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The Bat and the Viper.


There have recently been some reports stating that Northrop Grumman's Brilliant Anti-Tank top-attack submunition Any munition that, to perform its task, separates from a parent munition.  had been renamed Brilliant Anti-Armour to reflect its ability to attack vehicles other than main battle tanks. A Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S.  official stated that, in fact, the company merely changed the original acronym acronym: see abbreviation.


A word typically made up of the first letters of two or more words; for example, BASIC stands for "Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
 designation to Bat to name the weapon after the little winged mammal endowed en·dow  
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 with a natural high-powered sensor system. The Viper Strike is a derivative intended for dispatch from drones. The model seen here was displayed by Northrop Grumman at the Eurosatory exhibition in June 2004.
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Title Annotation:Digest
Publication:Armada International
Date:Oct 1, 2004
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