Military ,Aviation And Naval Terms

ARSENAL Place where arms and ammunition are manufactured and stored. BATTALION An army unit consisting of 1,000 combatants led by a Lieutenant Colonel. BATTERY A unit of a number of artillery guns, mobile or fixed. BULL'S EYE The point of target that has t be aimed or hit while practicing shooting. COCKPIT Pilot's seat in the fuselage of an aeroplane. CAMOUFLAGE Hiding of objects by various means to deceive or bamboozle the enemy about their real location thereby protecting them from air and ground attacks. COMMANDO A mobile body of guerilla fighters. CONSCRIPTION Compulsory recruitment of personnel for service in the armed forces. DIVISION Normally, a division has 20,000 troops commanded by a Major General equipped with two or more brigades of infantry with befitting artillery and engineering equipment. DOGFIGHT An aerial duel between two or more aircraft's at a close range. FLOTILLA A fleet of boats or small ships. GUIDED MISSILES Powered by rockets or jet propulsion, they are unmanned, self propelled air or space vehicle fitted with explosive warheads. Guided missiles are either self directed with inlaid controls or under remote controls based on the firing range. ICBM Inter Continental Ballistic Missile is a rocket propelled surface to surface guided missile carrying a nuclear warhead which can reach a destined city or installation in the world and destroy it entirely. INTERMEDIATE RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE (IRBM) It is of three types, viz, air to air, surface to air, and air to surface. Air to air guided missile, launched from an aircraft is employed to hit target in the battlefield. Surface to surface and air to air guided missiles are employed against enemy missiles or targets. JUMBO JET A large passenger jet aircraft having the capacity to life nearly 447 passengers. NUCLEAR UMBRELLA Giving air shield to a city or by nuclear weapons. It is also called parasol or Sombrero. STAR WARS Deployment of weapons on satellites in space with a view to destroy inter-continental ballistic missiles in space coming from the enemy. SQUADRON Air Force formation consisting of 20 aircraft's commanded by a Squadron Leader.