Fast-roping

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Class

Invention

Domain

Science and technology

Knowledge cost

2

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What Wikipedia says

Fast-roping is a technique for descending a thick rope, allowing troops to deploy from a helicopter in places where the aircraft cannot touch down.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Fast-roping”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

Image: Lance Cpl. Audrey M. Graham, U.S. Marine Corps, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.