"Our approach gives a low-power route to the depth imaging of ordinary, small targets at very long range, " said Aongus McCarthy, a research fellow at Heriot-Watt.

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The capability to strike at very long range with very great accuracy using conventional weapons has been a goal of strategic air power since the invention of the airplane.

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It has been held back partly by the fact that the very long-range version has yet to be launched, because the three largest aero-engine makers have been reluctant to produce engines big enough to get it off the ground.

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And within that fairly limited range, we think that the price of oil will move up and down many times, but not make a dramatic move, at least for very long, outside that range because of the balance of supply with demand.

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But Dobson sent over his long-range effort with the very last act of the game.

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Cousin had endured a frustrating first 45 minutes, seeing very little of the ball, but his speculative long range effort fired Rangers in front on the stroke of half time.

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In Britain, hours range from the very short to the very long.

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However, for much of the match the visitors, very much the underdogs, gave as good as they got, producing two long-range first-half efforts - from Yevgeny Aldonin and Deividas Semberas - that tested Inter keeper Julio Cesar.

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