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Isla Fisher is an Australian actress. She was born in 1976 at Muscat, Oman. She is best known for her role as 'Shannon Reed' in the television soap-opera 'Home And Away'.
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A khanjar is the curved dagger of Oman.
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The rial was an old English gold coin of varying value. In the reign of Henry VI the rial was worth 10s; at the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I rials were current at 15s and in the reign of James I the rose-rial was current at 30s and the spur-rial at 15s. The rial is the currency of Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia.
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OM is an abbreviation for Oman
OM is an abbreviation for Outer Marker
OM is an abbreviation for Order of Merit
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The Al Bat'Nah is a British-built Oman Province Class fast attack craft of 394 tons displacement fully loaded. The Al Bat'Nah is powered by four Paxman Valenta 18RP200 diesel engines providing a top speed of 38 knots and a range of 2000 miles at 18 knots. She caries a crew of 45 plus 14 trainees. Armaments consist of eight Aerospatiale Exocet MM40 cruise missiles; one OTO Melara 3 inch/62 compact gun; two Breda 40 mm/70 anti-aircraft guns in a twin arrangement and two 12.7 mm machine-guns.
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The Al Mua'zzar is a British built, Oman Qahir Class corvette. The ship is based on a stealth version of the proven Mark 9 corvette. The hull and superstructure have been designed to minimise the radar cross section with features including the cladding of surfaces with radar absorbent material and angled sides to reduce the return signal to hostile radars. The Qahir Al Amwaj class has speed of 25 knots in rough conditions. The maximum speed is attainable up to Sea State 5 and speed in excess of 15 knots is attainable in Sea State 6.
The ship is equipped with the Exocet MM40 Block 2 missile. The two Exocet launchers each loaded with four missiles are located on the forecastle behind the Otobreda Super Rapid gun. The ship's short range surface-to-air missile system is the Thomson-CSF Crotale NG launch unit with the VT-1 missile. The Crotale eight-round launcher is mounted aft of the funnel. The electrically driven turret weighs four tons and includes a surveillance radar, identification friend or foe, an electro-optical system, and two banks of four VT-1 missiles. The launcher slews round to the detected target at five radians per second horizontally and one radian per second vertically. Installed on the forecastle of the corvette is an Otobreda 76 millimetre 62 Super Rapid gun, with a range of 16 kilometres and a firing rate of 120 rounds per minute. On each side of the ship on the port and starboard side decks is an Oerlikon/ BAE Systems 20 millimetre gun, model GAM-BO1. The flight deck aft is of sufficient size to launch or recover a helicopter to the size of a Super Puma. The ship is designed for operation with a complement of 60 crew. Accommodation is provided for nine officers, 21 senior ratings and 30 junior ratings.
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The Al Sharqiyar is a British-built Oman Province Class fast attack craft of 394 tons displacement fully loaded. The Al Sharqiyar is powered by four Paxman Valenta 18RP200 diesel engines providing a top speed of 38 knots and a range of 2000 miles at 18 knots. She caries a crew of 45 plus 14 trainees. Armaments consist of eight Aerospatiale Exocet MM40 cruise missiles; one OTO Melara 3 inch/62 compact gun; two Breda 40 mm/70 anti-aircraft guns in a twin arrangement and two 12.7 mm machine-guns.
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The Dhofar is a British-built Oman Province Class fast attack craft of 394 tons displacement fully loaded. The Dhofar is powered by four Paxman Valenta 18RP200 diesel engines providing a top speed of 38 knots and a range of 2000 miles at 18 knots. She caries a crew of 45 plus 14 trainees. Armaments consist of six Aerospatiale Exocet MM40 cruise missiles; one OTO Melara 3 inch/62 compact gun; two Breda 40 mm/70 anti-aircraft guns in a twin arrangement and two 12.7 mm machine-guns.
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The Mussand am is a British-built Oman Province Class fast attack craft of 394 tons displacement fully loaded. The Mussand am is powered by four Paxman Valenta 18RP200 diesel engines providing a top speed of 38 knots and a range of 2000 miles at 18 knots. She caries a crew of 45 plus 14 trainees. Armaments consist of eight Aerospatiale Exocet MM40 cruise missiles; one OTO Melara 3 inch/62 compact gun; two Breda 40 mm/70 anti-aircraft guns in a twin arrangement and two 12.7 mm machine-guns.
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