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Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology too explore outer space.While exploration of space is carried out by astronomers with Telescopes,its physical exploration is conducted both by uncrewed robotic space probes.This is Umkhonto

Time flies don't let it go to waste.Keep it 💯🍺❤️
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Time flies don't let it go to waste.Keep it 💯🍺❤️

Gotta stay on track gotta move with a purpose.
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Gotta stay on track gotta move with a purpose.

Everytime i get a haircut i feel brand new.Keep it 💯
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Everytime i get a haircut i feel brand new.Keep it 💯

Life under the scope everydays a test.Keep it 💯🍺
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Life under the scope everydays a test.Keep it 💯🍺

Tough times turn a boy into a man.From where they ran way more keys than the hotel doors,The B
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Tough times turn a boy into a man.From where they ran way more keys than the hotel doors,The B

Homie if i go to hell and you make it to heaven just get me to the gate I hustle my way in, s**t I hustle my way out the...
09/04/2026

Homie if i go to hell and you make it to heaven just get me to the gate I hustle my way in, s**t I hustle my way out the hood.

Convair B-58 Hustler.The Convair B-58 Hustler is a supersonic strategic bomber, the first capable of Mach 2 flight.Desig...
08/03/2026

Convair B-58 Hustler.

The Convair B-58 Hustler is a supersonic strategic bomber, the first capable of Mach 2 flight.Designed and produced by American aircraft manufacturer Convair, a division of General Dynamics, the B-58 was developed during the 1950s for the United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC).

Colonial Nigeria.Colonial Nigeria formed part of the British Empire from the mid-nineteenth century until 1 October 1960...
16/10/2025

Colonial Nigeria.

Colonial Nigeria formed part of the British Empire from the mid-nineteenth century until 1 October 1960, when Nigeria achieved independence.Britain annexed Lagos in 1861 and established the Oil River Protectorate in 1884. British influence in the Niger area increased gradually in the course of the 19th century, but Britain did not effectively occupy the area until 1885. Other European powers acknowledged Britain's dominance over the area at the 1885 Berlin Conference.

From 1886 to 1899, much of the area was ruled by the Royal Niger Company, authorised by charter, and governed by George Taubman Goldie. In 1900, the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and Northern Nigeria Protectorate passed from company hands to the Crown. At the urging of Governor Frederick Lugard, the two territories were amalgamated as the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, while each of the three major regions (Northern protectorate, Southern protectorate and the Colony of Lagos) retained considerable regional autonomy. Progressive constitutions after World War II provided for increasing representation and electoral government by Nigerians. The colonial-period proper in Nigeria lasted from 1900 to 1960, after which Nigeria gained its independence.

Overview:

Through a progressive sequence of regimes, the British imposed Crown Colony government on much of the area of West Africa which came to be known as Nigeria, a form of rule which was both autocratic and bureaucratic. After initially adopting an indirect rule approach, in 1906 the British merged the small Lagos Colony and the Southern Nigeria Protectorate into a new Colony of Southern Nigeria, and in 1914 that was combined with the Northern Nigeria Protectorate to form the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria.Administration and military control of the territory was conducted primarily by white Britons, both in London and in Nigeria.

Following military conquest, the British imposed an economic system designed to profit from African labour. The essential basis of this system was a money economy—specifically the British pound sterling—which could be demanded through taxation, paid to cooperative natives, and levied as a fine.

The amalgamation of different ethnic and religious groups into one federation created internal tension which persists in Nigeria to the present day.

Harbin SH-5.The Harbin SH-5 (Chinese: 水轰五型; pinyin: Shuǐhōng wǔxíng; lit. 'water bomb type 5', where "水轰" is short for 水...
08/10/2025

Harbin SH-5.

The Harbin SH-5 (Chinese: 水轰五型; pinyin: Shuǐhōng wǔxíng; lit. 'water bomb type 5', where "水轰" is short for 水上轰炸机; Shuǐshàng hōngzhàjī; 'seaborne bomber') is a Chinese maritime patrol amphibious aircraft intended for a wide range of duties, including aerial firefighting, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and air-sea rescue (ASR). One prototype and six production aircraft have been built.

Design and development:

Research to build a seaplane capable of replacing Beriev Be-6s in service was initiated by the PLANAF in 1968, with designers reassigned from "Objective 3/17", a supersonic canard-wing fighter project. The first prototype flew in 1976; further units were delivered between 1986 and 1990.

Variants:

SH-5B Firefighter.

One SH-5 was rebuilt for firefighting duties.

However, by a Chinese source, there were total of 7 SH-5 were produced: 3 SH-5X Prototype, 3 Maritime patrol aircraft, and 1 SH-B Firefighter.

Grumman S-2 Tracker.The Grumman S-2 Tracker (S2F prior to 1962) is the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submari...
08/10/2025

Grumman S-2 Tracker.

The Grumman S-2 Tracker (S2F prior to 1962) is the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft to enter service with the United States Navy. Designed and initially built by Grumman, the Tracker was of conventional design — propeller-driven with twin radial engines, a high wing that could be folded for storage on aircraft carriers, and tricycle undercarriage. The type was exported to a number of navies around the world. Introduced in 1952, the Tracker and its E-1 Tracer derivative saw service in the U.S. Navy until the mid-1970s, and its C-1 Trader derivative until the mid-1980s, with a few aircraft remaining in service with other air arms into the 21st century. Argentina is the last country to still operate the Tracker.

Design and development:

The Tracker was intended as a replacement for the Grumman AF Guardian,which was the first purpose-built aircraft system for anti-submarine warfare. The Guardian operated in two aircraft "hunter-killer" pairs, with one aircraft (the AF2-W) carrying the detection gear to find the submarine and to direct the second aircraft, the AF-2S, which carried weapons to attack and destroy the submarine.The Tracker combined both functions in one aircraft, saving deck space aboard carriers and making for more efficient operations.Grumman's design (model G-89) was for a large high-wing monoplane with twin Wright Cyclone R-1820 nine cylinder radial engines, a yoke type arrestor hook and a crew of four. Both the two XS2F-1 prototypes and 15 S2F-1 production aircraft were ordered at the same time, on 30 June 1950. The first flight was conducted on 4 December 1952, and production aircraft entered service with VS-26, in February 1954.

Follow-on versions included the WF Tracer and TF Trader, which became the Grumman E-1 Tracer and Grumman C-1 Trader in the tri-service designation standardization of 1962. The S-2 carried the nickname "Stoof" (S-two-F) throughout its military career; and the E-1 Tracer variant with the large overhead radome was colloquially called the "stoof with a roof.".

Grumman produced 1,185 Trackers and another 99 aircraft carrying the CS2F designation were manufactured in Canada under license by de Havilland Canada. U.S.-built versions of the Tracker were sold to various nations, including Australia, Japan, Turkey and Taiwan.

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