Word: armoring
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...sleek lines of the Israeli Merkava tank protrude from behind an olive tree at the end of a track of churned earth, its barrel pointing menacingly at the border road. But this tank is harmless, a burnt-out and abandoned victim of Hizballah's deadly anti-armor missiles. The detritus of a hasty departure lies around the fire blackened tank - a green canvas army sack covered in dried blood, discarded food wrappers with Hebrew inscriptions and several broken stretchers...
...would require a massive modernization that would take at least three years and cost upward of $1 billion, according to Dr. Riad Kahwaji, the Lebanese founder of the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis, a think tank in Dubai. Right now, its 1960s-era American and Soviet armor is so obsolete that spare parts are no longer available. Its only air force consists of 16 very old Huey helicopters that pilots call "flying coffins"; it has no navy except for four or five patrol boats; no border sensors; no night vision goggles; and minimal special forces. "The Lebanese...
...Israeli officers themselves have been impressed by the tenacity of Hizballah's fighters: They have not flinched from engaging despite the Israelis' overwhelming advantages of airpower, armor and artillery. Instead, they're putting up strong resistance throughout the south, operating with a high degree of guerrilla professionalism in small, autonomous units that have prepared for six years to fight the Israelis on home turf. They have laid in supplies of food and ammunition, negating the requirement for short-term resupply. And rather than melting away before the advancing Israeli columns, Hizballah fighters are actually seeking out concentrations of Israeli forces...
...Drink until you can figure out this gem of dialogue: “Ted, you’re not dead!” “I know! I fell out of my armor when I hit the ground...
...future life partner and literary collaborator, Lisa A. Barnett, who attended the University of Massachusetts in Boston. The pair has co-written three fantasy-mystery novels—“Point of Hopes”, “Point of Dreams” and “The Armor of Light”—as well as a short story called “The Carmen Miranda Gambit.” Barnett died this May from breast cancer that spread to her brain. “What a rare and wonderful partnership they...