The Bombardment Aircraft Rocket, also known as BOAR, the Bureau of Ordnance Aircraft Rocket, and officially as the 30.5-Inch Rocket, Mark 1, Mod 0, was an unguided air-to-surface rocket developed by the United States Navy's Naval Ordnance Test Station during the 1950s. Intended to provide a standoff nuclear capability for carrier-based aircraft, the rocket entered operational service in 1956, remaining in service until 1963.
The clearly-formatted design integrates the images and accompanyingtext, facilitating streamlined and efficient learning. All subjects covered by the American Board of Radiology Core Exam are included: Breast imaging, including interventions and MRI, Neuro..
There were bacteria in volcanic hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, single-celled algae in Antarctic ice floes, and fungi in the cooling pools of nuclear reactors. But might there be life stranger than the most extreme extremophile? Might there be, some..
Seit der Schuldrechtsreform 2002 wird vom BGB ein Sachmangel angenommen, wenn infolge des Fehlers einer Montageanleitung eine Montage der Sache nicht gelingt (so genannte IKEA-Klausel). Das Gesetz regelt jedoch weder den Fall einer fehlenden Anleitung noch..
Tucked into the folds of Appalachia and kept off all commercial maps, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was created for the Manhattan Project by the U.S. government in the 1940s. Its workers labored at a breakneck pace, most aware only that their jobs were helping 'th..
Shot in black and white, this 1965 Japanese monster movie was the Daiei company's answer to Toho's famous Godzilla series. A skirmish between U.S. and unknown "enemy" planes results in an atomic explosion over the Arctic which unthaws and unleashes the gi..
* THEM! - Radiation-mutated ants 12 feet long and capable of lifting tons become giant problems for James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, James Arness and all of Los Angeles. Fascinating to watch. Them! is taut science fiction (A.H. Weiler, The New York Times).THE..
In the typical Don Simpson-Jerry Bruckheimer mold (the partnership yielded Top Gun and Days of Thunder, among many other films), this 1995 drama is a combination of one-dimensional but enjoyable performances, lots of high-tech nonsense taking place onscree..
Henry Cavill (?Man of Steel?) stars as Napoleon Solo opposite Armie Hammer (?The Social Network?) as Illya Kuryakin in director Guy Ritchie?s action adventure ?The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,? a fresh take on the hugely popular 1960s television series. Set again..
'The Day After' is a drama about the unthinkable catastrophic consequences of a superpower nuclear confrontation as it affects average American citizens in the midwest. The story of what happens before during and after a nuclear attack makes this film a ..
From the creator of Paranormal Activity comes a terrifying new thriller set on the site of the world's most horrific nuclear disaster. Chernobyl Diaries follows a group of six young vacationers who looking to go off the beaten path hire an &..