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Phalanx automated turret, mounted on USS Denver. A sentry gun is a weapon that is automatically aimed and fired at targets that are detected by sensors. The earliest functioning military sentry guns were the close-in weapon systems point-defense weapons, such as the Phalanx CIWS, used for detecting and destroying short range incoming missiles and enemy aircraft, first used exclusively on naval ...
Retro Game Challenge 2 [a] is the sequel to Retro Game Challenge. It was developed by indieszero, published by Namco Bandai and released for the Nintendo DS on February 26, 2009, in Japan, and never saw an official Western release due to low sales of its predecessor. It received a fan translation to English that was released in 2014. [1]
Thunder Force IV is a horizontal shoot 'em up. [1] The story takes place two years after the events of Thunder Force III. The player takes on the role of a fighter pilot to battle the Orn Empire, which is plotting the extinction of the human race. [2] The first four stages can be selected in any order. There are ten stages total. [3]
Adventure Gamers described Primordia as "a gorgeous, clever, and melancholy science-fiction parable" with "beautiful, surrealistic retro graphics [that] drip with atmosphere." [ 10 ] The site also awarded it Setting of the Year for its "haunted world, one that oozes history far more detailed than the events laid out by the game's exposition ...
As an anti-aircraft gun it fired a 9.2 kilogram (20 lb) shell at a muzzle velocity of 840 m/s to an effective ceiling of 8,000 meters, [42] with a maximum ceiling of 9900 meters. [5] While this was potent against US daylight raids, which generally flew at altitudes of 6,400 to 7,600 m (21,000 to 24,900 ft), some aircraft were able to fly higher ...
Number 54 Squadron (sometimes written as No. LIV Squadron) is a squadron of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire. [2] On 1 September 2005, it took on the role of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Operational Conversion Unit, and is now the Advanced Air ISTAR Academy, responsible for training all RAF crews assigned to the MQ-9A Reaper, Protector RG1 (MQ-9B ...
Sentry (Robert " Bob " Reynolds) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee, with uncredited conceptual contributions by Rick Veitch, the character first appeared in The Sentry #1 (2000).
General Orders for Sentries. Orders to Sentry is the official title of a set of rules governing sentry (guard or watch) duty in the United States Armed Forces. While any guard posting has rules that may go without saying ("Stay awake," for instance), these orders are carefully detailed and particularly stressed in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine ...