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1 dzień temu · The AIM-9 Sidewinder ("AIM" for "Air Intercept Missile") is a short-range air-to-air missile.Entering service with the United States Navy in 1956 and the Air Force in 1964, the AIM-9 is one of the oldest, cheapest, and most successful air-to-air missiles. Its latest variants remain standard equipment in most Western-aligned air forces. The Soviet K-13 (AA-2 "Atoll"), a reverse-engineered copy ...
1 dzień temu · the joint between the handle and the blade of a bat; the weakest part of the bat. If the ball hits the splice it is likely to dolly up for an easy catch. 1. of a position on the field, perpendicular to the line of the pitch; the opposite of fine. 2. the area in the middle of the ground where the pitches are prepared.
1 dzień temu · Etymology The English word sun developed from Old English sunne. Cognates appear in other Germanic languages, including West Frisian sinne, Dutch zon, Low German Sünn, Standard German Sonne, Bavarian Sunna, Old Norse sunna, and Gothic sunnō. All these words stem from Proto-Germanic * sunnōn. This is ultimately related to the word for sun in other branches of the Indo-European language ...
1 dzień temu · Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (CPA), more widely known as Cathay Pacific (Chinese: 國泰航空), is the flag carrier of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport.The airline's operations and its subsidiaries have scheduled passenger and cargo services to over 190 destinations and more than 60 countries worldwide ...
1 dzień temu · Mr Swinney says it is the "loveliest of surprises" to be leading the party at this time. ... regions to be a key battleground between the two main parties. ... a swing of 2.6 points to win this ...
1 dzień temu · Warsaw, [a] officially the Capital City of Warsaw, [7] [b] is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.27 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city in ...
1 dzień temu · Slovenia (/ s l oʊ ˈ v iː n i ə, s l ə-/ ⓘ sloh-VEE-nee-ə; Slovene: Slovenija [slɔˈʋèːnija]), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Republika Slovenija ⓘ), is a country in southern Central Europe. Slovenia is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short coastline within the Adriatic Sea to ...
