Furthermore, unexpectedly rapid progress or a technological break-through on any one weapon system, in itself, often diminishes the relative importance of other competitive systems.

The cost of developing a major weapon system is now so enormous that the greatest care must be exercised in selecting new systems for development, in determining the most satisfactory rate of development, and in deciding the proper time at which either to place a system into production or to abandon it.

Thus, the need for the B-70 as a strategic weapon system is doubtful.

By that time we should be in a much better position to determine the value of that aircraft as a weapon system.

The submarine has become increasingly attractive as an antisubmarine weapon system.

An anti-aircraft vehicle, also known as a self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon ( SPAA ) or self-propelled air defense system ( SPAD ), is a mobile vehicle with a dedicated anti-aircraft capability.

An anti-aircraft vehicle, also known as a self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon ( SPAA ) or self-propelled air defense system ( SPAD ), is a mobile vehicle with a dedicated anti-aircraft capability.

Artillery may also refer to a system of applied scientific research relating to the design, manufacture and employment of artillery weapon systems although, in general, the terms ballistics and ordnance are more commonly employed in this sense.

It was later selected, with some controversy, to be the primary weapon for the Canadian Avro Arrow supersonic interceptor, along with the new Astra fire-control system.

Thus flight test program was set to integrate the AARGM onto Tornado ECR's weapon system.

Ideal characteristics of a biological agent to be used as a weapon against humans are high infectivity, high virulence, non-availability of vaccines, and availability of an effective and efficient delivery system.

The weapon uses several different bows instead of one bow with a tackle system to achieve a higher acceleration of the sinew via the multiplication with each bow's pulling effect.

The disadvantage is the greater weight and clumsiness compared to a bow, as well as the slower rate of fire and the lower efficiency of the acceleration system, but there would be reduced elastic hysteresis, making the crossbow a more accurate weapon.

* ArcLight ( missile )-Ship based weapon system that is capable of striking targets nearly anywhere on the globe.

Electrothermal-chemical ( ETC ) technology is an attempt to increase accuracy and muzzle energy of future tank, artillery, and close-in weapon system guns by improving the predictability and rate of expansion of propellants inside the barrel.

Despite this almost exclusive focus, however, Greek fire is best understood as a complete weapon system of many components, all of which were needed to operate together to render it effective.

The original Gatling gun was a field weapon which used multiple rotating barrels turned by a hand crank, and firing loose ( no links or belt ) metal cartridge ammunition using a gravity feed system from a hopper.

The Infantryman himself, with or without his personal weapon is considered a weapon system.

* Dingo 2 PRV ( protected reconnaissance vehicle ): 45 armed with a. 50 M2 Browning machine gun in a Protector remote weapon system, and fitted with Thales observation system

What is agreed, however, is that the English longbow as an effective weapon system evolved in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.

In a modern military, a missile is a self-propelled guided weapon system.

A number of anti-submarine missiles also exist ; these generally use the missile in order to deliver another weapon system such as a torpedo or depth charge to the location of the submarine, at which point the other weapon will conduct the underwater phase of the mission.

The weapon system originally planned by the OICW project was put on hold around the turn of century, in favor of a simpler new 5. 56 mm rifle project that offered less far-reaching improvements.

Raytheon's staged approach to meeting the full SR ( A ) 1239 requirement offered an interim weapon with a capability between the AIM-120B AMRAAM and the FMRAAM.

A friend of the prime minister offered him a weapon, saying " you will need it "; Pompidou advised him to go home.

Few of these unfortunates possessed any other weapon than the long staff ( nabbut ) of the Egyptian peasant ; still they offered an obstinate resistance, and the combat in which they were defeated resembled a massacre.

The AMV is offered in three main variants: a basic platform, a high roof platform and a heavy weapon platform.

A Semi-automatic weapon would not have offered this option as the cycling of the bolt coupled with rearward escaping propellant gas would produce a noise with each shot.

Upon his arrival for deportation, he meets the President and is offered the mission of retrieving the weapon in exchange for a full pardon for all the crimes Snake has ever committed, if he is successful.

It was not until the OVA episodes were released that an explanation for Chise being chosen was offered: her body has the highest degree of compatibility with the weapon system.

A number of designs were entered and offered fairly good reliability, but the entire concept of a large weapon for use out to 100 yards was questioned and the project later dropped.

Two feather-shaped pieces of metal on both sides of the blade called moustache ( wąsy ) offered greater durability of the weapon by strengthening its weakest point: the joint between the blade and the hilt.

However, when Ryo and the Jabberwock merged with Black Alice, White Alice offered Takeshi his choice of one of many weapons, all of which would give him more power than any earthly weapon.

* Glock 26 pistol ( sidearm offered to those officers with smaller hands, particularly females, and where an officer must conceal their weapon but cannot effectively conceal a Glock 17 )

The series also offered perhaps the most distinctive take on the established weapon, not employed by a war machine, but rather as a personal weapon.

General Dynamics, who held the license for the Microgun, increased the ROF to 12, 000 rpm and offered the weapon mounted on armored fighting vehicles as anti-RPG or anti-ATGM defense.

They were similar in weight to an empty older light machine gun and several pounds lighter than mediums, but offered a much higher volume of fire due to their smaller caliber and lighter round ; lower cartridge weight allows a greater total amount of ammunition to be carried by a gunner and / or other squad members carrying additional ammunition for the weapon.

In the mid-1990s an US-based Class-III manufacturer ( Arms-Tech Ltd. located in Phoenix, Arizona ) offered the " Revere " M96-A1 weapon system on the Law Enforcement market.

Moreover, as long as the weapon was carried openly, the sheriff's office had made no previous issue of it.

The RAF was Britain's weapon of attrition, and flying a fighter plane was the way her sons could serve her best at this point in the war.

His gun was half drawn when he asked the question, but the weapon never left its holster.

One effect of the spirited give-and-take of these discussions was to focus attention on practical applications and the necessity of being armed with the facts: knowledge of the destructive force of even the tiniest `` tactical '' atomic weapon would have a bearing on judgments as to the advisability of its use -- to defend Berlin, for example ; ;

Certain this menace was only imaginary, he yet stared in fascinated horror, his hand sticky against the stock of his weapon.

The truth is, however, that when Mel Chandler first reported to the regiment the only steed he had ever ridden was a swivel chair and the only weapon he had ever wielded was a pencil.

There was no weapon Early could not take apart and reassemble blind-folded.

One of his innovations was to see to it that every man -- cook and clerk as well as rifleman -- qualified with every weapon in the troop.

This was because a shot that started at knee level would reveal the weapon of a cowboy, usually holstered at his waist.

The ability to modify the hardness of steel by heat treatment had been known since 1100 BC, and the rare material was valued for use in tool and weapon making.

No blood was shed this time ; Alaric relied on hunger as his most powerful weapon.

It was of similar size, was carried on poles by priests, was not allowed to touch the ground, was revered as a voice of their God, and was used as a weapon of great power, sweeping enemies aside.

The Sheridan's gun was a low-velocity weapon suitable in the assault role, but with the addition of the Shillelagh missile could double in the anti-tank role as well.

The 90 / 53 was a feared weapon, notably in the anti-tank role, but only a few hundred had been produced by the time of the armistice in 1943.

This was to prevent the weapon from being damaged by long-distance towing across rough, stony deserts, and it was intended only to be a carrying method, with the gun unloaded for firing.

It was perceived as requiring two enemies to agree not to deploy a potentially useful weapon, deliberately to maintain the balance of power and as such, was also taken as confirmation of the Soviet adherence to the MAD doctrine.

The compound harpoon was the most prevalent weapon of the Aleut people.