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A study by the Nike-founded Global Alliance for Workers and Communities found that 70% of Nike factory workers in Thailand rated their supervisors as good, and 72% thought their income was fair. In Vietnam, most workers "thought the factory was a 'good place to work' and planned to continue at least three years," and 85% of those polled felt ...
Project Nike (Greek: Νίκη, "Victory") was a U.S. Army project, proposed in May 1945 by Bell Laboratories, to develop a line-of-sight anti-aircraft missile system. The project delivered the United States' first operational anti-aircraft missile system, the Nike Ajax, in 1953. A great number of the technologies and rocket systems used for ...
The Battle of Xa Cam My was fought over two days from April 11–12, 1966, 10 miles (16 km) south of the village of Cam My in Phuoc Tuy Province, during the Vietnam War. [ 1] Originally planned as a U.S. search and destroy mission intended to lure out the "crack" LASV D800 Battalion. Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment soon ...
The Nike Hercules, initially designated SAM-A-25 and later MIM-14, was a surface-to-air missile (SAM) used by U.S. and NATO armed forces for medium- and high-altitude long-range air defense. [ 4] It was normally armed with the W31 nuclear warhead, but could also be fitted with a conventional warhead for export use.
Operation Niagara was a U.S.Seventh Air Force close air support campaign carried out from January through March 1968, during the Vietnam War.Its purpose was to serve as an aerial umbrella for the defense of the U.S. Marine Corps Khe Sanh Combat Base on the Khe Sanh Plateau, in western Quang Tri Province of the Republic of Vietnam.
For more information about the Fort Hancock Nike Site NY-56 Volunteers Association, their free tours, getting involved or making donations, visit www.ny56nike.weebly.com, find them on Facebook (Ft ...
The US Department of Transportation has laid out a plan to deploy vehicle-to-everything tech across the country. The aim is to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries on America's roadways.
Project Eldest Son. Viet Cong soldier with a Type 2 AK-47 rifle. Project Eldest Son (also known as “Italian Green” or “Pole Bean”) was a program of covert operations conducted by the United States' Studies and Observation Group (SOG) during the Vietnam War. The project focused on placement of exploding cartridges into supplies used by ...