The basic unit of action in FTL, along with lightspeed travel, is ship-to-ship combat.
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Washington could rely on ship-to-air and air-to-air missiles, but they would be less effective against low-flying craft.
The concept is a great one, and the foundation has already been laid in AC3 for events like ship-to-ship battles, an integral part of the pirate experience.
This will fill a needed gap in ship-to-shore communications and also provide for friends and family to be able to communicate onboard without high cost by giving direct dial capability between smartphones.
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Marine leaders are determined to get the program rolling despite partisan wrangling and large deficits, because they know that if the Corps lacks a credible ship-to-shore capability, then enemies will seek to exploit that weakness.
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The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is advising ship-owners to adopt measure such as having look-outs or travelling at speeds which would allow them to outrun the pirates.
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Ten years ago, Tramco opened a factory in Hull, England, to ship goods tariff-free to Europe.
The crews have little to do with the measurements, but are pleased to give them ship-room, according to Andrew Watson of the University of East Anglia, one of the organisers of the project.
In March the businessmen, who have called their project Wool Recycle Eco System, obtained patents for a containerised kit that can be set up in boats to deal with small spills, and for a bigger ship-based system to tackle large ones.
Jon, Bridget, and their teammates designed a low-cost, easy-to-ship mini-press that can turn biomass waste products, such as banana peels, into a viable wood-alternative for cooking.
Ports across the world are exploring shore-to-ship power capabilities.
Other contenders included Panasonic's new top-of-the-line ZT plasmas, Samsung's 85-inch UHDTV and LG's soon-to-ship 55-inch OLED, but when we're thinking about what the best thing we saw this year was, there's no question that this is it.
With industry-leading products such as the ultimate 55-inch OLED TV, the world's first-to-ship 84-inch Ultra HD TV and the most advanced 3D Smart TVs in the market, LG is setting a high bar by demonstrating that superb picture quality is its top priority.
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Forty one volunteers joined 15 working crew on the Endeavour - a perfect replica of Cook's original ship - where they get to grips with the rigours of life on an 18th century tall-ship.
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On our first day on Maui, we took a ship-organised excursion to the steepling gorge of Iao Valley State Park, where misty wisps of cloud leant a volcanic air to the long-extinct peaks.
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But the allure of spending 14 days on a cargo vessel-turned-cruise ship had nothing to do with the bare-boned interior of the Aranui 3.
With a capacity of 4, 000 passengers, the 18-deck vessel is the biggest cruise ship to homeport year-round in Manhattan.
The brand board has now agreed to allow feed-lots to ship and slaughter without an additional inspection, and the state legislature will vote on the change in January.
And like the flexible LG display we saw just a bit earlier, this screen won't stay off the market for long: expect a 13.3-inch version -- with touch capability -- to ship in the next two months, though it may debut on a third-party laptop, not necessarily one manufactured by Samsung.
The idea is to permit maritime customers to extend their ship management systems to shore-based suppliers, with access through a single website.
These include: eight sophisticated diesel submarines, advanced SU-30 fighter aircraft, modern air-to-air and air-to-surface weapons, supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles and as many as 350 short- and medium-range ballistic missiles.
Tata, which mines all the iron ore and coal it needs, now aims to carry out primary steel production close to its iron-ore deposits, and then ship semi-finished steel for finishing close to foreign consumer markets.
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Its low energy-to-volume ratio renders it uneconomic to ship, which means pipelines are the only option.
It's a ship that brings containers from Canada to Liverpool - it's quite a sizeable ship - it's about 210m long and it's about to swing to go through a passage way in order to gain access to the lock.
This argument has some merit, mainly because price pressure clearly comes from the ability to ship steel from low-cost developing countries to more mature economies.
Having grown up in the old economy, DoveBid also has the know-how to offer all sorts of ancillary services, such as evaluating assets for buyers and helping them to work out how to ship heavy factory-equipment from, say, Chicago to Shanghai.
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