Download or read book Operation Hurricane written by Paul Grace and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2023-07-26 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I remember seeing a flash, I turned around and heard a roar like a train approaching in a tunnel. Then a tremendous crack like a whiplash passed directly overhead. I saw a mushroom cloud ... There was black and white smoke, orange and red flames ascending through the centre of the mushroom.' RAN Able Seaman Vince Douglas, participant in Operation Hurricane At 8.00 a.m. on Friday 3 October 1952, Britain's first atomic bomb was detonated in the hold of a surplus frigate, HMS Plym, moored in the Montebello Islands, 50 miles off the North West Coast of Western Australia. The blast vaporised the Plym, produced a mushroom cloud 2 miles high, and covered the islands and parts of the Australian mainland with fallout. The test, codenamed Operation Hurricane, was the culmination of years of top-secret planning in London and Canberra and months of clandestine preparations at the site. One of the largest peacetime military operations in Australian history, its success shifted the balance of power in the Cold War and briefly rejuvenated the fading British Empire. Painstakingly pieced together from declassified government documents and first-person accounts by surviving participants, Operation Hurricane tells the story of Britain's first nuclear test from the point of view of the men on the ground: soldiers, sailors, airmen and civilians. It delves into the historical context of the Cold War and examines the controversial legacy of the atomic tests, including the impact of fallout on servicemen, Aboriginal peoples and the environment, and Australia's relationship with the United Kingdom.
Download or read book At the Hurricane s Eye written by Greg Walker and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one doubts the abilities of Special Operations Forces (SOF) after Desert Storm. But their impressive accomplishments are rooted in the lessons learned from Vietnam, Iran, Grenada, El Salvador, and Panama. AT THE HURRICANE'S EYE is the first book to take an unflinching look at SOF's growth since Vietnam. Author Greg Walker, with sixteen years of U.S. Army special operations experience as a ground operator, provides information and eyewitness acounts never before reported, from the tragic raid on Panama's Paitilla airfield to the first insider accounts of Special Forces, Marine Force Recon, and NAVY SEAL operations before and during Desert Storm.
Download or read book Operation Dragon Comeback written by Bruce A. Ashcroft and published by Department of the Air Force. This book was released on 2006 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of the men and woman of Air Education and Training Command (AETC) who rushed to the aid of their wingmen at Kessler Air Force Base and to their countrymen in need.
Download or read book Operation Dragon Comeback Air Education and Training Command s Response to Hurricane Katrina written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of the men and woman of Air Education and Training Command (AETC) who rushed to the aid of their wingmen at Kessler Air Force Base and to their countrymen in need.
Download or read book Operation Hurricane written by Peter Bird and published by . This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Operation Hurricane written by Lars Reinhardt Møller and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En nations efterretningstjeneste er altid et spejl af nationen selv, og det er nationens ledelse, der stiller efterretningstjenesten de opgaver, den skal løse. Lars R. Møller fortæller, hvordan efterretningsvirksomhed har været bedrevet gennem mere end to tusinde år og viser, hvorledes den relaterer sig til krigsførelsens strategiske, taktiske og operative niveau. Det aktuelle spørgsmål er, om efterretningstjenesterne virkelig kan beskytte demokratiet? "Fortræffelig, lettilgængelig indføring i efterretningsvirksomhed og dens historie. Og et skarpt forsvar for dens nødvendighed." - Bent Jensen, Jyllands-Posten "Bogen må nærmest betragtes som en ‘håndbog’ for alle ‘spioninteresserede’ og en analyse af e-tjenesterne gennem tiderne med en klar konklusion: De kan ikke undværes!" - Jan Søgaard, B.T.
Download or read book Army Support During the Hurricane Katrina Disaster written by James A. Wombwell and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Hurricane Katrina, in Aug. 2005, was the costliest hurricane as well as one of the five deadliest storms in U.S. history. It caused extensive destruction along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas. Some 22,000 Active-Duty Army personnel assisted with relief-and-recovery operations in Mississippi and Louisiana. At the same time, all 50 states sent approx. 50,000 National Guard personnel to deal with the storm¿s aftermath. Because the media coverage of this disaster tended toward the sensational more than the analytical, many important stories remain to be told in a dispassionate manner. This study offers a dispassionate analysis of the Army¿s response to the natural disaster by providing a detailed account of the operations in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Download or read book National Hurricane Operations Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Operation Hurricane written by Philip Matthews and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Corso publicity officerr makes a report on Fiji hurricane relief"--Bagnall.
Download or read book Operation Hurricane written by Barry Wardle and published by . This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Investigation of Gulf Coast Hurricane Procedures in the Wake of Hurricane Gilbert written by South Florida Water Management District. Task Force on Hurricane Operations and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2006 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The objective of this report is to identify and establish a roadmap on how to do that, and lay the groundwork for transforming how this Nation- from every level of government to the private sector to individual citizens and communities - pursues a real and lasting vision of preparedness. To get there will require significant change to the status quo, to include adjustments to policy, structure, and mindset"--P. 2.
Download or read book National Hurricane Operations Plan written by United States. Office of Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide for All Hazard Emergency Operations Planning written by Kay C. Goss and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998-05 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meant to aid State & local emergency managers in their efforts to develop & maintain a viable all-hazard emergency operations plan. This guide clarifies the preparedness, response, & short-term recovery planning elements that warrant inclusion in emergency operations plans. It offers the best judgment & recommendations on how to deal with the entire planning process -- from forming a planning team to writing the plan. Specific topics of discussion include: preliminary considerations, the planning process, emergency operations plan format, basic plan content, functional annex content, hazard-unique planning, & linking Federal & State operations.
Download or read book Building Alliances Amidst Destruction written by Melinda Hofstetter and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hurricane written by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bursting with exciting full-colour illustrations, colour artwork and contemporary photographs, this is a handy complete guide to this iconic World War II fighter. This remarkable aircraft, designed and built to combat the emerging fighter strength of the Axis nations in the lead-up to World War II, made its name in the air battles over Britain and France in the first years of the war. Beloved by its pilots for its stable firing platform and reputation as a rugged survivor, the Hawker Hurricane quickly became the backbone of the RAF, scoring more kills than the more glamorous Spitfire in the Battle of Britain. This compact volume draws on a wealth of research, artwork and contemporary photographs, as well as images of surviving Hurricanes in flight today, to present a complete guide to this classic fighter aircraft.
Download or read book Bomber Command Operation Hurricane written by Marc Hall and published by Fighting High. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 1944 RAF Bomber Command unleashed one of the Second World War's most devastating bombardments on the German city Duisburg. This is the story of Operation Hurricane from Bomber Command's perspective, through eyewitness accounts, and veteran and POW recollections, accompanied by numerous previously unpublished photographs.
