The Insane Engineering of the Javelin

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References:
[1] https://www.jstor.org/stable/25778441
[2] Field Manual Headquarters No. 3-22.37 Javelin
[3] https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc...
[4] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/...

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