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  2. Civil defense siren - Wikipedia

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    A civil defense siren is a siren used to provide an emergency population warning to the general population of approaching danger. Initially designed to warn city dwellers of air raids (air-raid sirens) during World War II, they were later used to warn of nuclear attack and natural disasters, such as tornadoes (tornado sirens).

  3. Entebbe raid - Wikipedia

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    The Entebbe raid or Operation Entebbe, officially codenamed Operation Thunderbolt (retroactively codenamed Operation Yonatan), was a 1976 Israeli counter-terrorist mission in Uganda. It was launched in response to the hijacking of an international civilian passenger flight (an Airbus A300) operated by Air France between the cities of Tel Aviv ...

  4. What is Roblox and why won't my kids stop talking about ... - AOL

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    "In All Star Tower Defense, you're putting down weapons to defeat bad guys [and keep them] from getting to a goal," Letter says of the last game on the report. "It's so colorful and so fun." "It's ...

  5. Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - Wikipedia

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    On 26–27 October 2019, the United States conducted a military operation code named Operation Kayla Mueller that resulted in the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the then-leader and self-proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization. The operation took place in the outskirts of Barisha, Idlib Governorate, Syria.

  6. Ground based operational surveillance system - Wikipedia

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    The Ground-Based Operational Surveillance System, (G-BOSS) created by Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, is a trailer-mounted tower with mounted surveillance systems. It was integrated with the command operations center (COC) used primarily by the United States Marine Corps during the War in Afghanistan (2001-2021) and the War in Iraq.

  7. Defence of the Reich - Wikipedia

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    Scope of the Defence of the Reich campaign. [Note 1] The Defence of the Reich (German: Reichsverteidigung) is the name given to the strategic defensive aerial campaign fought by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany over German-occupied Europe and Germany during World War II against the Allied strategic bombing campaign.

  8. Chain Chronicle - Wikipedia

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    Episodes. 12 (List of episodes) Chain Chronicle (Japanese: チェインクロニクル, Hepburn: Chein Kuronikuru) is a tower defense role-playing game developed and published by Sega for iOS, Android, and PlayStation Vita. It was released in Japan on July 26, 2013, for iOS, August 1, 2013, for Android and on July 16, 2014, for the PlayStation ...

  9. Chrysler Air-Raid Siren - Wikipedia

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    Siren at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum in 2011. The Chrysler Air Raid Siren is an outdoor warning siren produced during the Cold War era that has an output of 138 dB (C) at 100 feet. It was known as the Chrysler Bell Victory Siren during its first generation, which was between the end of World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall.