just how Portuguese leadership anticipated and dealt with this threat, and how it assembled an air force from scratch to meet it. The aircraft available at the time were largely castoffs from the larger, richer, and more sophisticated air forces of its NATO partners and not designed for counterinsurgency. Yet Portugal adapted them to the task and effectively crafted the appropriate strategies and tactics for their successful employment. The book explores the vicissitudes of procurement, an exercise fraught with anti-colonial political undercurrents, the imaginative modification and adaptation of the aircraft to fight in the African theaters, and the development of tactics, techniques, and procedures for their effective employment against an elusive, clever, and dangerous enemy. Advances in weaponry, such as the helicopter gun ship, were the outgrowth of combat needs. The acquired logistic competences assured that the needed fuel types and lubricants, spare parts, and qualified maintenance personnel were available in even the most remote African landing sites. The advanced flying skills, such as visual reconnaissance and air-ground coordinated fire support, were honed and perfected. All of these aspects and more are explored and hold lessons in the application of airpower in any insurgency today.
Download or read book The Second Coming of Christ a Majestic Moment written by Daniel F. Owsley and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2012-03-14 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the "Second Coming of Christ a Majestic Moment," there has never been a more descriptive Bible based story of the wedding supper of the Lamb and His return to earth, charging towards it with countless thousands of saints in tow. 2 As the charge of heaven's troopers finally descended upon the perplexed soldiers of Armageddon their bewilderment then hastily triggered total disorder, within their very deranged and most confused ranks. 3 Then deepest travail soon began to sweep over them, while their brains were riddled with some real deep questions that none of them could ever begin to answer; 4 But it was also soon really clear that the Antichrist wouldn't have a chance to carry out his scheming plans; 5 And since our Living Promise finally showed up faster than he expected, all of that son of Satan's plans were then instantly blown away; 6 And as the vast armies of heaven entered into our planet's really thin atmosphere all of them knew that they would be locking horns with the follower's of Hell in a winner take all battle that would never really be fought. 7 And that epic Day of our Lord came forth exactly seven years after the golden trumpet finally signaled the glorious appearing of Christ, and the following second rapture of His very own. 8 Then it was undeniably heaven's most glorious hour of a long awaited victory, as well as Hell's fleeting moments of it's very swift defeat. 9 But it was additionally the time when Jude 1:14 would finally come to pass; For millions of thousands of saints were joyfully following behind Christ; 'twas also the real silent season when time itself seemingly stood still. 10 Then at the very moment of our exalted entry into earth's cloudy atmosphere, over the pitch black eastern skies, the four winds then instantly pulled back like they were never even there to begin with. 11 And that immediately allowed for heaven's portal to open way up, while allowing our majestic Author of Influence to swiftly ride on through along with His glowing army behind Him. 12 That was therefore the biggest climax of the ages, the highest peak of wonderful, and the very top of amazing, all rolled up together as one! Heads then shook with disbelief, while a multitude of tears from lost pitiful souls suddenly fell as rain.
Download or read book War Made New written by Max Boot and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the pivotal role of technology in modern warfare focuses on four historical periods that shaped the rise and fall of empires, in a narrative account that covers such topics as gunpowder, the Industrial Revolution, and stealth aircraft. First serial, American Heritage.
Download or read book Firepower 2030 written by P. K. Chakravorty and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warfare quintessentially comprises Firepower and Manoeuvre. Terrain and the nuclear overhang restrict manoeuvre in our theatre of operations.The constituents of Firepower are platforms with ammunition, which can deliver from five dimensions; Land, Air, Surface of the sea, below the surface of the sea and possibly in times to come Outer Space. These are Small Arms, Guns, Mortars, Rockets of Artillery, Tanks, Aircrafts, Missiles, Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs), Armed Helicopters, Submarines and in future possibly stations in Outer Space. The ammunition which is the payload is the most important element of Firepower. Combination of platforms with ammunition results in devastating Firepower which paves the way for victory. The constituents enable us in a full spectrum conflict to undertake net centric operations. The conflicts visualised could be Land operations in a Counter Insurgency situation against non state actors, Air Land operations in a counter insurgency operation or a conventional conflict, Air operations for Counter Air, Air Defence, Sea operations for sea control or denial, Sea Land operations to undertake Amphibious operations, Air Sea operations between two opposing naval task forces and possibly by 2030 operations involving Outer Space. In these conflicts victory would be attained by ensuring Asymmetries of Firepower.
Download or read book Firepower in Limited War written by Robert H. Scales and published by National Defense University (NDU). This book was released on 1990 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The military of the United States is the world's strongest. Our armed forces are equipped with weapons of remarkable accuracy and unprecedented destructive power. In the Gulf War, allied forces used these weapons in what turned out to be a high-tech shooting gallery. The pinpoint accuracy of the sharpshooter's rifle is now routinely expected in the delivery of thousand pound bombs." "Recent events in Somalia and the Balkans have aptly demonstrated, however, the profound limitations of firepower in limited conflicts of low intensity. Yet, these are the kinds of war we are most likely to encounter as we proceed down the path of the new world order." "Author Scales examines this problem through his analysis of the role of firepower in the wars in Indochina, the Soviet war in Afghanistan, the Falklands War, and the Gulf War."--Jacket.
Download or read book Chronicles of Kassouk Prequel Noah s Ark written by Vijaya Schartz and published by Desert Breeze Publishing In. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Trixie's starfreighter drops out of jump space in an uncharted part of the universe, she believes the M class planet on her viewer represents hope and salvation for her motley crew and the ragtag settlers of Noah's Ark. Kostas, ex Space Marine, the expert survivalist recruited for this expedition, doesn't believe in coincidences, and knows that when something looks too good to be true, it usually is. & ;& ;Everyone, on this voyage, is fleeing something, and harbors dangerous secrets... including Trixie, who vowed to never let a man control her life again. As for Kostas, the settlers would lynch him on the spot if anyone suspected who he is. But on this seemingly abandoned planet, others are watching, herding them for evil purposes... and when the truth emerges and secrets unravel, Trixie and Kostas will fight for survival, for freedom, and for the right to love...
Download or read book The Fractured Twentieth Century written by Jerry Grafstien and published by Mosaic Press. This book was released on 2022-12-23 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personal history of the fragmented 20th century that has careened from modern technology to barbarity in a complex and confusing spiral. The author is the son of immigrants who were born thirty kilometres from each other in southern Poland. Fortuitously, due to religious ties, they met in Toronto in 1927, fell in love, married and settled in London, Ontario in 1930. The author's father's life spanned the first half of the twentieth century until his tragic death in a street accident in 1950. His mother's life spanned the entire twentieth century, born in 1900, arriving in Canada in 1907, and she passed away in 2002, in Toronto, and remained lucid to the end.History repeats itself, while mistakes are little learned from errors, venality and endless brutality. At best, he witnessed the descent from principle to pragmatism. He is fortunate in encountering fascinating personalities in politics, religion, arts, academia, and sports all of whom left singular impressions on him and others in Canada and around the globe. Ultimately, he discovered that it is not the destination but the journey along the way that continues to astound and surprise him as the innards of the human condition revolves and evolves without rhyme or reason.
