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...AIRCRAFT The U2 can pick up details the satellites can't, while lower-flying helicopters and drones equipped with everything from gamma-ray detectors will zoom in on suspicious sites, taking air samples and radiation readings...
...Washington sought to keep up the pressure on Baghdad, last Monday by citing Iraq's firing on U.S. aircraft patrolling the no-fly zone as a violation of Resolution 1441. Almost in the same breath, U.S. officials made clear they would not claim this as grounds to reconvene the Security Council and demand military action - for the simple reason that most Council members don't share the U.S. interpretation, because the "no-fly zones" are not specifically mandated by any UN resolution. Of course, if one of Saddam's ack-ack gunners succeeds - improbably, after more than five years...
...Arab support against the U.S. Coalition pilots fly under rules of engagement that allow them to bomb any Iraqi air-defense facilities as soon as those facilities begin targeting the warplanes with radar. Lately, their list of targets has expanded to include not only missile- and anti-aircraft artillery batteries, but also air defense command centers in what many analysts see as a preparation for an eventual invasion...
Gone too are the cables and mechanical links that have held together cars since the dawn of the automobile age a century ago. Instead, the steering and braking are fully electronic, using techniques pioneered in fly-by-wire aircraft cockpits. In place of the steering column is a small color screen and two handgrips. To accelerate, you twist the grips. To apply the brakes, you squeeze them. To turn left or right, you move the grips up or down...
...settle for two-wheeled scooters when you can have three? The Trikke may look a little silly, with its oversized polyurethane wheels and its odd, swiveling action. But it's a serious scooter, made of aircraft-grade aluminum (at the same Chinese factory that manufactures the popular Razor scooter), and it offers exceptional stability and dependable, handlebar-mounted brakes. Trikkes are a surprise hit in Hollywood, where Jennifer Aniston, Timothy Hutton and David Spade have all been spotted riding on them. INVENTOR Trikke Tech AVAILABILITY Now, $200 to $300 TO LEARN MORE www.trikke.com