sidewinder


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Synonyms for sidewinder

small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States

air-to-air missile with infrared homing device

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Diehl Raytheon won the P1.016 billion supply contract for the new model of the Sidewinders, which has a top speed of Mach 3 or three times the speed of sound.
Despite being described as a veritable Camelot for forward-thinking engineering, Westrum dutifully highlights the real struggles that the lab and the Sidewinder program endured along the way.
Caption: More new component bullets available to reloaders include the copper/polymer matrix bullets from Inceptor and the Sidewinder bullets from Aussie Copper Projectiles.
Proceeds from the term loan will be used to refinance both ICD's existing debt and the Sidewinder debt assumed in the transaction.
The acquisition of the missiles will supplement the current air-to-air defense systems of the AIM-9P / M sidewinder missiles, equipped on Taiwan's F-16A/B fighter aircraft.
Among the catch were ling to 12lb and cod to 10.5lb, taken on sidewinders and Phil Hutchinson 15.5lb ling mackerel strip.
The event scenarios validated the lethality of the AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder missile in the surface-to-air arena and against smaller target sets, adding to the weapon's performance portfolio.
Within moments, one of the MiG's fired its lethal sidewinder. He managed to deflect the missile with superior aircraft handling and continued to exit the area.
Sidewinder rattlesnakes wriggling up sand dunes turn out to have a trick of adjusting their curvy moves that's improving robot design and the understanding of legless motion on sand.
sidewinder saws from the most popular brands and compared them.
Hot off the presses at North American Arms is their newest design, the Sidewinder. By simply pulling the ejector rod forward a tiny bit, the cylinder actually swings out, just like a "real" double-action revolver.
IROCK Crushers offers its Sidewinder series of crushers, which are designed to screen out a high percentage of the feed material that is already at the required size before reaching the crusher.
Now, they have a swing-out cylinder, appropriately called the Sidewinder. It's in .22 WMR, but there's also an optional .22 LR cylinder assembly.
From my point of view, you omitted the coolest, cleanest, sexiest, best-engineered (I'm an engineer, so I can include that) and best-built drillmotor tug of them all: the Sidewinder from Redline Aviation.