10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCE»
Discover the use of
anti-aircraft defence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
anti-aircraft defence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Air War in the Falklands 1982
'Hermes' class (HMS Hermes, entered operational area 2S/4/82) Displacement:
28.700 tons Maximum speed: 28 kt Complement: 1.3S0 Aircraft: 12 Sea Harrier
FRSMk 1 and 18 Sea King Anti-aircraft defence: two GWS-22 Seacat short-range
...
2
HOUSE OF COMMONS ( PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE)
Anti-Aircraft Command is the repository of a great deal of ballistic and technical
knowledge about anti-aircraft defence. There are still, as the Secretary of State
pointed out, anti-aircraft units remaining in the field force, but antiaircraft units ...
3
The Littorio Class: Italy's Last and Largest Battleships
Participates 19.40 in anti-aircraft defence. 13 Nov 1940 22.01 Taranto Air raid
alarm. Participates in 14 Nov 1940 00.06 anti-aircraft defence. 19 Nov 1940
19.30 Taranto Air raid alarm. Participates in 22.45 anti-aircraft defence. 22 Nov
1940 ...
4
The Swiss Air Power: Wherefrom? Whereto?
In light of a general rearmament going on in Europe, the flying units were
gathered together with the still not organised anti-aircraft troops in the “
Department of Aviation and Anti-Aircraft Defence”21 (BBl 1936B: 35 et seqq).
This denomination ...
5
Growth of Fighter Command, 1936-1940: Air
Defence of Great ...
... 450 } _ Provincial balloon barrage, 1,005 _ L455 balloons Light anti-aircraft
defence = 1,112 guns In a little more than three years since the reorientation of
the ADGB system, the number of fighter aircraft deemed necessary for the
defence of ...
T.C.G. James, Sebastian Cox,
2014
6
Italian and Austro-Hungarian Military Aviation On the ...
At the end of 1916 anti-aircraft defence consisted of 22 (some sources mention
25) batteries organic to the anti-aircraft groups, 315 other artillery pieces, 4
armoured trains and 292 machine-guns; a total of 1,124 pieces. (As a side note
the ...
Alexis Mehtidis, Dr Paul Watson,
2008
7
Malta and British Strategic Policy, 1925-43
Liddell Hart, too, writing in 1939 of the War Office attitude to anti-aircraft defence,
observed that there was 'a tendency in high quarters to talk of money devoted to
air defence as if it were money taken from "the Army"'.21 The Admiralty had ...
8
The Royal Navy, 1930-2000: Innovation and
Defence
The operations that anti-aircraft defence was meant to allow were, therefore,
precisely those upon which Admiral Phillips embarked when, in search of a
Japanese invasion fleet, he took Prince of Wales and Repulse within range of
Japanese ...
9
Imperial German Army, 1914-18: Organisation, Structure, ...
the. Aircraft. Reporting. Service. el. Anti-Aircraft. Guns. At the time the war broke
out, anti-aircraft defence was, in Germany, still being developed. At that time
there were only 18 special guns, designated as Anti-Balloon Defence Gun, or
Bak, ...
A secondary weapon against surface ships, which can also play a part in anti
aircraft defence, is a modern automatic medium calibre gun. This weapon has the
advantage that it can be used in the minor engagements of peacetime such as ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
anti-aircraft defence is used in the context of the following news items.
Russia's air defence to get new generation missile systems Vityaz …
Medium-range anti-aircraft defence system S-350 Vityaz will enter duty in the near future, the commander of the Air Force's anti-aircraft defence, ... «News.Az, Jul 15»
Away from Syria's battlefields, Saudi Arabia and Russia look to build …
Russia is also likely to begin shipping S-300 anti-aircraft defence systems to Iran, Saudi Arabia's main regional rival, after deliveries were ... «The National, Jun 15»
Big Beach Picnic, Papua New Guinea with Chris Packham, and a …
The seven Redsand Forts, built in 1942 for anti-aircraft defence in the Thames Estuary, can now be viewed – at least from the outside. Boat trips ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
Levis (Quebec) 13 June 2015 – Last Thursday, former sailors of the …
... Tribal Class destroyers built at Davie have been the first line of anti-submarine and anti-aircraft defence for Canada for over four decades. «Life in Quebec, Jun 15»
Farewell HMCS Algonquin: Built and upgraded at Davie
... ships built at Davie, "The Tribal Class destroyers built at Davie have been the first line of anti-submarine and anti-aircraft defence for Canada ... «Canada NewsWire, Jun 15»
"India interested to build more Project 11356-class frigates with …
They are equipped with versatile missiles, artillery guns and advanced radio-technical devices for anti-submarine and anti-aircraft defence. «Brahmand Defence and Aerospace News, May 15»
Russia is moving ahead with plans to develop a new aircraft carrier
... protect landing troops, and provide the anti-aircraft defence," Valery Polyakov, the deputy director of Russia's Krylovsky Research Center, the ... «Businessinsider India, May 15»
Russia trying to sell 100000 ton heavy aircraft carriers
... enemy targets, ensure the operational stability of naval forces, protect landing troops, and provide the anti-aircraft defence," Polyakov said. «Next Big Future, May 15»
Busbesija shooting range proposed to MEPA in 2012
U Group's subsidiary U-Shoot was established just three days before their MEPA application, identifying the anti-aircraft defence ground at ... «MaltaToday, May 15»
Canadian jets see first action in Syria, bombing ISIL garrison near …
The Islamic State has no significant anti-aircraft defence, aside from shoulder-launched missiles, which don't have the range to meet high-flying ... «National Post, Apr 15»