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Acronyms[edit] Open Web Analytics, open source web analytics software. Open-world assumption, formal reasoning with incomplete knowledge. Optimized wideband array antenna, a type of Yagi–Uda antenna. Ordered weighted averaging aggregation operator, a class of operator used in fuzzy logic. Outlook Web App, a web-based email client, now part of ...
The Missile Defense Agency is partially or wholly responsible for the development of several ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems, including the Patriot PAC-3, Aegis BMD, THAAD and the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system with a cost of $194 billion. [15] They also led the development of numerous other projects, including the Multiple Kill ...
The United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa ( USAMRD-A) — previously known as the "U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya (USAMRU-K)" — is a "Special Foreign Activity" of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. [1] The unit was established in 1969 and operates under a cooperative agreement ...
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant. Coordinates: 40°47′26″N 91°14′41″W. The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP), located in Des Moines County in southeastern Iowa, near the city of Burlington, produces and delivers component assembly, and medium- and large-caliber ammunition items for the United States Department of Defense using modern ...
On 1 January 1977, the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) was organized at Arlington Hall Station, Virginia, to provide the U.S. Army with a single organization for conducting multi-discipline intelligence, security operations, and electronic warfare at the level above corps. The new organization merged the former U.S ...
Ekiti people, Okemesi, Imesi-ile. Rank. Balogun. Battles/wars. Kiriji War. Fabunmi of Okemesi (c. 1849 - 1903) born Prince Fábùnmi Ìṣọ̀lá, also known as Orara l'ada, was a Yoruba warlord, chief and ultimately king. [1] He was known to have singlehandedly triggered the longest civil war in Nigeria - the Kiriji War. [1]
The Aare Latosa War Camp was the command post of the commander of the Ibadan Army Aare Ona-Kakanfo, the most skilled, experienced and senior general in Alaafin's army. He died at the camp located in Igbajo. As a result, the coronation rites of Aare Ona-Kakanfo were conducted in Igbajo. The present Aare Ona-Kakanfo is Chief Gani Adams.
The Ekumeku Movement consisted of a series of uprisings against the rising power of the Royal Niger Company of the British Empire by Anioma people in present-day Delta State. The British penetration of Nigeria met with various forms of resistance throughout the country. In the south, the British had to fight many wars, in particular the wars ...