minuteman
Noun
Meaning
A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's notice; -- a term used in the American Revolution.
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Alamyri Abraham, an employee at Minuteman Food Mart, located on 5102 N. Fayetteville Road, reported Wednesday to the Lumberton Police Department that someone stole two 24 packs of bottled Corona beer from the business.
As a missile repair technician at a Minuteman silo, he is among the first to witness the initial missile launches, indicating full-scale nuclear war.
An early Minuteman first stage used a single motor with four gimballed nozzles to provide pitch, yaw, and roll control.
A decade ago, Jim Gilchrist organized the anti-immigrant Minuteman Project from his home in Aliso Viejo, inspiring amateur border-watchers across the Southwest.
For each test a Minuteman missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California carrying a single mock re-entry vehicle targeted for Kwajalein lagoon more than convert away.
An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.