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OSV - 96 OSV - 96 ( Russian : ОСВ - 96 ) is a Russian heavy semi - automatic sniper rifle chambered for the 12 . 7 x 108 mm round . Description . The rifle is capable of engaging manpower at a distance of up to 1800 m and combat materiel at range up to 2500 m . As an effective anti - sniper weapon , OSV - 96 keeps the firer beyond the aimed fire range of the small arms of conventional calibres . Specialized high accuracy 12 . 7×108 mm 7N34 59 . 0 gram FMJ and AP sniper cartridges have been developed for Russian . 50 caliber sniper rifles such as this rifle . Large calibre machine gun cartridges can also be used for firing , but with limited accuracy . The OSV - 96 folds in half in between the barrel / chamber and receiver compartments to shorten its length for ease of transportation . The rifle features a free - floating barrel in combination with a large muzzle brake to greatly decrease its recoil .
1994 London Israeli Embassy attack The 1994 London Israeli Embassy attack was a car bomb attack on 26 July 1994 against the Israeli embassy building in London . 20 civilians were injured . The attack . A car packed with 20 to 30 pounds of explosives parked in front of the embassy blew up minutes after the driver left it . The blast , which caused widespread damage , was heard over a mile away . Apart from damage to the embassy building , shop windows were blown out . The attack took place one day after King Hussein of Jordan and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin met in Washington to discuss a Jordan - Israel peace treaty . Aftermath . The Israeli Ambassador and British intelligence experts blamed pro - Iranian extremists , allegedly linked to Hezbollah . Thirteen hours later another car bomb exploded outside Balfour House , the headquarters in London of the main Jewish organisations , injuring six . Five Palestinians were arrested in London in January 1995 in connection with the bombings . In December 1996 , two of them , both Palestinian science graduates educated in the UK , Jawad Botmeh and Samar Alami , were found guilty of " conspiracy to cause explosions " at the Old Bailey . They were sentenced to 20 years in jail , and lost their appeal in 2001 . Botmeh was released from prison on 5 August 2008 .
Albania and weapons of mass destruction Albania once possessed a stockpile of weapons of mass destruction . This stockpile of chemical weapons included of mustard agent , lewisite , adamsite , and chloroacetophenone . Albania was among the initial countries who signed the Chemical Weapons Convention ( CWC ) in 1993 . The treaty , which came into force in 1997 , requires the declaration of chemical stockpiles , and the destruction of all chemical weapons , delivery systems and production facilities . One of only six nations to declare a stockpile , Albania made its declaration in March 2003 , after the discovery , in December 2002 , of 600 bulk containers of chemicals in an abandoned bunker . The material was probably acquired by Communist leader Enver Hoxha in the mid - 1970s from China although no documentation was found . On 11 July 2007 , the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( OPCW ) confirmed the destruction of the entire chemical weapons stockpile in Albania , making Albania the first nation to completely destroy all of its chemical weapons under the terms of the CWC . Costs were approximately 48 million U . S . dollars . The United States assisted with and funded the destruction operations under the Nunn - Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction . Biological and nuclear weapons . Albania acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention on June 3 , 1992 , banning biological weapons . It also acceded to the Nuclear Non - Proliferation Treaty in September 1990 . Albania joined the Geneva Protocol on 20 December 1989 , banning chemical and biological weapons and deposited its accession to the Comprehensive Nuclear - Test - Ban Treaty on 23 April 2003 .
Louis Joseph Kirn Louis Joseph Kirn was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy . Biography . Kirn was born on June 8 , 1908 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . He died on November 7 , 1995 . Career . Kirn graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1932 and became an aviator . During World War II he served in the Solomon Islands campaign , including the Battle of Edson ' s Ridge , during which time he was awarded the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross . Later in his career he was awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for his service as United States Naval Attaché and United States Naval Attaché for Air at the U . S . Embassy , London .
Sumner Increase Kimball Sumner Increase Kimball , Sc . D . ( September 2 , 1834 - June 20 , 1923 ) was the organizer of the United States Life - Saving Service and the General Superintendent of the Life - Saving Service from 1878 - 1915 . Originally a lawyer and a legislative administrator , Kimball spent his life creating and leading the Life - Saving Service , one of the predecessor services that eventually became the US Coast Guard , transforming it from an uneven collection of facilities round the US coastline into a coherent and well - trained organization . Kimball was born in Lebanon , Maine , raised in Sanford , Maine , graduated from Bowdoin in 1855 , and admitted to the bar in 1858 . He was elected to the Maine Legislature in 1859 . He became a clerk in the United States Treasury Department in 1862 , and was placed in charge of the Revenue Marine Bureau there in 1871 . When the Life - Saving Bureau was organized in 1878 he was appointed its head . Under his direction , the Life - Saving Service was extended to the Pacific Coast and the Great Lakes . Kimball also served in several other positions at the Treasury Department ( acting Register , acting Comptroller , acting Solicitor ) . He was the author of " Organization and Methods of the United States Life - Saving Service " ( 1889 ) and " Joshua James - Life Saver " ( 1909 ) .
Dyott Bomber The Dyott Bomber was a prototype twin - engined British biplane bomber aircraft of the First World War . Two examples were built but the type was not adopted for service . Design and development . The American aviation pioneer George Dyott learned to fly in 1911 , and after an extensive tour of North America , designed a small single - seat monoplane , the Dyott monoplane , which he had built by Hewlett & Blondeau of London in early 1913 . In 1914 , Dyott designed a large twin - engined biplane for exploration in South Africa . The design and its potential for use as a long - range bomber attracted the attention of the British Royal Naval Air Service , and Dyott modified the design for military use , with an order for two prototypes placed with Hewlett & Blondeau . As completed the Dyott Bomber was a four - bay tractor biplane with equal - span wings . It was powered by two Beardmore 120 hp water - cooled six - cylinder engines which were mounted , without cowlings , between the wings . The aircraft had a fixed nosewheel undercarriage , with the nosewheel balanced by a large tailskid . It carried a crew of three , with a pilot and two gunners , in nose and dorsal positions . The first prototype , serial number " 3687 " , made its maiden flight at Chingford in August 1916 , with the second prototype , serial number " 3688 " following in September . It proved to be underpowered and was fitted with BHP engines , while the forward fuselage was deepened . Armament was increased to five Lewis gun s , with two on spigot mounts in the nose gunners cockpit , two firing through the ports in the side of the nose and one in the rear gunners cockpit . The second prototype was sent to Dunkerque in France for service trials but no production followed .
Rhea - McEntire House The Rhea - McEntire House is a historic antebellum Greek Revival mansion located along the shoreline of the Tennessee River ' s Wheeler Lake in Decatur , Alabama . The house was constructed prior to 1836 , and was used as headquarters by both Union and Confederate forces , alternately , during the Civil War . In 1862 , before being occupied by Federal forces , the plans for the Battle of Shiloh were laid out within this building . Because of this , the house was spared when the city was burned , leaving only 2 other buildings standing in the city . The official records , most of which are now housed at Tulane University , indicate that General Johnston ' s headquarters during the time he reorganized his Confederate forces in Decatur in March 1862 were at the McCarty ( sic ) Hotel . They also indicate that planning for attacking Grant ' s forces at Pittsburg Landing ( the Battle of Shiloh ) was done by Johnston ' s subordinate , General Beauregard , in Corinth , Mississippi . The list of major buildings in Decatur , Alabama that survived the Civil War were the Dancy - Polk House , the Old State Bank , The McCartney Hotel ( demolished in the 1920s ) , and the Burleson House that later became known as the McEntire House . The most likely reason they were spared is that they were all inside the perimeter of the breastworks built by the Union in 1864 . Everything outside the breastworks for an 800 yard radius was leveled to provide a clear field of fire for the artillery defending the Union position on the banks of the Tennessee River . The Burlesons owned the house during the Civil War . Dr . Aaron Adair Burleson served as the president of the Tennessee and Central Alabama Railroad that later became part of the Nashville and Decatur Railroad . During the Civil War Dr . Burleson was a physician in the Confederate Army . The home was sold to Jerome Hinds , a former Union soldier from Illinois , in 1869 . After the Hinds , the home was used as a boarding house and hotel before standing empty for a period . It was purchased on April 5 , 1895 by R . P . McEntire . The house was also used as the first temporary courthouse , during the construction of the first permanent courthouse in Somerville , in Cotaco County ( now named Morgan County ) . Historic American Buildings Survey . There are additional pictures and information available from the Historic American Building Survey at the Library of Congress .
Kosmos 2458 Kosmos 2458 ( meaning " Cosmos 2458 " ) is one of a set of three Russia n military satellites launched in 2009 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system . It was launched with Kosmos 2456 and Kosmos 2457 . This satellite is a GLONASS - M satellite , also known as Uragan - M , and is numbered Uragan - M No . 734 . Kosmos 2456 / 7 / 8 were launched from Site 81 / 24 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan . A Proton - M carrier rocket with a Blok DM upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 10 : 38 UTC on 14 December 2009 . The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit . It subsequently received its Kosmos designation , and the international designator 2009 - 070C . The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Numbers 36113 . It is in the first orbital plane of the GLONASS constellation , in orbital slot 5 . It started operations on 10 January 2010 .
16th / 5th The Queen ' s Royal Lancers The 16th / 5th The Queen ' s Royal Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army . Its lineage is now carried on by the Queen ' s Royal Lancers . History . It was formed at Lucknow in India in 1922 as 16th / 5th Lancers by the amalgamation of two regiments , 16th The Queen ' s Lancers and 5th Royal Irish Lancers . The Princess Elizabeth became Colonel - in - Chief of the regiment in 1947 , and after her accession to the throne it was retitled 16th / 5th The Queen ' s Royal Lancers in 1954 . In 1993 , as part of the reduction in forces after the end of the Cold War , it amalgamated with the 17th / 21st Lancers to form The Queen ' s Royal Lancers . Deployments . Deployed to the UK from 1926 to 1936 , the regiment was in India when the Second World War broke out . It returned to the UK in 1940 , becoming part of British 26th Armoured Brigade in British 6th Armoured Division . With this formation , the regiment fought in North Africa in 1942 – 3 , then in Italy through 1944 and 1945 , seeing some action as dismounted infantry in the latter period . At the end of the war , the regiment had penetrated as far as Austria , and took on occupation duties there . The regiment spent the Cold War mostly deployed in Germany , with tours in Northern Ireland , Cyprus , Aden and Hong Kong . During this time it was mostly operating as a reconnaissance unit . It operated in the Gulf War as part of 1st Armoured Division .
Commanding General , United States Army Forces Command The Commanding General of United States Army Forces Command ( CG FORSCOM ) is the head of United States Army Forces Command ( FORSCOM ) . In this position , he or she is in charge approximately 780 , 000 Active Army , U . S . Army Reserve , and Army National Guard soldiers , 87 percent of the Army ’ s combat power . On March 29 , 2011 it was announced that Lieutenant General David M . Rodriguez would be promoted and reassigned to this position He took command on September 12 , 2011 .
Peter Harold Wright Peter Harold Wright VC ( 10 August 1916 – 5 April 1990 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Details . Wright was 27 years old , and a company sergeant - major in the 3rd Battalion , Coldstream Guards , British Army during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 25 September 1943 near Salerno , Italy , a steep , wooded hill was being assaulted by the 3rd Bn . Coldstream Guards , and Company Sergeant - Major Wright ' s company , most of its officers killed , was held up near the crest . Sergeant - Major Wright took charge and single - handed he silenced with grenades and bayonet three Spandau posts and then led his men to consolidate the position . He then beat off a counter - attack , and disregarding the heavy fire , brought up extra ammunition . Wright ' s Distinguished Conduct Medal was substituted for the VC on the instructions of King George VI . Peter was born in Mettingham , near Bungay , Suffolk on 10 August 1916 . In 1946 , Peter married Molly Hurren from Wenhaston , Suffolk , and died in Ipswich on 5 April 1990 . After the war Peter farmed at Church Farm , Blythburgh , Suffolk and later on the estate of Lord Tollemache .
George R . Howsam Air Vice Marshal George Roberts Howsam MC ( 29 January 1895 – 16 April 1988 ) was a Canadian First World War flying ace , officially credited with 13 victories , who continued his military career with such success he became an Air Vice Marshal . Early life and service . George Roberts Howsam ' s parents were George and Ida Cutting Howsam . The younger George Howsam joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force right out of high school , on 23 March 1916 . He gave his home address as Rural Route 4 , Port Perry , Ontario . He is described as being a Methodist , five feet six inches tall , blue eyed , with fair complexion . He served successively with the 116th ( Ontario County ) Battalion , CEF and the 182nd ( Ontario County ) Battalion , CEF . He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in Spring 1917 , while he was still in Canada ; he trained at Deseronto and Camp Borden . World War I aerial service . Howsam joined 70 Squadron in Autumn 1917 as a Sopwith Camel pilot . He barely made the 1917 scoring lists , destroying an Albatros two - seater over Zarren , Belgium on 28 December 1917 for his first win . He repeated on 19 January 1918 , sending the Albatros down out of control at Moorslede , Belgium . Three days later , he flew three sorties , and scored every time . He destroyed an Albatros D . V at 1245 ; his next sortie set an observation plane aflame at 1315 ; on his last sortie , he and Captain Frank Granger Quigley cooperated in flaming one Albatros D . V and putting another down out of control . A victory apiece on the 24th and 25th , and Howsam ended January 1918 with eight wins . Another followed on 27 February . Howsam won a Military Cross , awarded 4 March . Within a week , he downed three more planes . On 24 March , he was wounded in action and withdrawn to Home Establishment . He would return to the front as a Flight Commander in 43 Squadron in October . Flying a Sopwith Snipe , he set a Fokker D . VII afire on 30 October to cap his career as an ace . His final total was eight German planes destroyed and five driven down out of control . Post World War I . Howsam did not return to Canada until May 1921 . He attended the RAF Staff College in 1930 . During World War II , he served as Director of Training for the RCAF . He retired in 1945 . Text of citations . Military Cross . T . / 2nd Lt . George Robert Howsam , Gen . List and R . F . C . For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in aerial combats . He has destroyed five enemy machines and driven down others out of control , showing splendid courage and initiative on all occasions .
Solomon Clifford Joseph Captain Solomon Clifford Joseph , DFC , was a flying ace for the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I . He was credited with thirteen confirmed aerial victories . World War I . Joseph joined the RNAS in August 1917 . He trained as a pilot and was first assigned to 12 Squadron RNAS . He quickly transferred to 10 Squadron RNAS in February 1918 as a Sopwith Camel pilot . He scored his first aerial victory on 7 May 1918 , and continued to string out a dozen wins stretching through 3 September 1918 ; he teamed up to share victories with such fellow aces as Alfred Williams Carter and Clement W . Payton in several cases . On 21 September , he was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross . Three days later , he was wounded in action . He recovered in time to round off his victory string with a final win on 30 October 1918 . Three days later , he was granted a Bar to his DFC in lieu of a second award . In the midst of all this , he had been appointed a Flight Commander , with its accompanying temporary promotion to Captain . In the final analysis , Joseph had destroyed five enemy airplanes by himself , shared in destroying two others , drove three down out of control , and teamed up to drive another one down out of combat . He also was a balloon buster , being one of three pilots responsible for destroying a German observation balloon . Post World War I . On 4 April 1919 , Joseph was transferred to the Royal Air Force ' s unemployed list . On 24 November 1925 , Joseph dissolved a partnership in a munitions recycling business . On 8 April 1927 , acting as executor , he posted notice of probate for the estate of Michael Joseph . Honors and awards . Distinguished Flying Cross Lieut . Solomon Clifford Joseph ( Sea Patrol ) . A gallant pilot who has accounted for eight enemy aircraft within the past four months . On many occasions the enemy were numerically superior to Lieutenant Joseph ' s patrol , but this did not prevent his attaining success . Bar for Distinguished Flying Cross Lt . ( T . / Capt . ) Solomon Clifford Joseph , D . F . C . , Sea Patrol . A very gallant and skilful officer . Helped his formation under a large force of enemy aircraft with a view to inducing them to descend to attack him . In this ruse deguerre he was successful , and , in accordance with arrangements previously made , another formation of our machines then appeared on the scene , and a combined attack was made on the enemy , resulting in the destruction of four aeroplanes and three more being brought down completely out of control . Since the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross was conferred on this officer less than two months ago he has personally destroyed one enemy machine , brought down another out of control , and has helped to destroy a third . Captain Joseph was wounded on the occasion of the combined attack .
7th Blackshirt Division ( Cirene ) The Italian 7th Blackshirt Division Cirene was an Italian CCNN Blackshirt militia unit formed for the Second Italo - Abyssinian War under the command of Lt . Gen . Guido Scandolara . The division was deployed in Libya during the war against Abyssinia to threaten the Suez Canal should the British close it to Italian traffic . It was never deployed to Abyssinia , but was considered to take part in the campaign . It actually acted as a local garrison and engaged in various construction projects . Order of Battle 3 October 1935 - 1 June 1936 . 7th Blackshirt Division Cirene Notes :
Zahir Pajaziti Zahir Pajaziti ( born Podujevo , FPR Yugoslavia in 1962 , died in Vučitrn , FR Yugoslavia in 1997 ) was a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army . History . In 2008 , the president of Kosovo , Fatmir Sejdiu , declared Pajaziti a Hero of Kosovo . After the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992 , he remained in Kosovo while warfare raged in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina . In 1997 , he joined the Kosovo Liberation Army . Later that year , he was killed in a gunfight in Vučitrn with the Yugoslav army . He is commemorated by a statue in Pristina .
Siege of Puebla ( 1847 ) The Siege of Puebla began the same day Mexico City fell to Winfield Scott and lasted for 28 days when a relief force was able to fight its way into the city and lift the siege . Background . General Winfield Scott had a series of garrisons posted along the route from Veracruz to Mexico City to protect his supply lines . One of these garrisons was posted at the city of Puebla , roughly two - thirds of the way to Mexico City from the coast . The garrison was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Childs , serving as a brevet colonel . Childs had 500 soldiers to guard the city . After the fall of Mexico City , General Antonio López de Santa Anna renounced his presidency and split his forces , taking half of them to try to retake Puebla . General Joaquín Rea commanded the Mexican guerrilla forces in the area around Puebla . Siege . On September 14 , 1847 — the same day that Mexico City fell — Rea ' s forces worked their way into the city and began the siege . The U . S . forces held three strongpoints within the city : a convent , Fort Loretto , and the citadel of San José . Lieutenant - Colonel Samuel W . Black , commander of the First Pennsylvania , was put in command of the citadel , which also served as a hospital for 1 , 800 sick and wounded soldiers . The Mexicans drove off most of the city ' s cattle , but Childs was able to save enough to keep from starvation . Rea demanded the garrison ' s surrender on September 16 , but Childs refused . Rea attacked San José and was repulsed . Santa Anna arrived at Puebla on September 22 and officially called for Childs to surrender . Once again Childs refused . The Mexicans then attempted to storm the convent and were repulsed . San José remained under constant barrage of bullets . At the end of September , Santa Anna departed with a little less than half the besieging forces and headed east to confront an expected relief column advancing from Veracruz . With the Mexican force somewhat reduced , the defenders took the opportunity to pick off a few Mexican strongpoints . Santa Anna was defeated by a U . S . relief force under Joseph Lane at the battle of Huamantla . Lane ' s brigade was then able to move to Puebla and raise the siege . Aftermath . The siege was the last significant threat to U . S . forces in central Mexico . Guerrilla raids continued , and the supply route was a prime target . General Lane continued to direct operations against these raiders and their bases through 1847 and into 1848 . Perhaps since Puebla was ultimately a victory for the Americans and had no martyrs , unlike at Alamo , which had been besieged by Santa Anna eleven years earlier , the officers at Puebla , hailed as heroes at the time , did not become legendary .