316 Ergebnisse für: contextual
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P-8i: India’s Navy Picks Its Future High-End Maritime Patrol Aircraft
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/indias-navy-holding-maritime-patrol-aircraft-competition-updated-01991/
India's fleet of Soviet-era maritime patrol aircraft has been upgraded, but it needs to be replaced. Indian naval responsibilities are growing, and the 2008 terrorist atrocities in Mumbai made it crystal-clear that control of their coasts was a necessity.…
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Comanche’s Wi’ane: No New Armed Scout Helicopter
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/comanches-child-the-arh70-armed-reconnaissance-helicopter-updated-02421/
The US Army's Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) program aimed to replace around 375 Bell Textron OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters, after the $14.6 billion RAH-66 Comanche program, was canceled in 2004. Instead, the Army would buy a larger
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The Mozart Family: Four Lives in a Social Context - Ruth Halliwell - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=TUMyCTKlAr0C
The family into which Mozart was born has never received a rigorous contextual study which does justice to the complexity of its relationships or to its interactions with colleagues, friends, and neighbours in Mozarts native city, Salzburg. Most…
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Land Panther: Germany’s Tracked Puma IFV
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/land-panther-germanys-tracked-puma-ifv-04191/
Germany has always been known for producing excellent armored vehicles. A combination of features that arguably make it the world's best tank, and fire sale prices stemming from Germany's rapid disarmament, have made the Leopard 2 the standard
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JHMCS: Fighter Pilots’ “Look & Shoot” Helmets Changing Aerial Warfare
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/fighter-pilot-look-shoot-helmets-upgrade-ups-downs-01271/
(click to view larger) In the 1970s, fighter aircraft began to appear with Head-Up Displays (HUD) that projected key information, targeting crosshairs etc. onto a seemingly clear piece of glass. HUDs allowed pilots to keep their eyes in the sky, instead…
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China at War: An Encyclopedia - Xiaobing Li - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=jhPyvsdymU8C&pg=PA3
As the first book of its kind, China at War: An Encyclopedia expands far beyond the conventional military history book that is focused on describing key wars, battles, military leaders, and influential events. Author Xiaobing Li--an expert writer in the…
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100 Must-Read American Novels: Discover your next great read... - Nick Rennison, Ed Wood - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=mw9oQlEQWt0C&pg=PT19
Which 100 novels represent the finest American literature ever produced? Let this book be your guide. Ordered A-Z by author this latest title in the popular Must-Read series provides a rich resource for your reading. It features 100 titles from 19th…
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Journey Through the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=BcuOoz_1l5wC&pg=PA295&dq=Moritz+Schwartze+seyffarth&hl=de&sa=X&ei=HNOLUZyPHYGp4ATjk4G4Aw&ved=0CE
The Book of the Dead is not a single text but a compilation of spells that the ancient Egyptians believed would assist them in the afterlife as they made their perilous journey toward the realm of the gods and the ultimate state of eternity. No two copies…
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Encountering Genocide: Personal Accounts from Victims, Perpetrators, and ... - Paul R. Bartrop - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=RAtvBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=Hamidian+massacres+victims&source=bl&ots=U7V2tOZsCx&sig=6Bgmnd
From the atrocities of the Holocaust to the ongoing horrors in Darfur, genocide has been a gruesome and all-too-prominent fixture of modern history. There is no better way to examine and understand these events than through the accounts of those involved.…
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