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 * ... that electrothermal-chemical technology can now almost double the muzzle energy of a tank gun?
 * ... that the Narita Shinkansen from Tokyo to Narita International Airport, which took nine years to build 9 km of track bed, is the only bullet train line ever officially cancelled?
 * ... that the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, founded in 1968, is one of the three inaugural satellite launch sites of the People's Republic of China?
 * ... that VolgaGES in Russia is the largest hydroelectric station in Europe as it produces 2541 MW?
 * ... that Malin Space Science Systems operates the camera on the Mars Global Surveyor (pictured)?