Euchre it was introduced by French or American prisoners of war imprisoned in Dartmoor prison during the early 19th century. Ombre is an ancestral form of Euchre. In the United States the only teaching of the game, except a few paragraphs in the late American editions of "Hoyle's Games", and of "Bonn's New Hand-Book of Games", is contained in "The Game of Euchre"; with its Laws, 32mo., Philadelphia, 1850, pp. 32, attributed to a late learned jurist. The game has declined in popularity since the 19th century, when it was widely regarded as the national card game, but it retains a
Mikoyan Skat works on the Mikoyan Skat UCAV are currently underway. Mikoyan Skat The Mikoyan Skat (from Russian 'Скат' – "manta ray") is a concept of a strike unmanned combat aerial vehicle developed by the Mikoyan for the Russian Defense Ministry. It is being also developed into the 20-ton Okhotnik-B stealth strike UCAV by the Sukhoi. SKAT is a low-observable, subsonic craft meant to carry weapons in two ventral weapons bays large enough for missiles such as the Kh-31, powered by a single Klimov RD-5000B turbofan engine, a variant of the RD-93. Possible roles include the suppression and attack of enemy air