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This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
Volume Three: Guarding The Channel Ports.
With Sketches Of The Twelfth, Ninety-Fourth, One Hundred And Tenth,
Forty-Fourth, Tenth Ohio Battery, One Hundred And Fifty-Fourth,
Fifty-Fourth, Seventeenth, Thirty-Fourth, One Hundred And
Eighty-Fourth, Together With A List Of Greene County's Soldiers.
In Three Volumes. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our
special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more
extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have
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occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing
text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other
reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is
culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our
commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's
literature.
For the law enforcement officer and the civilian who may be in a
situation that requires the use of a handgun to stop a lethal
threat action, it is important that the person differentiates
between the crass, glib and self-serving advertisements of
ammunition vendors and the reality of how, what and why effective
stopping power occurs.
Factors to consider are the physiological response, the
psychological response, the time frame parameter and bullet
efficacy. Of these four factors, only bullet efficacy can be
somewhat controlled by the person, this only by understanding how
and to what extent the bullet contributes to the degree of stopping
power obtained.
A number of concepts / formulae have been included so as to
permit the reader to consider their merits and whether or not they
are consistent with the reality of biology, physics and other
relevant sciences.
Finally the material in this book is intended to permit those
persons to instruct, teach or make decisions regarding the
selection of a service handgun/cartridge combination that will help
to provide the means to prevail in a lethal threat
confrontation.
About the Author:
Mr. Bredsten retired from the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center/Firearms Division (FLETC/FAD). With FLETC/FAD he performed
duties as a firearms instructor and he also taught ballistics to
the FLETC/FAD staff and to students in the Law Enforcement Rifle
Training Program and in the Precision Rifle (Sniper) and Observer
Program. Subjects covered included the ballistic coefficient,
barrel time, the coefficient of reduction (form), Greenhill formula
(rate of rifling twist), firearm recoil, bullet time-of-flight,
bullet drop, bullet midrange, wind deflection, bullet penetration
potential and bullet terminal (wounding) efficacy.
Since retiring he has provided ballistics consultation service for
the FLETC/FAD, the Transportation Security Agency, the Orange
County (Florida) Sheriff s Department and Exxon Mobil
Corporation.
Mr. Bredsten attended and completed various classes/courses
relating to firearms (e.g., H&K MP5, Steyr Aug, Uzi, Tactical
Speed Shooting and advanced shotgun) and ballistics (e.g., the
first and second International Wound Ballistics Conferences, a
Federal Law Enforcement Ammunition and Ballistics Seminar and
Oehler s Ballistic Instrumentation). Mr. Bredsten has an AA degree
from Chaffey Jr. College and a BA degree from Sacramento State
College and currently resides in Georgia.
In 2001, the Pentagon had just 200 robotic aircraft. In 2008 it had
more than 5,000. The number of military ground robots jumped from
160 in 2004 to around 4,000 in 2006. Only underwater robots lagged:
so far just a few dozen systems have entered service. Under the
water is, after all, the toughest environment for robots. But even
undersea bots will see a boost in coming years. The Pentagon has
plans to spend at least $4 billion a year for the foreseeable
future designing and building robots.
The spread of robots in our armies, navies and air forces has
greatly advanced the science, engineering and techniques for mixing
thinking people and thinking machines. And it has forced us to try
answering a basic moral question. Just how much responsibility
should we surrender to machines? If and when robots fulfill their
promise to make war cheaper and easier for our side, will we
discover that we wage war too lightly? Are we already guilty of
that sin?
This book examines just a handful of the many types of war bots,
and just a few of the ways they're being used in the expanding
American-led "war on terror." Some of these robots have been in
service for years. Some are still just prototypes. Between them
they span the entire range of military robotics. Some are killers.
Others are helpers. All of them are soldiers with no fear.
With Sketches Of The Twelfth, Ninety-Fourth, One Hundred And Tenth,
Forty-Fourth, Tenth Ohio Battery, One Hundred And Fifty-Fourth,
Fifty-Fourth, Seventeenth, Thirty-Fourth, One Hundred And
Eighty-Fourth, Together With A List Of Greene County's Soldiers.
Volume Three: Guarding The Channel Ports.
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