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  2. Shinobi (series) - Wikipedia

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    Shinobi [a] is a series of hack-and-slash games created by Sega. The ninja ( shinobi) Joe Musashi is the protagonist of the original series of games ( Shinobi to Shinobi III ). [3] The first Shinobi was released in 1987 as an arcade video game. Along with Alex Kidd and Sonic the Hedgehog, Joe Musashi has long been one of Sega's flagship ...

  3. Arrow (missile family) - Wikipedia

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    Six canisters per trailer-mounted erector–launcher [7] [8] The Arrow or Hetz ( Hebrew: חֵץ, pronounced [ˈχet͡s]) is a family of anti-ballistic missiles designed to fulfill an Israeli requirement for a missile defense system that would be more effective against ballistic missiles than the MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile.

  4. Shinobi (1987 video game) - Wikipedia

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    Sega System 16. Shinobi (忍) is a side-scrolling hack and slash video game produced by Sega, originally released for arcades on the Sega System 16 board in 1987. The player controls ninja Joe Musashi, to stop the Zeed terrorist organization from kidnapping students of his clan. Shinobi was a commercial success in arcades; it topped the monthly ...

  5. M163 VADS - Wikipedia

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    Maximum speed. 40 mph (64 km/h) The M163 Vulcan Air Defense System ( VADS ), officially Gun, Air Defense Artillery, Self-Propelled 20-mm, M163, is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) that was primarily used by the United States Army. The M163 provides mobile, short-range air defense protection for ground units against low-flying fixed ...

  6. List of countries with highest military expenditures - Wikipedia

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    Highest military expenditure, share of GDP. This first list is a list of countries by military expenditure share of GDP—more specifically, a list of the top 15 countries by percentage share in recent years—the amount spent by a nation on its military as a share of its GDP. The second list presents this as a share of the general government ...

  7. Ghost of Tsushima - Wikipedia

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    Mode (s) Single-player, multiplayer. Ghost of Tsushima is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The player controls Jin Sakai, a samurai on a quest to protect Tsushima Island during the first Mongol invasion of Japan.

  8. Edo period - Wikipedia

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    The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai), also known as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai), is the period between 1603 and 1868 [1] in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.

  9. Utrecht - Wikipedia

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    Origins (before 650 CE) Willem Blaeu's 1652 map of Utrecht. Although there is some evidence of earlier inhabitation in the region of Utrecht, dating back to the Stone Age (app. 2200 BCE) and settling in the Bronze Age (app. 1800–800 BCE), the founding date of the city is usually related to the construction of a Roman fortification (), probably built in around 50 CE.