ARSENAL |
Place where arms and ammunition are manufactured and stored. |
BATTALION |
An army unit consisting of 1,000 combatants led by a Lieutenant Colonel. |
BATTERY |
A unit of a number of artillery guns, mobile or fixed. |
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BULL'S EYE |
The point of target that has t be aimed or hit while practicing
shooting. |
COCKPIT |
Pilot's seat in the fuselage of an aeroplane. |
CAMOUFLAGE |
Hiding of objects by various means to deceive or bamboozle the enemy
about their real location thereby protecting them from air and ground
attacks. |
COMMANDO |
A mobile body of guerilla fighters. |
CONSCRIPTION |
Compulsory recruitment of personnel for service in the armed forces. |
DIVISION |
Normally, a division has 20,000 troops commanded by a Major General
equipped with two or more brigades of infantry with befitting artillery
and engineering equipment. |
DOGFIGHT |
An aerial duel between two or more aircraft's at a close range. |
FLOTILLA |
A fleet of boats or small ships. |
GUIDED MISSILES |
Powered by rockets or jet propulsion, they are unmanned, self propelled
air or space vehicle fitted with explosive warheads. Guided missiles are
either self directed with inlaid controls or under remote controls based
on the firing range. |
ICBM |
Inter Continental Ballistic Missile is a rocket propelled surface to
surface guided missile carrying a nuclear warhead which can reach a
destined city or installation in the world and destroy it entirely. |
INTERMEDIATE RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE (IRBM) |
It is of three types, viz, air to air, surface to air, and air to
surface. Air to air guided missile, launched from an aircraft is
employed to hit target in the battlefield. Surface to surface and air to
air guided missiles are employed against enemy missiles or targets. |
JUMBO JET |
A large passenger jet aircraft having the capacity to life nearly 447
passengers. |
NUCLEAR UMBRELLA |
Giving air shield to a city or by nuclear weapons. It is also called
parasol or Sombrero. |
STAR WARS |
Deployment of weapons on satellites in space with a view to destroy
inter-continental ballistic missiles in space coming from the enemy. |
SQUADRON |
Air Force formation consisting of 20 aircraft's commanded by a Squadron
Leader. |