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  • In this spirit they hoped for some review of the limitations on sales of Blowpipe missiles and BL 755 cluster bomb.

    National Archives 1980: Margaret Thatcher and her handbag diplomacy 2010

  • Blowpipe, sword, and hand thumped together to the ground.

    Mercadian Masques Lebaron, Francis 1999

  • Another consignment linked to the Blowpipe missile incident in which three loyalists, Swiss-based American arms dealer Douglas

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • Blowpipe analysis is a multiple-step procedure for qualitatively or semi-quantitatively determining the individual elements contained within a small quantity of sample.

    1.1 Blow pipe assaying 1993

  • Now, it seemed, Sergeant Blake, that fine gunner NCO with the Blowpipe, was-missing, having very probably sacrificed himself on behalf of Owens by shooting down that Hind.

    First Clash Macksey, Kenneth 1984

  • It was plain, too, that, by so doing, he would give protection in depth to the TOW and Blowpipe missile launchers which were to be tucked in behind the village on the higher ground.

    First Clash Macksey, Kenneth 1984

  • A shot by a Blowpipe, with its distinctive signature flash, was a guaranteed invitation for retribution by enemy guns.

    First Clash Macksey, Kenneth 1984

  • And after that, the flash of action as a larger helicopter, probably a Hind, was seen, its appearance greeted by the distinctive signature of a Blowpipe loosing off from the top of the autobahn, and the gratifying sight of the missile and aircraft converging with fatal consequences, and the Hind plunging to earth in flames.

    First Clash Macksey, Kenneth 1984

  • So far as Tinker was concerned, this meant that he would take under command in his location, B Squadron RCD and No. 1 Section of five Blowpipe detachments from the AD Troop 1 RCHA; along with A Battery 1 RCHA in direct support, the BC and three FOOs of the latter to live from the outset with 3 RCR while the six 155 mm M109A1

    First Clash Macksey, Kenneth 1984

  • Meanwhile, a Hare helicopter, which rose steeply behind Favorite to spy out the land, saw nothing at first; and when it tried again, from closer to the front, had such a close shave from a Blowpipe belonging to the Vandoos that it coyly dived, nap of the earth, behind the crest line.

    First Clash Macksey, Kenneth 1984

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