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![The Insane Engineering of the Javelin
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[1] https://www.jstor.org/stable/25778441
[2] Field Manual Headquarters No. 3-22.37 Javelin
[3] https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/american-volunteer-foreign-fighters-ukraine-russia-war/627604/
[4] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1464420717753233
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![The Insane Engineering of the GEnX
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References
[1] https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/qantas-repatriation-flight-buenos-aires-darwin-intl-hnk/index.html
[2] https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/coffman-combustion-starters
[3] https://www.scalespot.com/reviews/kits/ag330-hypersonic/review.htm
[4] https://www.airmak.com/index.php/air-start-unit/
[5] https://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_4_07/article_02_4.html
[6] https://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_4_07/article_02_3.html
[7] https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/149784
[8] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589299119300576
[9] https://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/Aircraft_Bleed_Air_Systems
[10] https://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_4_07/article_02_4.html & https://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_4_07/article_02_2.html
[11] https://www2.chem.wisc.edu/deptfiles/genchem/netorial/modules/thermodynamics/energy/energy2.htm#:~:text=Kinetic%20energy%20is%20directly%20proportional,meters%20squared%20per%20second%20squared.
[12] https://www.safran-landing-systems.com/wheels-and-brakes
[13] https://www.aeroexpo.online/prod/safran-landing-systems/product-186655-46669.html
[14] https://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/articles/qtr_4_07/article_02_3.html
[15] https://www.geaviation.com/commercial/engines/genx-engine
[16] https://www.geaviation.com/sites/default/files/datasheet-genx.pdf.
[17] https://www.flightglobal.com/analysis-industry-sees-path-to-carbon-neutral-aviation/117396.article
[18] https://www.colorado.edu/faculty/kantha/sites/default/files/attached-files/fromm.pdf
[19] https://www.materialstoday.com/composite-industry/features/composites-get-in-deep-with-new-generation-engine/
[20] https://www.colorado.edu/faculty/kantha/sites/default/files/attached-files/fromm.pdf
[21] https://global.kawasaki.com/en/corp/rd/magazine/179/pdf/n179en14.pdf
[22] https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/compression-ratio
[23] https://www.alentecinc.com/papers/NOx/The%20formation%20of%20NOx_files/The%20formation%20of%20NOx.htm
[24] https://www.digitalrefining.com/article/1000637/ambient-conditions-impact-co-and-nox-emissions-part-ii#.YS1U49NKj8Y
[25] https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/apl/research/aircraft_technology/cleen/reports/media/taps_ii_public_final_report.pdf
[26] https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20150007508/downloads/20150007508.pdf
[27] https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2012-936
[28] https://blog.geaviation.com/manufacturing/the-magnitude-of-manufacturing/
[29] https://www.sme.org/technologies/articles/2015/august/grinding-gamma-titanium-aluminide/
[30] https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/pdf/2020/17/matecconf_ti2019_08002.pdf
[31] https://www.boeing.com/aboutus/environment/environmental_report_09/_inc/flash-2-3-2.htm
[32] https://aviationbenefits.org/newswire/2013/06/chevron-nozzles-reduce-noise/.
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![NASAs Weirdest Experimental Plane
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[1] https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/ThinkingObliquely-ebook.pdf
[2]https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19930074026/downloads/19930074026.pdf
[3] https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19870009137/downloads/19870009137.pdf
[4] http://www.srmuniv.ac.in/sites/default/files/downloads/class5-2012.pdf
[5] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-081-DFRC.html
[6] https://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/bitstream/handle/1840.16/2141/etd.pdf?sequence=1
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[7] page 18 https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/Sweeping_Forward.pdf
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![The Economics of Nuclear Energy
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[1] https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/29752/GTR2019.pdf
[2] https://www.electricitymap.org/zone/GB?solar=false&remote=true&wind=false
[3] http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2016/ph241/keller2/docs/schlissel.pdf
[4] https://www.eia.gov/electricity/generatorcosts/
[5] https://youtu.be/cbeJIwF1pVY
[6] http://css.umich.edu/factsheets/nuclear-energy-factsheet#:~:text=A%20uranium%20fuel%20pellet%20(1,or%203%20barrels%20of%20oil.&text=Typical%20reactors%20hold%2018%20million%20pellets.&text=Each%20kWh%20of%20nuclear%20electricity,of%20life%20cycle%20energy%20inputs.
[7] https://online.ucpress.edu/cse/article/3/1/1/108808/Closing-Diablo-Canyon-Nuclear-Power-Plant-2009
[8]http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/pg-es-massive-battery-storage-project-at-moss-landing-is-approved/article_d024179c-5d77-11ea-a4b8-334d45b7f474.html
[9] https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/pdf/electricity_generation.pdf
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