Clay masonry family fallout shelters

Structural Clay Products Institute

Description

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Sujets

• Fallout shelter
• Nuclear fallout
• Nuclear weapon

Informations

• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 16
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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