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armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket

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a device that launches aircraft from a warship

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In order to destroy the launchers explosively, it would've completely exhausted the unit's C-4 resources, said Capt.
The launchers,known as traps,are sold directly to gun clubs, shooting grounds and the public mainly in the UK and US.
A rocket launcher similar to the one used in the terrorist attack on the MI6 headquarters has been seized by Customs officers in the Midlands.
The launchers, tubes placed in the ground to lob grenades, were deactivated before the King and Queen Sofia arrived.
Rasco said police found two M-79 grenade launchers, a 12-gauge shotgun and 12 rifle grenades (40 mm) from Desinio's home.
But the report said the army had not used Uragan rocket launchers in the province.
Smoke grenade launchers in condition codes For H should be sent to:
During the 1990-91 Gulf War more than 230 US Army and 12 British Army launchers showered bomblets upon shell-shocked Iraqi troops who nicknamed the weapon 'steel rain'.
During LRIP II, the Army plans to purchase 25 HIMARS launchers, with the Marines purchasing one launcher.
During the second phase of the initial production the Army plans to buy 25 HIMARS launchers, while the Marines will purchase one launcher.
The engineers at Golden Key-Futura have developed a new "drop-away" arrow rest called the Free Fall[TM]The rest can be used in two modes -- with launchers in the "up" or "locked" position, or with the launchers in the "down" position.
Skybridge, the telecommunications consortium controlled by the French giant Alcatel, has chosen the Euro-Russian group Starsem and its Soyouz launchers to send into orbit 32 of the 80 satellites making up its future constellation from 2002 onwards.