Oerlikon Contraves. (News).Oerlikon Contraves Oerlikon is a Swiss anti-aircraft artillery manufacturer made famous by its Oerlikon 20 mm autocannon design of 1914, used in the First and Second World Wars, and still in use today. and Lockheed Martin, respectively with their Millennium Gun and Sea Slice, have recently demonstrated that they could ruin a submariner's week-end by rendering his periscope periscope (pĕr`ĭskōp) [Gr.,=view around], instrument to enable a person to see objects not in his direct line of vision or concealed by some intervening body. Its essential parts are a tube, prisms, lenses, mirrors, and an eyepiece. inoperable inoperable /in·op·er·a·ble/ (in-op´er-ah-b'l) not susceptible to treatment by surgery. in·op·er·a·ble adj. Unsuitable for a surgical procedure. . Indeed, as part of the US Navy Fleet Battle Experiment-Juliet in July and August off the coast of California, the Sea Slice equipped with the Millennium gun (itself controlled by an STN Atlas Electronik MSP (1) (Management Service Provider or Managed Service Provider) An organization that manages a customer's computer systems and networks which are either located on the customer's premises or at a third-party datacenter. 500 electro-optical fire control system) showed that it was able to meet the new threats of littoral warfare. |
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