2022年6月21日 星期二

An anti-personnel weapon, talaria and talipot


Biden Bans Most Antipersonnel Land Mine Use, Reversing Trump-Era Policy

The move by President Biden effectively returns to a 2014 policy forbidding the use of the weapons except for in defense of South Korea.

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talaria

tale talipot ta·lar·i·a (tə-lâr'ē-ə) pronunciation pl.n.

Winged sandals such as those worn by Hermes and Iris as represented in Greco-Roman painting and sculpture.

[Latin tālāria, from neuter pl. of tālāris, of the ankles, from tālus, ankle.]

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The noun talipot has one meaning:

Meaning #1: tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper Synonyms: talipot palm, Corypha umbraculifera

http://www.lankalibrary.com/images/aluvihara2.jpg the Tripitaka on talipot leaves. The Tripitaka (Sanskrit त्रिपिटक, lit. three baskets), Tipitaka (Pāli), or 三藏 (Chinese:



An anti-personnel weapon is a weapon primarily used to maim or kill infantry and other personnel not behind armor, as opposed to attacking structures or ...

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