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  2. Survival radio - Wikipedia

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    AN/PRC-112 - Offers Synthesized radio in the VHF and UHF aircraft bands. A PRC-112 and a hand held GPS were used by Capt. Scott O'Grady when he was rescued after being shot down over Bosnia . [11] The AN/PRC-112B, initially known as the Hook 112, is a PRC-112 modified to include a GPS receiver, allowing encrypted position information to be sent.

  3. Payen PA-22 - Wikipedia

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    Payen redesigned the aircraft around a Regnier 180 hp 6B-01 six-cylinder, air-cooled inverted in-line engine, which was designated PA 22/2, and was completed in 1939. During its testing in the wind tunnel at Chalais-Meudon (Paris), the Germans invaded France and confiscated it. The German occupation forces were intrigued by the design and ...

  4. 112th Special Operations Signal Battalion - Wikipedia

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    The 112th Signal Battalion (Special Operations) (Airborne) has a long history of signal operations in support of Airborne and Special Operations Forces. The heritage of the 112th Signal Battalion began with the activation of the 512th Airborne Signal Company on the 14 July 1944, in Lido di Roma, Italy. The 512th conducted signal operations in ...

  5. Emergency telephone number - Wikipedia

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    911. 112 and 911. Other number, no redirection or redirection for mobile phones only. An emergency telephone number is a number that allows a caller to contact local emergency services for assistance. The emergency number differs from country to country; it is typically a three-digit number so that it can be easily remembered and dialed quickly.

  6. Project SHAD - Wikipedia

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    Project SHAD, an acronym for Shipboard Hazard and Defense, was part of a larger effort called Project 112, which was conducted during the 1960s.Project SHAD encompassed tests designed to identify U.S. warships' vulnerabilities to attacks with chemical agents or biological warfare agents and to develop procedures to respond to such attacks while maintaining a war-fighting capability.

  7. Type 052 destroyer - Wikipedia

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    The Type 052 (NATO/ OSD Luhu-class destroyer [3] is a class of destroyers developed in the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). The Type 052 was an intermediate between the obsolescent Type 051 [4] and the modern Type 052B destroyers. [5] [6] They were the first PLAN destroyers powered by gas turbines ...

  8. International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental ...

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    Website. www .ironworkers .org. The International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers is a union in the United States and Canada, which represents, trains and protects [2] primarily construction workers, as well as shipbuilding and metal fabrication employees.

  9. Order of battle for Operation Epsom - Wikipedia

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    This is the order of battle for Operation Epsom, a Second World War battle between British and German forces in Normandy, France between 26 June and 30 June 1944.