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	Electromagnetic_Weapons.txt
		The idea is to bombard the deserts of Western Australia, the Western U.S. and the Sahel with EM waves to cause low pressure and precipitation.
		In one of his experiments, Murai bombarded a steel wire netting with microwaves and, separately, with a laser beam.
		Murai realized that people were being bombarded by intense microwave transmissions from relay satellites.
	www.security-protocols.com /textfiles/computer_culture/Electromagnetic_Weapons.txt (20893 words)

	1969 Don't Drop The Load
		By all reports she proved 'unsinkable', surviving two days of bombardment before incredulous observers found that she had drifted onto a sandbar and her riddled hulk was hard aground.
		Maybe it was debris settled onto Jolly John's decks during the long shore bombardment, debris from her own guns, our own stuff.
		He looked up, as if to see some silent new weapon raining bio-chemical agents.
	www.caroleestrup.com /jansbookpage.1969load.html (10792 words)

	Electromagnetic_Weapons.txt
		The idea is to bombard the deserts of Western Australia, the Western U.S. and the Sahel with EM waves to cause low pressure and precipitation.
		In one of his experiments, Murai bombarded a steel wire netting with microwaves and, separately, with a laser beam.
		Murai realized that people were being bombarded by intense microwave transmissions from relay satellites.
	www.security-protocols.com /textfiles/computer_culture/Electromagnetic_Weapons.txt (20893 words)

	PIAT - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British instead turned to a prewar weapon known as the Blacker Bombard, a large mortar type of weapon, known as a "spigot discharger" or spigot mortar, invented by Lt-Col Blacker, RA.
		The PIAT, for Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank, was one of the earlier anti-tank weapons based on a HEAT shell.
		The PIAT could then be found in all theatres, although the slow reload time meant it was generally considered a one-shot-per-battle weapon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/PIAT (921 words)

	Galaxy Corps Interactive Fiction: Phoenix Class Dreadnought
		Description: Accipteron engineers have created the Phoenix Class Dreadnought as a ship that can lead a battle fleet as a weapon to bombard enemy planets or assault larger enemy ships head on.
		Finally, the underside of the dreadnought holds an Anti-Matter Missile Launcher, used to bombard planets from orbit.
		The Phoenix Class Dreadnought is equipped with a powerful weapon system.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /m00hmx00/gc/site/0635.htm (921 words)

	NTI: CNWM: Technical Background
		The lightest nuclear weapon the United States ever deployed was the W54 warhead, which in its "Davy Crockett" version weighed about 50 pounds and reportedly had a yield in the range of a quarter of a kiloton.
		A gun-type weapon is the simplest type of nuclear bomb to build, and it is as simple as it sounds: in effect, a projectile of highly enriched uranium is fired down a gun barrel into a ring of highly enriched uranium, forming a critical mass.
		In addition, an implosion device using either weapon-grade plutonium or HEU requires a means for generating a burst of neutrons to start the chain reaction at the right moment, before the material "bounces" back to a subcritical state
	www.nti.org /e_research/cnwm/overview/technical2.asp (5026 words)

	MILNET: Nuclear Emergency Search Team (NEST)
		The more sophisticated Active sensors such as devices that "bombard a suspected weapon with neutrons and gamma rays."
		How to determine source of the weapon from design or materials used in the construction of the weapon.
		Sensitive passive heat detectors (decaying nuclear material gives off more heat than detectable high energy particles)
	www.milnet.com /nest.htm (868 words)

	Walney Island Hilpsford Fort Gun Base, Blacker-Bombard.
		The 'Blacker-Bombard' spigot-mortar was employed as such - rather than in its usual role as an anti-invasion HG weapon - at various points on the south coast of England, and- to date - this spigot-mortar and the one at Walney Fort are the only ones of their type found this far north.
		A more detailed explanation of the use of the 'Blacker-Bombard' as an anti-shipping device can be found in issue 27 of 'Loopholes' - the magazine of the Pillbox Study Group.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~rwbarnes/defence/barrow_/walney_/wal7-.htm (97 words)

	Supergun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		World War II saw the V-3 "London Gun" weapon, intended to bombard London from a site in the Pas de Calais, about 95 miles away, although it was destroyed by aerial attack before it could go into service.
		A supergun is a large cannon with an extremely high muzzle velocity; they were originally designed to bombard an enemy from extremely far away.
		The World War I and II German military were especially interested in the development of these superweapons until rocketry supplanted the usefulness of the large railroad guns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Supergun (303 words)

	THE Borg VS. THE EMPIRE
		The Borg cubes were destroyed by Species 8472's energy weapons because they usually absorbed direct hits by those weapons for extended duration (the weapon appears to be some sort of continuous-fire weapon), and the energy input overwhelmed their defensive systems.
		In ST-FC, Picard ordered the fleet to bombard a section of the cube.
		Borg cubes couldn't even survive being in orbit around a planet that was destroyed by Species 8472.
	filmgate.h4h.com /louis/borgs.html (303 words)

	GundamOfficial :: Cosmic Era :: Gundam Seed :: Mechanics :: Buster Gundam
		The Buster's beam rifle and gun-launcher can be combined to form a long-range sniper rifle or a shotgun-style scattering weapon, and the missile pods in its shoulders can be used to bombard enemies at close range.
		Designed for medium- and long-range attacks, this machine was intended to provide rear support for the other GAT-X units and to bombard enemy warships and bases from long distances.
		The Buster Gundam is one of four prototype Earth Alliance mobile suits captured by ZAFT.
	www.gundamofficial.com /worlds/ce/mechanics/ms_buster.html (303 words)

	Supergun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		World War II saw the V-3 "London Gun" weapon, intended to bombard London from a site in the Pas de Calais, about 95 miles away, although it was destroyed by aerial attack before it could go into service.
		The largest of the railroad guns deployed in World War I was the Paris Gun, which was used to bombard Paris from a distance of over 70 miles.
		The World War I and and World War II German military were especially interested in the development of these superweapons until rocketry supplanted the usefulness of the large railroad guns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Supergun (289 words)

	PIAT
		Instead they turned to a prewar weapon known as the Blacker Bombard, a small man-portable mortar (weapon) using a large spring for propulsion.
		The spring pushed against a 12 pound (5 kg) steel canister and rod that rode up the barrel and impacted with the rear of the shell, igniting a small propulsion charge.
		The heavy bolt and rod, known as the spigot, was used primarily to damp out the recoil of the round leaving the barrel.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /British-weapons/PIAT.html (613 words)

	diss1.rtf
		The initiative in warfare lay with the siege artillery, however, the offensive weapon of the day: if the harquebus of the 16 th century was still an ineffectual popgun, the bombard had potential to do real damage to its natural target, the wall.
		The }{\i trace italienne}{ appeared in the mid-15th century and was fully developed by the mid-16th century, resulting in a \'93scramble\'94 to build new fortifications throughout Europe.
		Siege warfare from the 14th century forward appears to be a hodgepodge of interfaces between guns and walls, culminating in the }{\i trace italienne}{, which survived, in geometric form at least, down to the Second World War when star-shaped earthen fortresses surrounded Antwerp.
	www.ilstu.edu /~wmreger/docs/diss1.rtf (8677 words)

	Godzilla Vs. Megaguirus
		Godzilla has been lured to the island by the G Graspers in an effort to fire the black hole gun (a weapon that sounds only slightly better than the much-maligned armpit gun) at his green butt and send him off to the Phantom Zone or where ever.
		Since Godzilla has destroyed Japanese cities for years, the "G-War headquarters" is established and they invent a "Black Hole Bomb to bombard Godzilla." There is a problem with the experiment which causes the "ancient giant bug Megaguirus" to be reborn and it fights Godzilla for energy.
		Godzilla finished him off real fast after that and then the G Graspers tried to use their stupid gun on him again.
	monsterhunter.coldfusionvideo.com /GodzillaMegaguirus.html (1986 words)

	Char's Counterattack
		In the Char's Counterattack novelization, this weapon is hooked up to the main engine of the Londo Bell flagship Ra Cailum via a pair of energy transmission cables, allowing Amuro to bombard the runaway asteroid Axis.
		From the bridge of the battleship Ra Cailum, he monitors the space colonies for anti-Federation insurgency, and takes the lead in the fight against Char Aznable's Neo Zeon movement.
		When the AEUG is dissolved, Bright returns to the ranks of the Federal Forces as commander of the Londo Bell taskforce.
	gundam-mania.freeservers.com /about.html (3890 words)

	Gundam War Suits
		In the Char's Counterattack novelization, this weapon is hooked up to the main engine of the Londo Bell flagship Ra Cailum via a pair of energy transmission cables, allowing Amuro to bombard the runaway asteroid Axis.
		For maximum firepower, the Hi-Nu can be outfitted with an optional hyper mega bazooka launcher.
		Midway through the 13th Gundam Fight, Neo Japan's Domon Kasshu receives a substitute mobile fighter to replace the battered Shining Gundam.
	gundam-mania.freeservers.com /custom.html (3890 words)

	A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History
		Two battleships, a light cruiser, and fourteen destroyers were supposed to bombard the American air base at Henderson Field, smash the concentration of troop transports reinforcing the Allied beachhead, and cover reinforcements of their own.
		Spraying the battleship with every weapon that would bear, the destroyer steamed past the KONGO-class behemoth, her 14-inch weapons impotent against the destroyer.
		DD-450 passed so close to the Japanese battlewagon that the huge vessel could not depress her guns sufficiently to fire on the speeding tin can.
	www.destroyers.org /nl-histories/dd450-nl.htm (1071 words)

	Is your city on the new-new math list?
		For the school districts who are still struggling with these fuzzy math, we just want to let you know that persistance does pay off when you bombard your school board with hard evidence and grim results from present and past students.
		The Internet could be a powerful weapon in the fight back that will have to be made to restore standards.
		Is your city on the new-new math list?
	www.mathematicallycorrect.com /citylist.htm (1071 words)

	FCS: wheeled bombard & occupy fantasy "cash cow"
		This means that close combat will require the continued use of tanks, which can respond more directly to local situations than long-range weapons and which, at the same time, provide heavier and more mobile firepower than dismounted troops, as well as being less vulnerable to many threats than the latter.
		This weapon will constitute the core of the combat power of general purpose forces which will continue to exist while there is a need for the armed forces in general.
		The use of the automatic, electronic and remote control systems allow a three-man crew to be accommodated in the front part of the hull in a special armored module outfitted with comfortable automobile seats and an air conditioning system.
	www.geocities.com /equipmentshop/wheeledfcscashcow.htm (1071 words)

	FCS: wheeled bombard & occupy fantasy "cash cow"
		The wheeled FCS is the worst of all worlds: a vehicle that cannot move, cannot fight and cannot survive if hit by enemy non-guided weaponry not subject to electronic gadget countermeasures that relies on mouse-clicked pleas for bombardment from others to hopefully kill the enemy for it.
		This means that close combat will require the continued use of tanks, which can respond more directly to local situations than long-range weapons and which, at the same time, provide heavier and more mobile firepower than dismounted troops, as well as being less vulnerable to many threats than the latter.
		A 30-35 ton tracked vehicle can incorporate enough armor to defeat light-to-medium automatic cannon and close-in weapons, while relying on active protection systems (used by foreign armies but as yet not operational with the US Army) to defeat heavier, longer-range threats such as air-/artillery- delivered top attack weapons, anti-tank missiles, and tank main guns.
	www.geocities.com /equipmentshop/wheeledfcscashcow.htm (18670 words)

	GundamOfficial :: Cosmic Era :: Gundam Seed :: Mechanics :: Buster Gundam
		The Buster's beam rifle and gun-launcher can be combined to form a long-range sniper rifle or a shotgun-style scattering weapon, and the missile pods in its shoulders can be used to bombard enemies at close range.
		After its capture, this machine is assigned to ZAFT pilot Dearka Elsman.
	www.gundamofficial.com /worlds/ce/mechanics/ms_buster.html (104 words)

	Star Wars: Rebellion [SWR] Forums - Favorite Villian in the Expanded Universe
		I'm with Thrawn for the simple reason he was portrayed brilliantly as a tactical genius not in possession of a Super Star Destroyer, Super-weapon, of super Jedi-abilities.
		Thrawn reacted like, "In every problem lies an opportunity" instead Daala reacted like: "Aaaaargh, those Rebels I'll take my Star Destroyer and bombard Dantooine!!!!
		In survivor's quest we'll porbably learn more about the clone wars, and probably more thrawn, c'baoth, wayland, spaarti, jorg car'das and hopefully the civilization he destroyed.
	www.swrebellion.com /postt293.html (1170 words)

	Nuclear weapon : Atom Bomb
		Fission bombs derive their power from nuclear fission, where heavy nuclei (uranium or plutonium) split into lighter elements when bombarded by neutrons (produce more neutrons which bombard other nuclei, triggering a chain reaction).
		Despite this possible confusion, the term atom bomb has still been generally accepted to refer specifically to nuclear weapons, and most commonly to pure fission devices.
		These are historically called atom bombs or A-bombs, though this name isn't precise due to the fact that chemical reactions release energy from atomic bonds and fusion is no less atomic than fission.
	www.eurofreehost.com /at/Atom_Bomb.html (197 words)

	The Atomic Bombings of Japan: A 50-Year Retrospective
		Soon after the Hiroshima bomb was dropped, President Truman received a number of entreaties that such weapons not be used again.
		The only language they seem to understand is the one we have been using to bombard them.
		The crew on board and the team of scientists who developed the bomb were not sure whether the weapon would detonate.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/capio.html (197 words)

	Nuclear weapon - Open Encyclopedia
		Fission bombs derive their power from nuclear fission, where heavy nuclei (uranium or plutonium) split into lighter elements when bombarded by neutrons (producing more neutrons which bombard other nuclei, triggering a nuclear chain reaction).
		The pulse is powerful enough so that long metal objects (such as cables) act as antennas and generate high voltages when the pulse passes.
		The stunning power and the astonishing visual effects have been the topic of art including Andy Warhol's silkscreen Atomic Bomb (1965) and James Rosenquist's F-111 (1964-65) to Gregory Green's mockups of atomic devices and the efforts of artist James Acord to use uranium in his sculptures.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Nuclear_weapon (4295 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (P-Z)
		A paradox gun was a weapon capable of being used both as a shot-gun and as a rifle.
		It was commonly called the 'Paris Gun' from its use to bombard Paris during March to August 1918.
		Paris Gun was the nickname for the German Kaiser Wilhelm Geschutz long-range gun.
	www.galgani.it /free_encyclopedia/F5.HTM (4295 words)

	US MRLs
		The barrage of rockets was known in the US Army as a "Grid Square Weapon," able to bombard an entire 1000x1000 meter 4-digit grid square found on NATO military maps with one pod of rockets.
		Notes: HIMARS (High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System) is a light rocket launcher mounted on an M-1083 MTV 5-ton truck chassis.
		The rocket launcher uses one module of the same rockets as the MLRS, on a lightweight launcher assembly.
	www.pmulcahy.com /mrls/us_mrls.htm (493 words)

	The American Revolution: Timeline - January 1776 to December 1776
		Off the coast of South Carolina, after spending three weeks getting his fleet across a sandbar, Commodore Parker's plans to bombard the fort on Sullivan's Island are canceled by unfavorable wind and tidal conditions.
		Soldiers enlisting with their own firearms are promised one dollar for its use and reimbursement if the weapon is lost during the campaign.
		The South Carolina Council of Safety resolves "that able-bodied negro men be taken into the public service, and enrolled and employed, without arms for the defence of the several batteries in Charles-Town, Fort Johnson and other batteries, at the rate of two to each gun,.
	www.americanrevolution.com /TimelineJanuary1776.htm (8600 words)

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