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...will operate from Diego Garcia, a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. B-2s, which also may be called up to attack targets, are expected to fly nonstop from their home base in Missouri, drop their ordnance, and then return home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buildup Update: The Deployment Continues | 9/21/2001 | See Source »

...large numbers of innocent civilians and sending V-1 and V-2 missiles to terrorize London and Antwerp during World War II. Would anyone argue that it would have been wrong for the Allies to "assassinate" those Nazis who were producing, targeting and launching the V-1s and V-2s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Defense Of Assassination | 8/27/2001 | See Source »

Both strategies may work. And that could lead to an unprecedented holiday season with not one but two hot gifts to grab, each in short supply. Each company hopes to release at least 1.5 million units by year-end--a million more than the number of PlayStation 2s that were available last Christmas, assuming the two can avoid the kind of chip shortage that bedeviled Sony. From the retailer's point of view, "it's like having a ticket on every horse in the race," says Joe Firestone, CEO of Electronics Boutique. Looks as if we have a winner already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle Of Seattle | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

Should you preorder one of the 1 million PlayStation 2s set to hit U.S. shores by December? Well, if you're salivating before you get to the end of this sentence, you already know the answer. But speaking personally, my advice would be: Not yet. Wait...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PlayStation Redux | 5/22/2000 | See Source »

...from the air base at Aviano, Italy, or from an aircraft carrier in the Ionian Sea, you are really never flying solo. You and your wingmen move into a complicated choreography charted for each of the 400 daily sorties. Depending on how far you've had to fly--B-2s fly more than 15 hours from the U.S.--it's likely your plane will slow down to gulp fuel from an aerial tanker before your final run into hostile airspace. One of every three flights is an aerial tanker sortie--more of them than attack flights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Military: How We Fight | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

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