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Its a defense system built to be installed on passenger jets.
... iodine and drives the laser. Detection begins with a satellite recognizing the ignition from a missile which in turn sends the coordinates of the missile ... locking on yet another laser fires on the missile long enough to ignite the fuel within the missile.
Subjects: Science Essays
The Exxon Valdez.
... the oil take it away from the rest of the oil and ignite it while it was controlled. They also used skimmers. They used these ... and lit it up, once they were far enough away to not ignite the whole thing they did not get to do this very many ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography
Essay on Optical Fibres, and the advantages over other devices originally used.
... are immune to Electromagnetic interference from radio signals, car ignition systems, lighting etc. They can be routed safely ... petrochemical industries or munitions sites, without any risk of ignition. *Running Costs The main consideration in choosing fibre ...
Subjects: Science Essays
Loss suffered due to the travel in space.
... The unmanned Soviet craft Sputnik 29 exploded when the final rockets ignited after launch. The unmanned Sputnik 31 suffered the same ... chamber as part of pre-flight preparations. A fire ignited and consumed all the oxygen in the chamber, suffocating ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Space
Essay on UFO's and whether or not they are real; includes works cited.
... government cover-up of an extraterrestrial landing. The Roswell incident ignited a wave of sightings which eventually calmed down. However ... by numerous sightings over large cities. The 1952 wave ignited the world's ideas of extraterrestrials. One of the ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Alternative
This is explaining fusion.
... conduction, and convection), the plasma will be self-sustaining, or "ignited." With deuterium and tritium as the fuel, the fusion ... input. If the plasma energy loss is too large, then ignition cannot be achieved. An unavoidable diffusion of energy across ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Physics
The Repression of Sexuality within Tennessee William's "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and Katherine Mansfield's "Bliss"
... (Anderson 399) Furthermore it is Miss Fulton, a woman, who ignites Bertha's sexual "bliss". Neutral actions between the two women ... closest friend and the only person in the play that ignites any emotion in Brick. Margaret enviously describes them as "dat[ ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Coral Sea - An Important Battle
... The damage seemed under control until an electric motor spark ignited aviation fuel vapors below deck. A tumultuous explosion wrenched the ... 551 -pound bomb slashed through four decks of the Yorktown, igniting fires, killing 66 men, and forcing the ship to ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II
British Army Transformations from 1645-1913. this is part 1: English Civil War to Seven Years War. Each part is 20 pages!!
... that bore the very essence of the Charles I assault that ignited the Civil War. In 1685, the Duke of Monmouth rebelled against ... Covenanters refusal to abide by the King's new church reforms ignited into a Civil War that lasted in some form until 1660 ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The lord of the flies
... to attract the attention of passing ships. The boys succeed in igniting some dead wood by focusing sunlight through the lenses of Piggy' ... others hunt him like an animal. Jack has the other boys ignite the forest in order to smoke Ralph out of his hiding ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors