• The Operation National Sword (ONS) was a policy initiative launched in 2017 by the government of China to monitor and more stringently review recyclable...
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    the disposal of waste. On 1 January 2018, China announced Operation National Sword, an operation that restricted imports on 24 categories of Australian recycling...
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    Operation Scorch Sword (Persian: عَمَلیاتِ شمشیرِ سوزان) was an Iranian airstrike on Iraq's Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Centre in 1980. Conducted eight days...
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  • mastermind behind Munich, namely Abu Daoud. The operation was depicted in the television film Sword of Gideon (1986) and Steven Spielberg's film Munich...
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    Norwegian and other Allied navies. Among the five beaches of the operation, Sword is the nearest to Caen, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the goal...
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    Operation Strike of the Sword or Operation Khanjar was a US-led offensive in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. About 4,000 Marines from the 2nd...
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  • products. Starting in early 2018, the government of China, under Operation National Sword, banned the import of several types of waste, including plastics...
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    single-stream recycling was part of China's motivation for launching its Operation National Sword policy. Proponents of single-stream recycling note several advantages:...
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  • On 20 November 2022 the Turkish Air Force launched Operation Claw-Sword (Turkish: Pençe-Kılıç Operasyonu), a series of airstrikes against Syrian Democratic...
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  • A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting. Its blade, longer than a knife or dagger, is attached to a hilt and can be...
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