Word: arsenal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Leoni's secret police had closed in the night before, found bunks, medical supplies and a Russian flag in the building. A heavy, hydraulically operated concrete door led to a cavern in the hillside behind the house. There, in a vault-shaped room, was an impressive arsenal of weapons: a 20-mm. cannon, a 3.5-in. bazooka, stacks of rifles, pistols, homemade mortar tubes and hundreds of shells, grenades and shaped demolition charges. With lathes, presses and other tools-and a gasoline generator to power them-terrorists had been turning out enough arms to supply a small army...
Harvard had two animal men on the scene by 10 a.m. They were joined at noon by three specializing from the Animal Rescue League, who brought an impressive impressive arsenal of equipment including large, long-handled nets and poles with drop-over-the-head leashes. The last monkey was finally netted at 8 p.m. from his headquarters on a corner rafter...
...headquarters of the Castroite 14th of June Movement and in a newspaper plant, U.S. paratroopers seized a small arsenal of rifles and ready-to-throw Molotov cocktails. Under orders to grab every weapon in sight, the 82nd troopers even disarmed the eight uniformed cops guarding the house of rebel-rousing ex-President Juan Bosch. As for Bosch himself, he requested-and got-a U.S. military escort to safer quarters five miles out of town. Rebel Chief Colonel Francisco Caamano Deñó, already safe at a camp outside the city, reacted predictably: "It is a shame...
Nothing in the U.S. arsenal in Viet Nam has produced more spectacular results than the helicopter, which is now used for rocket and strafing attacks, troop hauling, supply runs, rescue missions and reconnaissance. Success in war is also producing spectacular results for the $900 million-a-year helicopter industry. With the increasing U.S. commitment in Viet Nam the Pentagon this year has ordered an additional $600 million worth of helicopters from Bell, Hughes Tool and Boeing-Vertol, which are (along with Sikorsky) the leaders of the industry...
Reaching Deep. The common denominator for most Bendix activity is the company's specialization in guidance and control systems. Some Bendix control component is a part of every major missile in the U.S. arsenal. With Boeing, Bendix has developed an all-weather computerized navigation and landing system for jets; it has also developed special roving vehicles for unmanned exploration of the moon and a moving lunar laboratory (MOLAB) out of which astronauts will operate while on the moon...