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The system would include two percent of all roads and would pass through every state at a cost of $25,000 per mile ($16,000/km), providing commercial as well as military transport benefits. [9] In 1919, the US Army sent an expedition across the US to determine the difficulties that military vehicles would have on a cross-country trip.
Ronald Wilson Reagan [a] (February 6, 1911–June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, his presidency constituted the Reagan era, and he is considered one of the most prominent American conservative figures.
Target tracking: Various military weapons systems use GPS to track potential ground and air targets before flagging them as hostile. [citation needed] These weapon systems pass target coordinates to precision-guided munitions to allow them to engage targets accurately. Military aircraft, particularly in air-to-ground roles, use GPS to find targets.
Grand Nixon Island: An island owned by disgraced ex-U.S. Army general General Kreigkopf. The island itself contains Kreigkopf's military base surrounded by a vast jungle environment. The island features in The Punisher comic book series in issue #3 to issue #5. The former introduces General Kreigkopf and Grand Nixon Island.
After being retired from combat use in 1991, 18 M60A3s, with the M19 cupola removed, continued in active Army service to provide tactical combat training to US and NATO forces in Europe.
Over 100 Lebanese refugees were killed by the shelling of a UN base at Qana, in what the Israeli military said was a mistake. [255] Following several days of negotiations, the two sides signed the Grapes of Wrath Understandings on 26 April 1996. A cease-fire was agreed upon between Israel and Hezbollah, which would be effective on 27 April 1996 ...
Detroit (/ d ɪ ˈ t r ɔɪ t /, dih-TROYT; locally also / ˈ d iː t r ɔɪ t /, DEE-troyt) [8] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.It is the largest U.S. city on the Canadian border and the county seat of Wayne County.