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  • Rapier surface-to-air missiles stationed on Blackheath, a security measure in readiness for the London 2012 Olympic games. The Rapiers arrived in Blackheath yesterday in a bid to defend London against a "worst-case scenario" 9/11-style attack. As part of a multi-layered defence system installed around the capital during the games in July 2012, the missiles are positioned here and other sites during an exercise named Olympic Guardian, which began earlier this week on the coast and in London's airspace. RAF Air Vice-Marshall Stuart Atha said the missiles were for the "worst-case scenario" of a "very unlikely attack" on the Games and chose Blackheath as one of six "favourite" sites.
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  • Cases of Rapier surface-to-air missile equipment stationed on Blackheath, a security measure in readiness for the London 2012 Olympic games. The Rapiers arrived in Blackheath yesterday in a bid to defend London against a "worst-case scenario" 9/11-style attack. As part of a multi-layered defence system installed around the capital during the games in July 2012, the missiles are positioned here and other sites during an exercise named Olympic Guardian, which began earlier this week on the coast and in London's airspace. RAF Air Vice-Marshall Stuart Atha said the missiles were for the "worst-case scenario" of a "very unlikely attack" on the Games and chose Blackheath as one of six "favourite" sites.
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  • Cases of Rapier surface-to-air missile equipment stationed on Blackheath, a security measure in readiness for the London 2012 Olympic games. The Rapiers arrived in Blackheath yesterday in a bid to defend London against a "worst-case scenario" 9/11-style attack. As part of a multi-layered defence system installed around the capital during the games in July 2012, the missiles are positioned here and other sites during an exercise named Olympic Guardian, which began earlier this week on the coast and in London's airspace. RAF Air Vice-Marshall Stuart Atha said the missiles were for the "worst-case scenario" of a "very unlikely attack" on the Games and chose Blackheath as one of six "favourite" sites.
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  • Detail of a MBDA missile system exhibited on a jet fighter at the Farnborough Air Show, England. An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft. AAMs are typically powered by one or more rocket motors, usually solid fuelled but sometimes liquid fuelled. Ramjet engines, as used on the MBDA Meteor are emerging as propulsion that will enable future medium-range missiles to maintain higher average speed across their engagement envelope. MBDA is a missile developer and manufacturer with operations in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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  • BAE Systems Typhoon jet fighter, exhibited with missile and smart bomb systems, at the Farnborough Air Show, England. A defensive aids system (DAS) is a military aircraft system which defends it from attack by surface-to-air missiles, air-to-air missiles and guided anti-aircraft artillery. A DAS typically comprises chaff, flares, and electronic countermeasures combined with radar warning receivers to detect threats. On some modern aircraft, the entire system is integrated and computer-controlled, allowing an aircraft to autonomously detect, classify and act in an optimal manner against a potential threat to its safety.
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  • Fred Wigg Tower, a high rise block of council flats on the Montague Road Estate in Leytonstone, East London. On 12th July 2012, the military arrived to install surface to air missiles on the roof of the apartment block. Residents complained that having the missiles there during the Olympics could increase the chance of a terrorist attack in the area. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that there is no ‘credible threat’.
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  • Fred Wigg Tower, a high rise block of council flats on the Montague Road Estate in Leytonstone, East London. On 12th July 2012, the military arrived to install surface to air missiles on the roof of the apartment block. Residents complained that having the missiles there during the Olympics could increase the chance of a terrorist attack in the area. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that there is no ‘credible threat’.
    20120712fred wigg tower missile base...jpg
  • Fred Wigg Tower, a high rise block of council flats on the Montague Road Estate in Leytonstone, East London. On 12th July 2012, the military arrived to install surface to air missiles on the roof of the apartment block. Residents complained that having the missiles there during the Olympics could increase the chance of a terrorist attack in the area. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that there is no ‘credible threat’.
    20120712fred wigg tower missile base...jpg
  • Fred Wigg Tower, a high rise block of council flats on the Montague Road Estate in Leytonstone, East London. On 12th July 2012, the military arrived to install surface to air missiles on the roof of the apartment block. Residents complained that having the missiles there during the Olympics could increase the chance of a terrorist attack in the area. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that there is no ‘credible threat’.
    20120712fred wigg tower missile base...jpg
  • Fred Wigg Tower, a high rise block of council flats on the Montague Road Estate in Leytonstone, East London. On 12th July 2012, the military arrived to install surface to air missiles on the roof of the apartment block. Residents complained that having the missiles there during the Olympics could increase the chance of a terrorist attack in the area. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that there is no ‘credible threat’.
    20120712fred wigg tower missile base...jpg
  • Fred Wigg Tower, a high rise block of council flats on the Montague Road Estate in Leytonstone, East London. On 12th July 2012, the military arrived to install surface to air missiles on the roof of the apartment block. Residents complained that having the missiles there during the Olympics could increase the chance of a terrorist attack in the area. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that there is no ‘credible threat’.
    20120712fred wigg tower missile base...jpg
  • Fred Wigg Tower, a high rise block of council flats on the Montague Road Estate in Leytonstone, East London. On 12th July 2012, the military arrived to install surface to air missiles on the roof of the apartment block. Residents complained that having the missiles there during the Olympics could increase the chance of a terrorist attack in the area. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that there is no ‘credible threat’.
    20120712fred wigg tower missile base...jpg
  • Fred Wigg Tower, a high rise block of council flats on the Montague Road Estate in Leytonstone, East London. On 12th July 2012, the military arrived to install surface to air missiles on the roof of the apartment block. Residents complained that having the missiles there during the Olympics could increase the chance of a terrorist attack in the area. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that there is no ‘credible threat’.
    20120712fred wigg tower missile base...jpg
  • Fred Wigg Tower, a high rise block of council flats on the Montague Road Estate in Leytonstone, East London. On 12th July 2012, the military arrived to install surface to air missiles on the roof of the apartment block. Residents complained that having the missiles there during the Olympics could increase the chance of a terrorist attack in the area. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that there is no ‘credible threat’.
    20120712fred wigg tower missile base...jpg
  • Fred Wigg Tower, a high rise block of council flats on the Montague Road Estate in Leytonstone, East London. On 12th July 2012, the military arrived to install surface to air missiles on the roof of the apartment block. Residents complained that having the missiles there during the Olympics could increase the chance of a terrorist attack in the area. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that there is no ‘credible threat’.
    20120712fred wigg tower missile base...jpg
  • Fred Wigg Tower, a high rise block of council flats on the Montague Road Estate in Leytonstone, East London. On 12th July 2012, the military arrived to install surface to air missiles on the roof of the apartment block. Residents complained that having the missiles there during the Olympics could increase the chance of a terrorist attack in the area. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that there is no ‘credible threat’.
    20120712fred wigg tower missile base...jpg
  • Fred Wigg Tower, a high rise block of council flats on the Montague Road Estate in Leytonstone, East London. On 12th July 2012, the military arrived to install surface to air missiles on the roof of the apartment block. Residents complained that having the missiles there during the Olympics could increase the chance of a terrorist attack in the area. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that there is no ‘credible threat’.
    20120712fred wigg tower missile base...jpg
  • Fred Wigg Tower, a high rise block of council flats on the Montague Road Estate in Leytonstone, East London. On 12th July 2012, the military arrived to install surface to air missiles on the roof of the apartment block. Residents complained that having the missiles there during the Olympics could increase the chance of a terrorist attack in the area. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that there is no ‘credible threat’.
    20120712fred wigg tower missile base...jpg
  • Fred Wigg Tower, a high rise block of council flats on the Montague Road Estate in Leytonstone, East London. On 12th July 2012, the military arrived to install surface to air missiles on the roof of the apartment block. Residents complained that having the missiles there during the Olympics could increase the chance of a terrorist attack in the area. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that there is no ‘credible threat’.
    20120712fred wigg tower missile base...jpg
  • Fred Wigg Tower, a high rise block of council flats on the Montague Road Estate in Leytonstone, East London. On 12th July 2012, the military arrived to install surface to air missiles on the roof of the apartment block. Residents complained that having the missiles there during the Olympics could increase the chance of a terrorist attack in the area. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that there is no ‘credible threat’.
    20120712fred wigg tower missile base...jpg
  • Fred Wigg Tower, a high rise block of council flats on the Montague Road Estate in Leytonstone, East London. On 12th July 2012, the military arrived to install surface to air missiles on the roof of the apartment block. Residents complained that having the missiles there during the Olympics could increase the chance of a terrorist attack in the area. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that there is no ‘credible threat’.
    20120712fred wigg tower missile base...jpg
  • Fred Wigg Tower, a high rise block of council flats on the Montague Road Estate in Leytonstone, East London. On 12th July 2012, the military arrived to install surface to air missiles on the roof of the apartment block. Residents complained that having the missiles there during the Olympics could increase the chance of a terrorist attack in the area. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that there is no ‘credible threat’.
    20120712fred wigg tower missile base...jpg
  • Fred Wigg Tower, a high rise block of council flats on the Montague Road Estate in Leytonstone, East London. On 12th July 2012, the military arrived to install surface to air missiles on the roof of the apartment block. Residents complained that having the missiles there during the Olympics could increase the chance of a terrorist attack in the area. On the other hand, the Metropolitan Police have concluded that there is no ‘credible threat’.
    20120712fred wigg tower missile base...jpg
  • Model missiles at the Raytheon exhibition stand during the Farnborough airshow. Raytheon is a major American defence contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. It was previously involved in corporate and special-mission aircraft until early 2007. Raytheon is the world's largest producer of guided missiles. Established in 1922, the company reincorporated in 1928 and adopted its present name in 1959. The company has around 72,000 employees worldwide and annual revenues of approximately US$25 billion. More than 90% of Raytheon's revenues were obtained from military contracts and, as of 2007, it was the fifth-largest military contractor in the world and is the fourth largest defence contractor in the United States by revenue.
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  • Red shirted ordnance men prepare to fit smart bombs and missiles to an F/A-18 fighter jet on deck of USS Harry S Truman. Launched on 7 September 1996 and costing US$4.5 billion, the Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. The Truman is the largest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women.
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  • Red shirted ordnance men prepare to fit smart bombs and missiles to an F/A-18 fighter jet on deck of USS Harry S Truman. Launched on 7 September 1996 and costing US$4.5 billion, the Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. The Truman is the largest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women.
    us_navy_carrier07-08-05-2000_1_1.jpg
  • BAE Systems Typhoon jet fighter, exhibited with missile and smart bomb systems, at the Farnborough Air Show, England. Brimstone, ASRAAM AND IRIS-T missile systems are seen in detail shown on the ground: Brimstone is an air-launched ground attack missile developed by MBDA. as is ASRAAM (Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile) which is an imaging infrared homing ("heat seeking") air-to-air missile. The IRIS-T (Infra Red Imaging System Tail/Thrust Vector-Controlled) is a German-led program to develop a short-range air-to-air missile to replace the venerable AIM-9 Sidewinder found in some of the NATO member countries.
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  • Two army officers from Ecuador admire an air-to-ground PARS 3 LR missile at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget France. The two men (the man on the right's name badge says M Pazmino), admire the sleek design of the missile called PARS 3 LR in German but known as TRIGAT-LR (Third Generation AntiTank, Long Range) and AC 3G in the French military, the missile is a high-precision 'fire-and-forget' weapon system for engaging mobile and stationary targets equipped with the latest generation of armour protection, such as tanks, field fortresses, bunkers and other high-value targets. The system can launch up to four salvos in eight seconds. <br />
The Paris Air Show is a commercial air show, organised by the French aerospace industry whose purpose is to demonstrate military and civilian aircraft to potential customers.
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  • Missile systems for the BAE Systems Typhoon at the Farnborough Airshow, on 16th July 2018, in Farnborough, England.
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  • Missile systems for the BAE Systems Typhoon at the Farnborough Airshow, on 16th July 2018, in Farnborough, England.
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  • Missile systems for the BAE Systems Typhoon at the Farnborough Airshow, on 16th July 2018, in Farnborough, England.
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  • Missile systems for the BAE Systems Typhoon at the Farnborough Airshow, on 16th July 2018, in Farnborough, England.
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  • Potential customers get a briefing next to the MBDA Storm Shadow / SCALP missile system outside the defence companys exhibition and hospitality chalet at the Farnborough Airshow, on 16th July 2018, in Farnborough, England.
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  • Missile systems for the BAE Systems Typhoon at the Farnborough Airshow, on 16th July 2018, in Farnborough, England.
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  • Missile systems for the BAE Systems Typhoon at the Farnborough Airshow, on 16th July 2018, in Farnborough, England.
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  • Missile systems for the BAE Systems Typhoon at the Farnborough Airshow, on 16th July 2018, in Farnborough, England.
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  • Missile systems for the BAE Systems Typhoon at the Farnborough Airshow, on 16th July 2018, in Farnborough, England.
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  • BAE Systems Typhoon jet fighter, exhibited with missile and smart bomb systems, at the Farnborough Air Show, England. The Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine, canard-delta wing, multirole fighter. The Typhoon was designed and is manufactured by a consortium of three companies; BAE Systems, Airbus Group and Alenia Aermacchi, who conduct the majority of affairs dealing with the project through a joint holding company, Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH, which was formed in 1986. The project is managed by the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency, which also acts as the prime customer.
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  • The Raytheon exhibit at the Farnborough Airshow, on 16th July 2018, in Farnborough, England.
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  • The BAE Systems Typhoon exhibit at the Farnborough Airshow, on 16th July 2018, in Farnborough, England.
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  • A red shirted ordnance man prepares to fit smart bombs to an F/A-18 fighter jet on deck of USS Harry S Truman. Launched on 7 September 1996 and costing US$4.5 billion, the Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. The Truman is the largest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women.
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  • Defence manufacturer Raytheon exhibition stand at the Farnborough Air Show, England. Raytheon Company is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, security and civil markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 92 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems.
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  • Defence manufacturer Raytheon exhibition stand at the Farnborough Air Show, England. Raytheon Company is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, security and civil markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 92 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems.
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  • Defence manufacturer Raytheon exhibition stand at the Farnborough Air Show, England. Raytheon Company is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, security and civil markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 92 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems.
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  • Defence manufacturer Raytheon exhibition stand at the Farnborough Air Show, England. Raytheon Company is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, security and civil markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 92 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems.
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  • Vinnie Browse switches off his overhead reading light in his Junior Rating bunk aboard HMS Vigilant, a 16,000 ton, 150m long Vanguard class nuclear submarine while moored at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Scotland. Vigilant has a crew of 140 men and when at sea, only incoming communication, family-grams, are allowed so many months away on operational duty can be tough on home life. On-board entertainment is therefore important for morale. The Vanguard Class SSBN (Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear) provides the United Kingdom's strategic nuclear deterrent and carries Trident II ballistic missiles, powered by a pressurised water reactor (PWR) fuelled by a ton of fissionable uranium elements producing huge amounts of energy. Image taken for the 'UK at Home' book project published 2008.
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  • Farnborough air show delegates pass beneath MBDA's CAMM  missile system billboard. The Common Anti-Air Modular Missile (CAMM) is a Surface-to-air missile and Air-to-air missile made by MBDA for all three branches of the British Armed Forces, scheduled to enter service from 2016. The missile is based on the airframe and some components of the ASRAAM infra-red air to air missile, with updated electronics and an active radar seeker. The CAMM is intended to replace the Sea Wolf missile on Type 23 frigates of the Royal Navy, the Rapier missile in British Army service and contribute to the eventual replacement of ASRAAM on RAF aircraft. The Farnborough International Airshow is a seven-day international trade fair for the aerospace industry and held every two years in mid-July at Farnborough Airport in Hampshire, England
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  • The propellers of a C-130 Hercules and a Lockheed Martin JASSM cruise missile exhibit at the Farnborough Airshow, on 16th July 2018, in Farnborough, England. The AGM-158 JASSM Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile is a low observable standoff air-launched cruise missile developed in the United States. It is a large, semi-stealthy long-range weapon of the 2,000 pounds 910 kg class.
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  • Demostrator throws missile at police lines during Anti Globalisation riots Prague, Czech Republic
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  • Demostrator throws missile at police lines during Anti Globalisation riots protesting the World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings. Prague, Czech Republic
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  • A soldier from the British Royal Artillery guards a 12ft Fire Shadow missile on manufacturer MBDA's trade stand at the Farnborough airshow, shows visiiting guests to this exhibit the merits of its use and design. The so-called lurker bomb is designed to loiter above a battlefield for up to 6 hours before attacking stationary or mobile targets and also able to shadow British troops for up to ten hours or 100 miles, ready to take out enemy targets with surgical precision at a minute’s notice. . The Farnborough International Airshow is a seven-day international trade fair for the aerospace industry and held every two years in mid-July at Farnborough Airport in Hampshire, England known as the home of British aviation, held since there since 1948. The show is usually attended by more than 1,300 exhibitors and 150,000 trade visitors.
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  • A soldier from the British Royal Artillery guards a 12ft Fire Shadow missile on manufacturer MBDA's trade stand at the Farnborough airshow, ready to show visiting guests to this exhibit the merits of its use and design. The so-called lurker bomb is designed to loiter above a battlefield for up to 6 hours before attacking stationary or mobile targets and also able to shadow British troops for up to ten hours or 100 miles, ready to take out enemy targets with surgical precision at a minute’s notice. . The Farnborough International Airshow is a seven-day international trade fair for the aerospace industry and held every two years in mid-July at Farnborough Airport in Hampshire, England known as the home of British aviation, held since there since 1948. The show is usually attended by more than 1,300 exhibitors and 150,000 trade visitors.
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  • Businessmen inspect the 12ft Fire Shadow missile on manufacturer MBDA's trade stand at the Farnborough airshow. An employee shows visiting guests to this exhibit the merits of its use and design. The so-called lurker bomb is designed to loiter above a battlefield for up to 6 hours before attacking stationary or mobile targets and also able to shadow British troops for up to ten hours or 100 miles, ready to take out enemy targets with surgical precision at a minute’s notice. . The Farnborough International Airshow is a seven-day international trade fair for the aerospace industry and held every two years in mid-July at Farnborough Airport in Hampshire, England known as the home of British aviation, held since there since 1948. The show is usually attended by more than 1,300 exhibitors and 150,000 trade visitors.
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  • A Royal Navy Admiral and an RAF Air Chief Marshal inspect a missile on the wing tip of a Eurofighter (now called Typhoon) fighter jet. VIPs and special military guests celebrate the success of the aviation defence project at the BAE Systems factory at Warton, Lancashire, England. The Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine, canard-delta wing, multirole combat aircraft, designed and built by a consortium of three companies. Its maiden flight took place on 27 March 1994 watched by VIPs from UK industry and military.
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  • A Chinese army portable mobile missile launcher demonstrated by a mannequin at the UK's bi-annual Farnborough air show, England. Wearing goggles and helmet and a generic uniform, the model points the launcher into the air to simulate it being fired at a moving target, an example of 80s warfare technology.
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  • A scale model of the BAE Systems Tempest fighter, a replacement for the Typhoon, in the companys exhibition hall at the Farnborough Airshow, on 18th July 2018, in Farnborough, England.
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  • Deep below-decks, we peer through a striped window of the highly-classified Conflict Direction Center or War Room on the aircraft carrier US Navy USS Harry S Truman during its deployment patrol of the no-flyzone in the Persian Gulf, near the Kuwaiti coast. This top secret office is used for planning and executing sophisticated tactical electronic warfare that fighter jets and surveillance aircraft engage in from air operations mounted from the carrier. The Truman is the largest and newest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women. The Iraqi no-fly zones (NFZs) were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom and France after the Gulf War of 1991 to protect humanitarian operations in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south. Iraqi aircraft were forbidden from flying inside the zones. The policy was enforced by US, UK and French aircraft patrols until France withdrew in 1998.
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  • A young child is surrounded by adults as they visit the trade stand of an unnamed manufacturer of a smart bomb that occupies a prominent space at their stand at the Farnborough air show - an expo for the aviation and defence industries. A primitive plastic chain protects the million Pound armament from visitors touching although the bomb will be a non-operational model. A TV screen demonstrates the deadly nature of the guided munition that are typically mounted under the wings of fighter jets - in the days before pilotless drone aircraft.
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  • Deep below-decks, we see the highly-classified Conflict Direction Center or War Room on the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman during its deployment patrol of the no-fly zone at an unknown location in the Persian Gulf. This top secret office is used for planning and executing sophisticated tactical electronic warfare that fighter jets and surveillance aircraft engage in from air operations mounted from the carrier. The Truman is the largest and newest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women. The Iraqi no-fly zones (NFZs) were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom and France after the Gulf War of 1991 to protect humanitarian operations in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south.
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  • The below-deck highly classified Conflict Direction Center or War Room on the aircraft carrier US Navy USS Harry S Truman. This top secret office is used for planning and executing sophisticated tactical electronic warfare that fighter jets and surveillance aircraft engage in from air operations mounted from the carrier. The Truman is the largest and newest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000-ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women. The Iraqi no-fly zones (NFZs) were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom and France after the Gulf War of 1991 to protect humanitarian operations in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south. Iraqi aircraft were forbidden from flying inside the zones. The policy was enforced by US, UK and French aircraft patrols until France withdrew in 1998.
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  • Red shirted ordnance men prepare to fit smart bombs to an F/A-18 fighter jet on deck of USS Harry S Truman. Launched on 7 September 1996 and costing US$4.5 billion, the Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. The Truman is the largest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women.
    us_navy_carrier06-08-05-2000_1.jpg
  • Red shirted ordnance men prepare and fit smart bombs to an F/A-18 fighter jet on deck of USS Harry S Truman. Launched on 7 September 1996 and costing US$4.5 billion, the Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. The Truman is the largest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women.
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  • Using a specially-designed trolley, we look down from above on two US Navy crew members transporting smart weapon armaments across the deck of the aircraft carrier US Navy USS Harry S Truman during its deployment patrol of the no-flyzone in the Persian Gulf, near the Kuwaiti coast. The Truman is the largest and newest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of  5,137, 650 are women.  The Iraqi no-fly zones (NFZs) were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom and France after the Gulf War of 1991 to protect humanitarian operations in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south. Iraqi aircraft were forbidden from flying inside the zones. The policy was enforced by US, UK and French aircraft patrols until France withdrew in 1998.
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  • A Russian Mikoyan employee stands alongside a Malaysian air force officer examining the seller's business card during the bi-annual aerospace industry expo at the Farnborough airshow in southern England. We see the seller as a man in brown jacket with hand on hip, looking unimpressed and bored while the officer in full dress uniform peering at the card intently, carrying his shopping bag containing information from other manufacturers around the aviation fair. Farnborough is organised by Farnborough International Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ADS Group Limited (ADS). According to the organisers, the 2012 Farnborough show attracted 109,000 trade visitors over the first five days, and 100,000 public visitors on the Saturday and Sunday. Orders and commitments for 758 aircraft were announced, worth US$72 billion.
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  • US Navy personnel guarding a Poseidon jet aircraft, exhibited at the Farnborough Air Show, England. The two men in uniform stand below the large US Navy lettering on the patrol and surveillance jet's fuselage. The Boeing P-8 Poseidon (formerly the Multimission Maritime Aircraft or MMA) is a military aircraft developed for the United States Navy (USN). It conducts anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASUW), and shipping interdiction, along with an electronic signals intelligence (ELINT) role. This involves carrying torpedoes, depth charges, SLAM-ER missiles, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, and other weapons.
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  • US Navy crewman guards a Poseidon jet aircraft, exhibited at the Farnborough Air Show, England. The two men in uniform stand below the large US Navy lettering on the patrol and surveillance jet's fuselage. The Boeing P-8 Poseidon (formerly the Multimission Maritime Aircraft or MMA) is a military aircraft developed for the United States Navy (USN). It conducts anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASUW), and shipping interdiction, along with an electronic signals intelligence (ELINT) role. This involves carrying torpedoes, depth charges, SLAM-ER missiles, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, and other weapons.
    farnborough_air_show13-17-07-2014.jpg
  • Police use riot shields to protect themselves from missiles during the Anti Globalisation riots Prague, Czech Republic
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  • Delegate makes a call alongside a Spear missile of defence manufacturer MBDA at the Farnborough Air Show, England. MBDA, a world leader in missiles and missile systems, is a multi-national group with 10,000 employees working across France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Spain and the United States.
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  • Logo of defence manufacturer MBDA at the Farnborough Air Show, England. MBDA, a world leader in missiles and missile systems, is a multi-national group with 10,000 employees working across France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Spain and the United States.
    farnborough_air_show28-14-07-2014_1.jpg
  • Riot police are pinned back by protesters throwing missiles at them as The Ritz  comes under attack. Anti capitalists / anarchists go on the rampage through central London on the back of the peaceful TUC protest march. The masked demonstrators ran a twisting route through the capital confusing the police and creating a situation which was very difficult to manage. The protesters attacked banks, shops and hotels, and the police in riot gear fought  face to face with them as they were pelted with ammonia, paint and fireworks loaded with coins.
    20110326anarchists tuc protestAG.jpg
  • Riot police are pinned back by protesters throwing missiles at them as The Ritz  comes under attack. Anti capitalists / anarchists go on the rampage through central London on the back of the peaceful TUC protest march. The masked demonstrators ran a twisting route through the capital confusing the police and creating a situation which was very difficult to manage. The protesters attacked banks, shops and hotels, and the police in riot gear fought  face to face with them as they were pelted with ammonia, paint and fireworks loaded with coins.
    20110326anarchists tuc protestAH.jpg
  • Masked protesters of western leaders Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher kiss at a 1986 demonstration by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) against the hosting by the UK of US nuclear cruise missiles on British soil. Amid a chaotic scene of protest and intimidating police presence, the two unidentified people touch lips outside the US embassy (background) in London’s Grosvenor Square. In the Cold War era, both world leaders Reagan and Thatcher symbolised the special relationship between the US and the UK, who shared a common ideology for conquering the threats of Communist domination. Their answer was for the proliferation of atomic arsenals in order to maintain world stability and public protest was ever-present outside US interests and especially at the many RAF air bases that were leased to the US Air Force from where bombers flew.
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  • Riot police are pinned back by protesters throwing missiles at them as The Ritz  comes under attack. Anti capitalists / anarchists go on the rampage through central London on the back of the peaceful TUC protest march. The masked demonstrators ran a twisting route through the capital confusing the police and creating a situation which was very difficult to manage. The protesters attacked banks, shops and hotels, and the police in riot gear fought  face to face with them as they were pelted with ammonia, paint and fireworks loaded with coins.
    20110326anarchists tuc protestAF.jpg
  • Red-shirted US Navy ordnance crewmen prepare to fit smart bombs and missiles to an F/A-18 fighter jet on the deck of US Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman during its deployment patrol of the no-fly zone at an unknown location in the Persian Gulf, on 8th May 2000, in the Persian Gulf. The Truman is the largest and newest of the US Navys fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women.
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  • A customized caravan sits in the damp woods at the Faslane Peace Camp, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Matt Bury, 52, is one of the camp's 10 full time residents and has been living in this trailer for a year. Painted harlequin-styled diamonds adorn the walls of the van in a personal artistic statement. Calor gas bottles lie on the ground and weeds grow around this semi-permanent site. Faslane Peace Camp is a makeshift political activists' site alongside HM Naval Base Clyde where Trident nuclear deterrent missiles and Vanhuard Class submarines dock. The camp has been occupied continuously, in a few different locations since 12 June 1982. Image taken for the 'UK at Home' book project published 2008.
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  • David Reynolds (aka Eco) is a long-term activist, campaigner in the peace movement and resident of the Faslane Peace Camp, Scotland. His home of three years is called the Earth Shack and is largely re-cycled from scrap and garbage found locally on rubbish tips. Eco leans against his garden fence holding a mug of coffee this chilly Sunday morning. Signs of his political beliefs adorn the place: CND logos and Peace on Earth statements. His mother was a ‘Carnie’ (after the word Carnival, someone working on the fairgrounds) so perhaps it’s from her that he more enjoys an alternative outdoor camping lifestyle after a few years in the army. Faslane Peace Camp is a makeshift site alongside Faslane Naval base where Trident nuclear deterrent missiles and submarines dock. The camp has been occupied continuously, in a few different locations, since 1982.
    9999-RPB59-eco10-30-09-2007_1.jpg
  • A detail of a ships lifebuoy on board the US Navys USS Winston Churchill during its visit to the UK, on 23rd August 2001, in Portsmouth, England. The USS Winston Churchill designated DDG-81, is one of the Navys stealth warships that was on exercise in British waters in 2001. The Churchill is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She is the 31st destroyer of a planned 62-ship class. The Churchill is named after the British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill and her home port is NS Norfolk, Virginia.
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  • Architectural landscape of a missile silo door entrance at the former nuclear weapons-era airfield occupied by US Air force personnel during the Cold War and now vacant, awaiting re-landscaping and returning to common parkland for the public to use. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the United States Air Force during the Cold War. After the Cold War ended, it was closed in 1993. The airfield was also known for the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp held outside its gates in the 1980s. In 1997 Greenham Common was designated as public parkland.
    greenham_common05-19-03-2003_1.jpg
  • Architectural detail of a missile silo door entrance at the former nuclear weapons-era airfield occupied by US Air force personnel during the Cold War and now vacant, awaiting re-landscaping and returning to common parkland for the public to use. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the United States Air Force during the Cold War. After the Cold War ended, it was closed in 1993. The airfield was also known for the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp held outside its gates in the 1980s. In 1997 Greenham Common was designated as public parkland.
    greenham_common04-19-03-2003_1.jpg
  • A view of the green Yorkshire moors countryside looking down from a nearby hill to the top secret intelligence-gathering base of RAF Menwith Hill, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. One sees the surreal-looking white radomes in the shape of golf balls - each containing a satellite dish - that are dotted across the science-fiction landscape. Many of these are used for signals interception from communications satellites and are commonly thought to be part of ECHELON, a highly secretive world-wide signals intelligence and analysis network. Other parts of this notorious  site are thought to be used by the Space Based Infrared System employed by the US National Missile Defence program. The base has attracted significant levels of protest from anti-nuclear and pacifist groups.
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  • A night view of the green Yorkshire Moors countryside looking down from a nearby hill to the top secret intelligence-gathering base of RAF Menwith Hill, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. One sees the lights of passing traffic past  surreal-looking white radomes in the shape of golf balls - each containing a satellite dish - that are dotted across the science-fiction landscape. Many of these are used for signals interception from communications satellites and are commonly thought to be part of ECHELON, a highly secretive world-wide signals intelligence and analysis network. Other parts of this notorious  site are thought to be used by the Space Based Infrared System employed by the US National Missile Defence program. The base has attracted significant levels of protest from anti-nuclear and pacifist groups.
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  • RAF Fylingdales is a British Royal Air Force station high on Snod Hill in the North York Moors, England. Before their demolition by Ministry of Defence contractors this early attack warning Cold War facility, consisted of three 40-metre-diameter 'golfballs' or geodesic domes (radomes) containing mechanically steered radar. They became a local tourist attraction and coach tours drove past the site listening to the interference on radios emitted by the radomes. They have since been replaced by the current tetrahedron ('pyramid') structure and is still a secret location. Its Motto is "Vigilamus" ("We are watching"). It is now a radar base and part of the United States-controlled Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS).
    RB_105-05-05-1994.jpg
  • RAF Fylingdales is a British Royal Air Force station high on Snod Hill in the North York Moors, England. Before their demolition by Ministry of Defence contractors this early attack warning Cold War facility, consisted of three 40-metre-diameter 'golfballs' or geodesic domes (radomes) containing mechanically steered radar. They became a local tourist attraction and coach tours drove past the site listening to the interference on radios emitted by the radomes. They have since been replaced by the current tetrahedron ('pyramid') structure and is still a secret location. Its Motto is "Vigilamus" ("We are watching"). It is now a radar base and part of the United States-controlled Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS).
    RB_104-05-05-1994.jpg
  • A view of the green Yorkshire moors countryside looking down from a nearby hill to the top secret intelligence-gathering base of RAF Menwith Hill, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. One sees the surreal-looking white radomes in the shape of golf balls - each containing a satellite dish - that are dotted across the science-fiction landscape. Many of these are used for signals interception from communications satellites and are commonly thought to be part of the ECHELON and PRISM eavesdropping projects by the NSA, a highly secretive world-wide signals intelligence and analysis network. Other parts of this notorious  site are thought to be used by the Space Based Infrared System employed by the US National Missile Defence program. The base has attracted significant levels of protest from anti-nuclear and pacifist groups.
    menwith_hill-18-05-2001.jpg
  • A view of the green Yorkshire moors countryside looking down from a nearby hill to the top secret intelligence-gathering base of RAF Menwith Hill, near Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. One sees the surreal-looking white radomes in the shape of golf balls - each containing a satellite dish - that are dotted across the science-fiction landscape. Many of these are used for signals interception from communications satellites and are commonly thought to be part of the ECHELON and PRISM eavesdropping projects by the NSA, a highly secretive world-wide signals intelligence and analysis network. Other parts of this notorious  site are thought to be used by the Space Based Infrared System employed by the US National Missile Defence program. The base has attracted significant levels of protest from anti-nuclear and pacifist groups.
    menwith_hill-18-05-2001_1.jpg
  • Architectural landscape of a missile silo door entrance at the former nuclear weapons-era airfield occupied by US Air force personnel during the Cold War and now vacant, awaiting re-landscaping and returning to common parkland for the public to use. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the United States Air Force during the Cold War. After the Cold War ended, it was closed in 1993. The airfield was also known for the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp held outside its gates in the 1980s. In 1997 Greenham Common was designated as public parkland.
    greenham_common06-19-03-2003_1.jpg
  • Natural landscape of grass-covered missile silos at the former nuclear weapons-era airfield occupied by US Air force personnel during the Cold War and now vacant, awaiting re-landscaping and returning to common parkland for the public to use. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the United States Air Force during the Cold War. After the Cold War ended, it was closed in 1993. The airfield was also known for the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp held outside its gates in the 1980s. In 1997 Greenham Common was designated as public parkland.
    greenham_common02-19-03-2003_1.jpg
  • A Kratos MQM-178 'Firejet' drone target at the Farnborough Air Show, England. The Firejet fills a variety of mission roles, including anti-aircraft artillery training, surface-to-air and air-to-air missile testing. Capable of flying low-and-slow or high-and-fast, Firejet offers users the opportunity to test multiple platforms with one flexible, affordable aerial target system.
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  • A junior officer speaks into a walkie-talkie to communicate instructions to an unknown member of the ship's company. With a coil of naval line (rope) to his side, the man is dressed in full naval working white uniform and a combination cap. The insignia on his shoulder rates him as a Lieutenant Junior Grade. We are on-board the USS Winston Churchill designated DDG-81, one of the Navy's stealth warships that was on exercise in British waters in 2001. The Churchill is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She is the 31st destroyer of a planned 62-ship class. The Churchill is named after the British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. Her home port is in NS Norfolk, Virginia.
    US_navy_officer-22-08-2001_1.jpg
  • Architectural landscape of missile silo doors entrance at the former nuclear weapons-era airfield occupied by US Air force personnel during the Cold War and now vacant, awaiting re-landscaping and returning to common parkland for the public to use. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the United States Air Force during the Cold War. After the Cold War ended, it was closed in 1993. The airfield was also known for the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp held outside its gates in the 1980s. In 1997 Greenham Common was designated as public parkland.
    greenham_common15-19-03-2003_1_1.jpg
  • Natural landscape of grass-covered missile silos at the former nuclear weapons-era airfield occupied by US Air force personnel during the Cold War and now vacant, awaiting re-landscaping and returning to common parkland for the public to use. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the United States Air Force during the Cold War. After the Cold War ended, it was closed in 1993. The airfield was also known for the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp held outside its gates in the 1980s. In 1997 Greenham Common was designated as public parkland.
    greenham_common03-19-03-2003_1.jpg
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