While this is a significant sum, to be sure, if an apples- to-apples comparison were made, the price of purchasing and operating modern fighter aircraft wings or a class of surface ships or submarines would significantly exceed that associated with a ground-based NMD system.

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He's a class player on this surface.

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Two pounds is still lighter than the Acer Iconia W700, which weighs 2.09 pounds, so for a product in this class, the Surface Pro might even pass for compact.

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The sophistication of these new submarines became evident in October 2006 when a Chinese Song-class submarine was able to surface within torpedo range of the USS Kitty Hawk off the coast of Okinawa.

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The 3, 500 ton warship is a type 23 Duke Class frigate, the mainstay of Britain's surface fleet, which entered service in 1997.

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Surface Pro footprint: I spend a lot of time on airplanes, especially in coach class in Europe because of the exorbitant costs of Business or First class.

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The proposal currently being discussed is that ExoMars should be joined by a slightly smaller rover in the class of the US Spirit and Opportunity vehicles that are on the surface today.

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