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Landing craft — are boats and seagoing vehicles used to convey a landing force (infantry and vehicles) from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault. Most renowned are those used to storm the beaches of Normandy, the Mediterranean, and many Pacific… … Wikipedia
Cargo planes bomb plot — Location United States of America (target); East Midlands Airport and Dubai International Airport (discovered) Date October 29, 2010 (discovered) Target 2 planes Attack … Wikipedia
Cargo cult programming — is a style of computer programming that is characterized by the ritual inclusion of code or program structures that serve no real purpose. Cargo cult programming is typically symptomatic of a programmer not understanding either the bug they were… … Wikipedia
Landing Ship, Infantry — (LSI) was a British term for a type of ship used to transport infantry in amphibious warfare during the Second World WarThe LSI would take its cargo of infantry close to the target area. They would then transfer to landing craft, such as the… … Wikipedia
cargo cult — cargo cultist. (sometimes caps.) any of various native religious cults of a millenarian and messianic character located in the southwestern Pacific islands, holding that spirits will bring large cargoes of modern goods for distribution among its… … Universalium
landing stage — ► NOUN ▪ a platform on to which passengers or cargo can be landed from a boat … English terms dictionary
landing — [lan′diŋ] n. 1. the act of coming to shore or of going or putting ashore 2. a place where a ship or boat takes on or unloads cargo or passengers 3. a platform at the end of a flight of stairs 4. the act of alighting, or coming to the ground, as… … English World dictionary
Landing Ship, Tank — A Canadian LST off loads an M4 Sherman during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943. Landing Ship, Tank (LST) was the military designation for naval vessels created during World War II to support amphibious operations by carrying significant… … Wikipedia
Landing Craft Mechanized — Higgins LCM 3 at Battleship Cove … Wikipedia
Cargo cult — A cargo cult may appear in tribal societies in the wake of interaction with technologically advanced, non native cultures. The cult is focused on obtaining the material wealth of the advanced culture through magical thinking, religious rituals… … Wikipedia
