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.... Many such 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

...pons of the war. Developments of the original models led to a wide variety of guns. ...fined by the Ecole DCA that trained US AA personnel; it may also come from the British Signallers' Alphabet [http://class.cyivs.cy.edu.tw/cutefish/warslan

...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.

{{About|the unguided anti-tank weapon|the Russian guided anti-tank missile|AT-4 Spigot}} ...an AT-4 produces a large back blast, a significant problem when operating the weapon in urban environments.

| origin = {{Flag|Soviet Union}} | used_by ={{Flag|Soviet Union}}

...g|Denmark}}<br />{{flag|Soviet Union}}<br />{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]]<br />{{flag|Turkey}} ...5&nbsp;cm Flak M 35(h)'' or ''7.5&nbsp;cm Flak (d)''. Similarly the Soviet Union used those guns it captured from Lithuania. Supposedly it saw limited Briti

|caption=''12.7 cm/50 Type 3'' guns seen in a twin gun ''Model B'' turret on the [[Japanese destroyer Sagiri|''Sagiri'']], 1941 |origin= {{flag|Empire of Japan}}

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...|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&nbsp;mm [[automatic cannon]]. It is built by the Tulamashzavod Joint Stock Company.

|caption=This photo shows the typical fore-and-aft installation of a twin turret superfiring over a triple turret. |used_by={{navy|Kingdom of Italy}}<br>{{navy|Soviet Union}}<br>{{navy|Italy}}

|origin={{flag|Soviet Union}} |used_by={{flag|Soviet Union}}, <br>{{flag|People's Republic of China}}, <br>{{flag|North Vietnam}}, <br>{{flag|Cambodia}}

|caption=38 cm turret of Batterie Vara, Kristiansand, Norway ...tings were also sold to the Soviet Union and it was planned to use them on the [[Kronshtadt class battlecruiser|''Kronshtadt''-class]] battlecruisers, how

|origin={{flagicon|Hungary|1940}} [[Kingdom of Hungary (Regency)|Kingdom of Hungary]], [[Ganz]], [[Budapest]] | armour=6–13 mm on the hull, 28 mm on the turret

|caption=A 21-K onboard the [[Soviet cruiser Krasny Kavkaz|''Krasny Kavkaz'']] |elevation=depends on the mount

|origin={{flag|Soviet Union}} ...mm ammunition required to shoot down one enemy plane was 598 rounds. After the war some 52-Ks were refitted for peaceful purposes as anti-avalanche guns i

...a}}<br />{{flag|Nazi Germany}}<br />{{flag|Yugoslavia}}<br />{{flag|Soviet Union}} ...ia]] and the [[Soviet Union]] as well. Twenty were in Czech service during the [[Munich Agreement|Munich Crisis]] in September 1938.<ref>{{cite web|url=ht

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

...'' (Березин Б-20) was a [[20 mm caliber]] [[autocannon]] used by [[Soviet]] aircraft in [[World War II]]. ...lighter (25 kg (55 lb) vs ShVAK's 40 kg (80 lb)) without sacrificing rate of fire or muzzle velocity.

|image=[[Image:IŁ-102 NTW 3 95 4.jpg|300px|GSh-23 in the tail of an Il-102.]] |origin={{flagcountry|Soviet Union}}

...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

...flagcountry|Belgium}}<br/> {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}<br>{{flag|Soviet Union}} |wars= [[Russo-Japanese War]], [[World War I]], [[Russian Revolution of 1917]], [[Russian Civil War]], [[Winter War]], [[World War II]], [[Chinese

|caption= NR-23 cannons in tail barbette of the [[Ilyushin Il-28|Il-28]] bomber. |origin= {{Flagcountry|Soviet Union}}

[[Image:Chinese NL-37 Cannon.jpg|thumb|right|Nudelman N-37 at the Beijing Military Museum]] ...ering service in 1946. It was 30% lighter than its predecessor at the cost of a 23% lower [[muzzle velocity]].

|origin= {{Flagcountry|Soviet Union}} |used_by={{flagicon|USSR}} [[Soviet Union]],{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Russia]]

[[Image:Shvak1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Photograph of the cannon]] ...[[Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Goudkov LaGG-3|LaGG-3]], early [[Ilyushin Il-2]], and Soviet-modified [[Hawker Hurricane]] aircraft as well as [[T-38 tank|T-38]] and [[

[[File:30mm DU slug.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The DU penetrator of a [[30 mm]] round<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060716085611/http://www ...|accessdate= |author= |date= |year= |publisher= UN |pages= }}</ref> In the past, DU has been called '''Q-metal''', '''depletalloy''', and '''D-38'''.

{{Redirect|Oxirane|oxiranes as a class of molecules|epoxide}} ...of its special molecular structure, ethylene oxide easily participates in the [[addition reaction]], opening its cycle, and thus easily [[polymerisation|

...charged.<ref name="Hoffman-1998-p32">Hoffman (1998), p. 32, See review in The [[New York Times]][http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hoffman-terrorism.h .../ref> These divergences have made it impossible to conclude a [[Definition of terrorism#Proposed Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism|Comp

...errorism''' is the systematic use of [[fear|terror]] especially as a means of [[coercion]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Terrorism ...tical or ideological goal, and deliberately target or disregard the safety of [[non-combatant]]s (civilians).{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}

'''Animal borne bomb attacks''' are the use of animals as delivery systems for explosives. ...the intention of making the bomb go off in a crowd killing a large number of civilians or soldiers.

{{Redirect|Crime syndicate|the DC Comics group of villains|Crime Syndicate}} ...tm</ref> Such crime is commonly referred to as the work of the ''Mob'' in the U.S.

...nd citizens of other eastern countries which used to be part of the Soviet Union.<ref name="Schwirtz">{{cite news |title=Vory v Zakone has hallowed place in ...ir'' in Russian (i.e. воровской мир) or "Thieves World" (World of Thieves).

|logo = Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq.svg ...ces/Tribes, [[Canada]], [[NATO]], [[European Union]], [[ASEAN]], [[African Union]], etc.

...Executive Officer of [[AFG Biosolutions Inc.]] (USA) and President and CEO of [[MaxWell Biocorporation, LLC]] (USA)<ref>www.max-well.com</ref>. ...[Soviet Union]] (in present day [[Kazakhstan]]) and grew up in [[Almaty]], the republic's former capital.

|war =the [[Insurgency in the Philippines]] ...uary 24, 2006</ref>"). The group calls itself "Al-Harakat Al-Islamiyya" or the "Islamic Movement".

...to the FBI, the JDL has been involved in plotting terrorist attacks within the [[United States]].<ref name=fbi />. ...rorism'']</ref> Its criticism of the [[Soviet Union]] garnered support for the group, transforming it from a "vigilante club" to an activist organization

...t newly released captives from Guantanamo Bay detainment camp "returned to the battlefield".<ref name=Sfgate050614> ...[[Joint Task Force Guantanamo]] (JTF-GTMO) which has occupied a portion of the [[United States Navy]]'s [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base|base at Guantanamo Bay

|partof=the [[War on Terror]] '''In the Philippines:''' ''(expected to be completed in 2010)''

...itle=Permissibility of State-Sponsored Assassination during Peace and War, The|author=Beres, Louis R.|url=http://heinonlinebackup.com/hol-cgi-bin/get_pdf. ...tandard".<ref>Duffy, Helen (2005). ''The 'War on Terror' and the Framework of International Law''. Cambridge University Press. p. 157.ISBN 978-0521547352

..."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:

...ed in order to avoid revelations of serious violations of the [[Biological Weapons Convention]]. ...rgest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World - Told from Inside by the Man Who Ran it]].'' 1999. Delta (2000) ISBN 0-385-33496-6 [http://www.amazo

...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.