421. Fact

Socialism
Control of production and means of distribution in the hands of the state.

422. Fact

Statute
Law made by the parliament, enshrined in the statue book, which are binding on al subjects, of a particular country.

423. Fact

Suffrage
Right of voting in political elections.

424. Fact

Self-determination
Right of a nation deciding its own form of government, its political destiny or independence.

425. Fact

Territorial waters
Areas of the sea up to 12 km measured from the low water mark of the coast and within the executive control of an adjacent state.

426. Fact

Unicameral
A legislature having only one house.

427. Fact

Veto
Right to reject any resolution or enactment passed by the legislature.

428. Fact

Arsenal
Place where arms and ammunition are manufactured and stored.

429. Fact

Battalion
An army unit consisting of 1,000 combatants led by a lieutenant colonel.

430. Fact

Battery
A unit of a number of artillery guns, mobile or fixed.

431. Fact

Bull's eye
The point of target that has t be aimed or hit while practicing shooting.

432. Fact

Cockpit
Pilot's seat in the fuselage of an aeroplane.

433. Fact

Camouflage
Hiding of objects by various means to deceive or bamboozle the enemy about their real location thereby protecting them from air and ground attacks.

434. Fact

Commando
A mobile body of guerilla fighters.

435. Fact

Conscription
Compulsory recruitment of personnel for service in the armed forces.

436. Fact

Division
Normally, a division has 20,000 troops commanded by a major general equipped with two or more brigades of infantry with befitting artillery and engineering equipment.

437. Fact

Dogfight
An aerial duel between two or more aircraft's at a close range.

438. Fact

Flotilla
A fleet of boats or small ships.

439. Fact

Guided missiles
Powered by rockets or jet propulsion, they are unmanned, self propelled air or space vehicle fitted with explosive warheads. Guided missiles are either self directed with inlaid controls or under remote controls based on the firing range.

440. Fact

Icbm
Inter continental ballistic missile is a rocket propelled surface to surface guided missile carrying a nuclear warhead which can reach a destined city or installation in the world and destroy it entirely.

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