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t. e. Tower defense ( TD) is a subgenre of strategy games where the goal is to defend a player's territories or possessions by obstructing the enemy attackers or by stopping enemies from reaching the exits, usually achieved by placing defensive structures on or along their path of attack. [1]
160 km (max) The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar component of the weapon system. The AN/MPQ-53 at the heart of the system is known as the ...
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle is a fighting game developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for PlayStation 3.Based on Hirohiko Araki's long-running manga series JoJo' s Bizarre Adventure, the game allows players to compete against each other using 40 characters taken from the first eight story arcs, as well as one guest character from another manga also ...
The Air Defense Artillery Branch is the air defense branch of the United States Army, specializing in the use of anti-aircraft weapons (such as surface-to-air missiles) to conduct anti-aircraft warfare operations. In the U.S. Army, these groups are composed of mainly air defense systems such as the Patriot Missile System, Terminal High Altitude ...
Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare [1] and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" ( NATO 's definition). [2] It includes surface based, subsurface ( submarine launched ), and air-based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements, and ...
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).
US Ambassador Dan Shapiro visits the Battle Management & Control (BMC) unit of the Iron Dome in 2011. Iron Dome ( Hebrew: כִּפַּת בַּרְזֶל, romanized : Kippat Barzel) is an Israeli mobile all-weather air defense system, [8] developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries. [7]
Between 1933 and 1945, the organization of the Luftwaffe underwent several changes. Originally, the German military high command, for their air warfare forces, decided to use an organizational structure similar to the army and navy, treating the aviation branch as a strategic weapon of war. Later on, during the period of rapid rearmament, the ...