USA were extremely cautious to fight in a direct war with each other (source 11). This meant that the USSR was only able to support North Vietnam through supplying China with arms who in turn would arm the North Vietnamese (source 11). Nevertheless‚ the Vietnam war was still composed of the “classic Cold War” scenario (source 11)‚ as there was support from the Capitalist west as well as support from the communist East in conflict against each other. In addition‚ the opposing ideologies of the Cold
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find a gas station and did not run out of gas though) When we finally got to Fort Fisher‚ it was really cold and windy there but we still had a lot of fun. We walked around the museum and saw how big the ammunition that was used was; there was a torpedo that was as big as my shin/calf and a canon ball as big as my head. We saw dioramas of the fort being built and later reacted them on the trail. We walked along the trail and halfway through realized that we went around the wrong way because all the
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meters). The great white shark weights 5000 lbs (2‚268 kg) or more and is a streamline swimmer (National Geographic‚ 1996-2010). Females are larger then the male great white sharks. The great white shark has a cone shape nose‚ black eyes‚ and a torpedo-shape body. The lion of the sea has a powerful tail; called the caudal fin: to swim through the water at the speeds of up to 15 miles (15 kilometers) per hour. The great white shark mouth has 300 serrated; triangular teeth in several row. The great
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Margaret Bourke – White‚ an American journalist photographer‚ was born in New York City on June 14‚ 1904. She was raised in a strict household. During her time in high school she became the yearbook editor and that is when she started showing her writing talent. Raised in a strict household‚ Bourke-White attended local public schools in Bound Brook‚ New Jersey‚ after her family moved there. In high school Bourke-White served as the yearbook editor and showed promise in her writing talents. After
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planes were pre-staged on runways around the island as a precautionary measure. As a result‚ the fighters were airborne within moments and able to provide overwhelming force. Allowing time for the naval ships to man their fighting positions and drop torpedo nets saving the fleet. These actions caused the Japanese to sustain great losses and in the end retreat back out into the
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MILITARY AIRCRAFT A military aircraft is any fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft that is operated by a legal or insurrectionary armed service of any type Military aircraft can be either combat or non-combat: Combat aircraft are aircraft designed to destroy enemy equipment using their own armament. Combat aircraft are normally developed and procured only by military forces. Non-combat aircraft are aircraft not designed for combat as their primary function‚ but may carry weapons for self-defense
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damned – and then he sends me over to some office in Beverly Hills where another total stranger gives me $300 raw cash for no reason at all . . . I tell you‚ my man‚ this is the American Dream in action! We‘d be fools not to ride this strange torpedo all the way out to the end.” (F&L pg 11) This quote demonstrates Thompson’s tainted version of the American Dream‚ especially when juxtaposed to Horatio Alger’s American Dream stories‚ which involve going from “rags to riches” through hard work
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pilots was the schema of every Japanese pilot turning kamikaze towards the end of the war‚ but in actuality‚ normally the most skilled pilots were usually withheld from suicide missions and were used to “fly orthodox cover‚ reconnaissance‚ bombing and torpedo missions”‚ and most kamikaze fighters were pilots in training( Sherrod 274). Even though when the ends of the war was drawing to a finish‚ having ideas like this about the enemy may have hurt the confidence of American soldiers‚ knowing that the Japanese
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As an accomplished tri-athlete‚ mountain climber and health fanatic‚ Gary Earl Johnson‚ would be one of the healthiest presidents to ever be elected in the United States. What do we know about Gary Johnson? Where does he stand on repealing the Affordable Care Act‚ taxes‚ and gun control? His viewpoints on these controversial issues is intriguing and make him an interesting and viable third party candidate for the presidency. The 2016 Libertarian Party presidential nominee‚ Gary Earl Johnson‚
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Drones’ world Hopefully‚ as technology has improved so much‚ the world has managed to obtain very useful products. One of the brilliant improvements in the robotics‚ the aeronautics and the electronics’ fields is known as a drone. It is also called an unmanned aerial vehicle. A drone is an aircraft‚ which can be controlled by pilots who are on the ground and it can be piloted by a pre-programmed mission. Its use has grown quickly due to its recent ability to stay aloft for many hours. Drones are
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