Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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Page 145
... kilometres - and with a potentially greater accuracy than its predecessors of a century earlier . Small arms had developed from the smooth - bore musket firing a single ball every half - a - minute to rifled fully - automatic ma- chine ...
... kilometres - and with a potentially greater accuracy than its predecessors of a century earlier . Small arms had developed from the smooth - bore musket firing a single ball every half - a - minute to rifled fully - automatic ma- chine ...
Page 166
... kilometres apart , the two blocks were linked by underground electric railway , which also ran to the entrances for personnel and material back behind the firing zone . These , too , were well protected with armoured doors , machine ...
... kilometres apart , the two blocks were linked by underground electric railway , which also ran to the entrances for personnel and material back behind the firing zone . These , too , were well protected with armoured doors , machine ...
Page 177
... kilometres an hour on its irreversible journey up into space and down onto its target 12,000 kilometres distant . The USA , the USSR , France and possibly China , all have this type of silo . It suffers from the disadvantage of having ...
... kilometres an hour on its irreversible journey up into space and down onto its target 12,000 kilometres distant . The USA , the USSR , France and possibly China , all have this type of silo . It suffers from the disadvantage of having ...
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