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...ch shelters were constructed as [[civil defense]] measures during the Cold War. ...ioactive material then falls to earth, subjecting anything within the line of sight to radiation, a significant [[radioactive contamination|hazard]]. A f

...is weapon system was rapidly adopted; up to 8 units installed in every new Soviet warship (from mine-hunters to aircraft carriers), with hundreds produced in ...is in operation on almost all Russian Navy ships from fast attack boats to the [[Soviet_battlecruiser_Kirov|Kirov]] Battlecruiser.

[[Image:AK230 Fala.jpg|right|thumb|AK-230 gun on the Polish [[ORP Fala]] patrol craft]] ...hina as the Type 69. It was succeeded by the more powerful [[AK-630]] from the mid to late 1970s.

|wars=[[Second World War]] |elevation=depends on the mount

...|right|300px|Detailed view of a BMP-1 turret showing the 73 mm gun tube of the 2A28]] The '''2A28 Grom''' is the main armament of the [[BMP-1]] [[Infantry fighting vehicle]].

[[Image:Autocanon 2A42 on the Mi28N heli.JPG|300px|thumb|2А42 on the [[Mil Mi-28]] [[helicopter]]]] ...Union|Soviet]]/[[Russia]]n 30 mm [[automatic cannon]]. It is built by the Tulamashzavod Joint Stock Company.

|caption=A 21-K onboard the [[Soviet cruiser Krasny Kavkaz|''Krasny Kavkaz'']] |wars=[[Second World War]], [[Cold War]]

| caption = Gun on the bow of the [[German corvette Hiddensee|USNS Hiddensee]] | Length of round = 959mm

...in weapon system]] (CIWS) is a modern naval air defence weapon deployed by the [[Russian Navy]]. It is found on the aircraft carrier [[Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov|''Admiral Kuznetsov'']], [[Kirov class b

..."reset" refers to "a series of actions to restore units to a desired level of combat capability commensurate with future mission requirements."<ref>[http ...l war in Iraq|internal]] and [[Iraq war|external]] conflicts in [[Iraq]]. The plan for strategic reset entails four key measures:

...of a [[Gram stain]] of the bacterium ''Bacillus anthracis'', the cause of the anthrax disease ...animals. There are effective vaccines against anthrax, and some forms of the disease respond well to antibiotic treatment.

| name = The Butter war ...r. ''The Butter Battle Book'' was a ''[[New York Times]]'' Notable Book of the Year.