Grand Slam - Military

Military

  • Grand Slam (bomb), large (12 ton) British "earthquake bomb" of World War II
  • Exercise Grand Slam, a major NATO naval exercise carried out in the Mediterranean in the 1950s
  • Grand Slam Installation, modification to allow the B-36 airplane to carry nuclear weapons

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Famous quotes containing the word military:

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