As time has passed and science has progressed, the speed of military vehicles has increased, the range of missiles has been extended, the use of target-hunting noses on the projectiles has been adopted, and the range and breadth of message sending has increased.

Washington apparently decided to use an old formula, by injecting large military appropriations to speed the slow revival of the U.S. economy after a prolonged slump ''.

The official military establishment can only threaten to use its nuclear arms ; ;

Members of the Medical Illustration Service lectured and conducted demonstrations on the use of training aids to military personnel and various civilian medical organizations.

Biological warfare is the intentional use of living microorganisms or their toxic products for the purpose of destroying or reducing the military effectiveness of man.

# The limited range of subjects of use, because the regulations apply for civil aircraft, and do not concern military, customs or police aircraft.

The Assyrians were also innovative in military technology with the use of heavy cavalry, sappers, siege engines etc.

While these vehicles might be useful in a direct fire role, none were developed with this specifically in mind, reminiscent of the use of tank destroyers by the US military in the assault gun role during WWII.

Some Protestant US military chaplains carry the Roman Rite version of the Anointing of the Sick with them for use if called upon to assist wounded or dying soldiers who are Catholics.

US military maps record an abatis by use of an inverted " V " with a short line extending from it to the right.

Jain communities accepted the use of military power for their defense, and there were Jain monarchs, military commanders, and soldiers.

The uniform use of brass for coinage and military equipment across the Roman world may indicate a degree of state involvement in the industry, and brass even seems to have been deliberately boycotted by Jewish communities in Palestine because of its association with Roman authority.

When they are lit, it is a way for one to call for military aid from the other, as per its historical use in medieval Europe.

Some public authorities, police forces and military forces make use of armoured buses where there is a special need to provide increased passenger protection.

A battle always has as its purpose the reaching of a mission goal by use of military force.

The use of the term " battle " in military history has led to its misuse when referring to almost any scale of combat, notably by strategic forces involving hundreds of thousands of troops that may be engaged in either a single battle at one time ( Battle of Leipzig ) or multiple operations ( Battle of Kursk ).

Although the use of aircraft has for the most part always been used as a supplement to land or naval engagements, since their first major military use in World War I aircraft have increasingly taken on larger roles in warfare.

As a tactical weapon for military use, a significant problem with a biological warfare attack is that it would take days to be effective, and therefore might not immediately stop an opposing force.

* Burroughs made military computers, such as the D825 ( the " D " prefix signifying it was for defense industrial use ), in its Great Valley Laboratory in Paoli, Pennsylvania.

The Brezhnev Doctrine stayed in effect until it was finally ended with the Soviet non-invasion of Poland during the 1980-1981 crisis and later refusal of Mikhail Gorbachev to use military force when Poland held free elections in 1989 and Solidarity defeated the Communist Party.

To offer an example of these concepts, O ' Flaherty makes use of " one of the oldest reasons why cities were built: military protection ".

Sihanouk did not allow the United States to use Cambodian air space and airports for military purposes.

" When Congress, in the summer of 1973, legislated an end to U. S. military action in, over, or off the shores of Indochina, the only U. S. military activity then going on was air support of a friendly Cambodian government and army desperately defending their country against a North Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge onslaught ... What destabilized Cambodia was North Vietnam's occupation of chunks of Cambodian territory from 1965 onwards for use as military bases from which to launch attacks on U. S. and South Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam.

Ultimately the military turned to bolt-action rifles using a box magazine ; the first of its kind was the M1885 Remington-Lee, but the first to be generally adopted was the British 1888 Lee-Metford.

During the build up prior to World War II, the military bolt-action rifle began to be superseded by the semi-automatic rifle and later assault rifles, though bolt-action rifles remained the primary weapon of most of the combatants for the duration of the war ; and many American units, especially USMC, used bolt-action ' 03 Springfields until sufficient M1 Garands were available.

The Mauser M 98 bolt system was introduced in the Mauser Gewehr 98 and is the most common bolt action system in the world, being in use in nearly all modern hunting rifles and the majority of military bolt-action rifles until the middle of the 20th century The Mauser system is stronger than that of the Lee-Enfield with its two locking lugs just behind the bolt head is able to better handle higher pressure cartridges ( i. e. " Magnum " calibre centrefire rifle cartridges ), while the Lee-Enfield or Mosin-Nagant actions require some strengthening to do the same task.

The controlled-feed Mauser M 98 bolt-action system's simple, strong, safe, and well-thought-out design inspired other military and hunting / sporting rifle designs that became available during the 20th century like the:

The Mosin – Nagant (, ISO 9: ) is a bolt-action, internal magazine-fed, military rifle invented under the government commission by Russian and Belgian inventors, and used by the armed forces of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and various other nations.

The Lee-Enfield bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century.

As a standard-issue infantry rifle, it is still found in service in the armed forces of some Commonwealth nations, notably with the Indian Police and Bangladesh Police, which makes it the longest-serving military bolt-action rifle still in official service.

The fast-operating Lee bolt-action and large magazine capacity enabled a well-trained rifleman to perform the " Mad minute " firing 20 to 30 aimed rounds in 60 seconds, making the Lee-Enfield the fastest military bolt-action rifle of the day.

It was officially adopted as a United States military bolt-action rifle on June 19, 1903, and saw service in World War I.

However, modern collectors and shooters have pointed out that no Jungle Carbine collector / shooter on any of the prominent internet military firearm collecting forums has reported a confirmed " wandering zero " on their No. 5 Mk I rifle, leading to speculation that the No. 5 Mk I may have been phased out largely because the British military did not want a bolt-action rifle when most of the other major militaries were switching over to semi-automatic longarms such as the M1 Garand and SKS.

Carcano is the frequently used name for a series of Italian bolt-action military rifles and carbines.

In the 1970s these restrictions were relaxed in New South Wales and military style rifles ( both bolt-action and semi-automatic ) once again became widely available, except in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

Most lever-action designs are not as strong as bolt-action or semi-automatic designs, and as a result lever-action rifles tend to be generally found in low-and medium-pressure cartridges such as. 30-30 Winchester or. 44 Magnum, although the Marlin Model 1894 is available in three high-pressure magnum calibers ; and the Winchester Model 1895, which used a box magazine, was chambered for. 30-06 and other powerful military cartridges.

Savage also produced the British No. 4 Lee-Enfield bolt-action rifle ; though marked " U. S. PROPERTY ", these rifles were never used by the US military and were instead sent to Britain under the Lend-Lease program.

It was his adoption of the bolt-action breechloading principle combined with this igniter system which gave the rifle its military potential, allowing a much faster rate of fire.

The Siege of Port Arthur saw the introduction of much technology used in subsequent wars of the 20th century ( particularly in World War I ) including massive mortars capable of hurling shells over, as well as rapid-firing light howitzers, Maxim machine guns, bolt-action magazine rifles, barbed wire entanglements, electric fences, arc lamp searchlights, tactical radio signalling ( and, in response, the first military use of radio jamming ), hand grenades, trench warfare, and the use of modified naval mines as land weapons.

These Model 70 rifles never achieved the status of a standard military weapon ; but were used until replaced by the Remington Model 700 series bolt-action rifles which became the basis for the M40 series sniper rifle.

Mannlicher's successful designs during his lifetime were his bolt-action rifles, both military and sporting, in both turn bolt and straight-pull actions.