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  • It became famous for its use by a number of record breaking pilots who were attracted to the rugged and very long-ranged design.

    Winnie Mae | My[confined]Space 2009

  • As I've twice written in Proceedings of the US Naval Institute, India has been rapidly expanding its naval forces to include nuclear-powered submarines, surface warships and long-ranged naval aircraft -- at a time when some 400 million Indians subsist below the poverty level.

    Eric Margolis: Will China Rule the Waves Eric Margolis 2011

  • This growing threat now includes the long-ranged, land-based, mobile DF-21 that may be vectored onto US carriers by satellites, subs, or drones.

    Eric Margolis: Will China Rule the Waves Eric Margolis 2011

  • China's growing challenge US domination of the North Pacific became ever more evident last week as the People's Republic revealed a new, long-ranged, radar-evading stealth aircraft, the J-20.

    Eric Margolis: The North Pacific Is No Longer an American Lake Eric Margolis 2011

  • This growing threat now includes the long-ranged, land-based, mobile DF-21 that may be vectored onto US carriers by satellites, subs, or drones.

    Eric Margolis: Will China Rule the Waves Eric Margolis 2011

  • As I've twice written in Proceedings of the US Naval Institute, India has been rapidly expanding its naval forces to include nuclear-powered submarines, surface warships and long-ranged naval aircraft -- at a time when some 400 million Indians subsist below the poverty level.

    Eric Margolis: Will China Rule the Waves Eric Margolis 2011

  • Cruising at 15 knots, she had fuel for 15,000 nautical miles, affording a fast, long-ranged offensive punch almost ideally suited to the Pacific Theater.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

  • Yet they could not retaliate because North Korea's long-ranged guns dug into caves in the Demilitarized Zone could turn Seoul, only 37km away, into what Kim threatened, "a sea of fire."

    Eric Margolis: Behind the Korean Crisis, Dangers of a US-China Clash Eric Margolis 2010

  • Yet they could not retaliate because North Korea's long-ranged guns dug into caves in the Demilitarized Zone could turn Seoul, only 37km away, into what Kim threatened, "a sea of fire."

    Eric Margolis: Behind the Korean Crisis, Dangers of a US-China Clash Eric Margolis 2010

  • Cruising at 15 knots, she had fuel for 15,000 nautical miles, affording a fast, long-ranged offensive punch almost ideally suited to the Pacific Theater.

    Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010

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