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The system consists of a transmitter and two different types of receivers, one to initiate blasting caps and one to initiate C4 directly. RAMS was designed to serve as a more portable and convenient alternative to conventional remote activation systems like the model XM-122, which was considered too big, heavy, and fragile for efficient use.
The M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge (MICLIC) is a rocket -projected mine-clearing line charge used to provide a "close-in" demining capability for maneuver forces of the United States Army and Marine Corps. [1] [2] [3] First entering service with United States Army Europe and Africa in 1988, [4] it is effective against conventionally fuzed land ...
U.S. Marines demonstrate assembling the APOBS system. The anti-personnel obstacle breaching system ( APOBS) is an explosive line charge system that allows safe breaching through complex antipersonnel obstacles, particularly fields of land mines. The APOBS is a joint DOD program for the U.S. Army and the United States Marine Corps .
The Tandy Memorex Video Information System (VIS) is an interactive, multimedia CD-ROM player produced by the Tandy Corporation starting in 1992. It is similar in function to the Philips CD-i and Commodore CDTV systems (particularly the CDTV, since both the VIS and CDTV were adaptations of existing computer platforms and operating systems to the set-top-box design).
A video door-phone (also known as a video door entry or video intercom) is a stand-alone intercom system used to manage calls made at the entrance to a building ( residential complex, detached family home, workplace, etc.) with access controlled by audiovisual communication between the inside and outside. The main feature of video door entry is ...
Demolition (also known as razing, cartage, and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down of buildings and other artificial structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for reuse purposes.
Spahn Ranch, also known as the Spahn Movie Ranch, was a 55-acre (22.3 ha) movie ranch in Los Angeles, California. For a period it was used as a ranch, dairy farm and later movie set during the era of westerns. After a decline in use for filming by the 1950s, its owner George Spahn established a stable for renting horses for riding on the varied ...
June 28, 2024 at 12:53 PM. Shutterstock / Tyler Plum. Homeowners in Ontario were stunned this week when an entire family of raccoons fell out of the ceiling of their front entryway and crashed to ...