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To achieve an extremely high level of combat readiness, equipment and personnel must be maintained at peak performance.

To achieve an extremely high level of combat readiness, equipment and personnel must be maintained at peak performance.

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S6, EP30 "Combat Training"

Combat training throughout history, reviewing survival skills and psychological tools; from ancient Rome to World Wars One and Two, and how modern training is enhanced by advanced technology and computer simulation.

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S7, EP40 "Bunkers"

Defensive fortifications span WWI bunkers to futuristic structures; explore submarine bunkers at Lorient housing 20 subs, Churchill's Cabinet War Room, Hitler's Berlin bunker, Cold War shelters, and nuclear weapon protection bunkers.

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S10, EP5 "Command Central"

Qatar represents everything a modern military command post; it can be with the most sophisticated military information systems--from video-conferencing to real-time frontline satellite communication.

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S9, EP7 "Army Corps of Engineers"

Made up of soldiers and civilians, scientists and specialists in an enormous variety of fields, the US Army Corps of Engineers was created over 200 years ago by Congressional mandate to respond, in peace and war, to the nation's engineering needs.

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S10, EP5 "Command Central"

Qatar represents everything a modern military command post; it can be with the most sophisticated military information systems--from video-conferencing to real-time frontline satellite communication.

Celebrating ingenuity, invention and imagination on a grand scale, "Modern Marvels" tells the amazing stories of the doers, dreamers and sometime-schemers who create everyday items, technological advancements and man-made wonders. From the Statue of Liberty to distilled spirits, and canals to bridges, no subject seems out of reach. Science, technology, electronics, mechanics, engineering, architecture, industry, mass production, manufacturing, and agriculture are just some of the many topics that have been covered during the long-running series.
Original Air Date: Nov 11, 1992
Genres: DocuseriesTV Series
Rating: TV14
Playback: HD
5 seasons available on demand
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