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2/18 In 1975, after a series of abnormally high failure rates in rocket launches and missile tests, the Chinese gov sent general Zhang Aiping to investigate the problems with gyroscope factory 230, which had a reputation of unruliness as it was run by worker factions.
2/ In December 1938, a new unit was created in the British military that soon became known as Military Intelligence (Research), which is sometimes abbreviated as MI(R) or occasionally as MIR. MI(R) absorbed a technical section that was at first known as MI(R)c.
