Glossary entry

Croatian term or phrase:

protugradne rakete

English translation:

anti-hail rockets

Added to glossary by bjuric2
Apr 24, 2005 15:39
19 yrs ago
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Croatian term

protugradne rakete

Croatian to English Other Mining & Minerals / Gems
Pyrotechnical articles are article used for entertainment, commercial or other purposes, containing components whose sagorijevanje or explosion serves to achieve the effect of fire, light, warmth, sound or smoke and includes protugradne rakete.

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anti-hail rockets

I think we've had this before. This is some device which only seems to exist in former Eastern bloc countries! If you do a search you'll see where it comes up. It is fired into clouds which appear to threaten hail, and therefore crops, and causes them to precipitate as rain, or something!

e.g.

http://www.nato.int/sfor/trans/2003/t030610a.htm

"...Major James Billings - SFOR
Good morning. I have one point this morning pertaining to SFOR’s position regarding the employment of anti-hail rockets. I would like to take this opportunity to emphasise that employment of rockets for hail reduction is a decision for the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)..."
Peer comment(s):

agree mac9lxx (X)
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agree Ljiljana Malovic : anti-hail je OK, ali prekontrolisite recenicu: "pyrotechnical articles are... i onda dolazi mnozina - articles, a ne jednina kao sto u vasem primjeru stoji. Sagorijevanje je combustion, to nije prevedeno. "...whose combustion or explosion..."
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rockets for hailstorm defense

jel ti možda spretnije ovako?
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