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  • A long-range penetration patrol, group, or force is a special operations unit capable of operating long distances behind enemy lines far away from direct...
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    Long-range surveillance (LRS) teams (pronounced "lurse") were elite, specially-trained surveillance units of the United States Army employed for clandestine...
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    A long-range reconnaissance patrol, or LRRP, is a small, well-armed reconnaissance team that patrols deep in enemy-held territory. The concept of scouts...
    37 KB (4,509 words) - 19:50, 6 July 2024
  • The Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) in Alaska is part of the United States's Ground-Based Midcourse Defense anti-ballistic missile system. The main...
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    Long-Range Aviation (Russian: Авиация Дальнего Действия, romanized: Aviatsiya dal'nego deystviya, literally Aviation of Distant Action and abbreviated...
    38 KB (4,882 words) - 21:55, 29 April 2024
  • Ultra-long-haul (also known as "ultra-long-range operations" ) refers to the duration of a flight (flight time) being "ultra long." IATA, ICAO, and IFALPA...
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    A strategic bomber is a medium- to long-range penetration bomber aircraft designed to drop large amounts of air-to-ground weaponry onto a distant target...
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  • Operation SALAM is notable as one of the few Axis operations that mirrored the important Long Range Desert Group activities in the Libyan Desert during...
    18 KB (2,566 words) - 21:19, 9 June 2024
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    A long-range acoustic device (LRAD), acoustic hailing device (AHD) or sound cannon is a specialized loudspeaker that produces sound at high power for communicating...
    68 KB (7,353 words) - 02:05, 17 June 2024
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    sources include an additional category, the long-range ballistic missile (LRBM), to describe missiles with a range between IRBMs and true ICBMs. The more modern...
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    (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-86; NATO reporting name: Camber) is a short- to medium-range wide-body jet airliner that served as the USSR's first wide-bodied aircraft...
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    The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was a reconnaissance and raiding unit of the British Army during the Second World War. Originally called the Long Range...
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    The Long Range Patrol Vehicle (LRPV) is a 6x6 patrol vehicle that was used by the Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) in Afghanistan and Iraq...
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    Chindits (redirect from Operation Longcloth)
    The Chindits, officially known as Long Range Penetration Groups, were special operations units of the British and Indian armies which saw action in 1943–1944...
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    The Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) is a development and acquisition program to develop a long-range strategic bomber for the United States Air Force...
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  • Thumbnail for RAAF Woomera Range Complex
    The RAAF Woomera Range Complex (WRC) is a major Australian military and civil aerospace facility and operation located in South Australia, approximately...
    52 KB (5,537 words) - 04:02, 10 July 2024
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    Talos long range surface-to-air missiles (SAM) with a range in excess of 80 nmi (150 km). Two forward Mk-10 launchers for the Terrier medium range SAMs...
    36 KB (3,324 words) - 04:27, 16 April 2024
  • A long-range locator is a class of fraudulent devices purported to be a type of metal detector, supposedly able to detect a variety of substances, including...
    5 KB (621 words) - 00:15, 23 January 2024
  • available to the commander when planning operations. Long-range reconnaissance patrol Long-range surveillance Long-range surveillance company Reconnaissance...
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  • Thumbnail for British nuclear tests at Maralinga
    test series were conducted: Operation Buffalo in 1956 and Operation Antler the following year. Approximate weapon yields ranged from 1 to 27 kilotons of...
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