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Turks got 100 Black Hawk and Cobra helicopters from the U.S. before Gulf War I and used them against the Kurds...
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has long been known for his animated press conferences. Websites such as Cynical-C Blog (CYNICAL-C.COM) and Pale Blue Dot (PALEBLUE.US) are having fun highlighting his fighting poses. Among our favorites: the Twin Cobra Fist, Sleeping Dragon and, above, the dreaded Spider Hand...
...stockpile of U.S. weapons. Here are some conflicts of the past few years that the U.S. has unwittingly armed. Afghanistan In the 1980s anti-Soviet mujahedin got Stinger missiles and Chinese-made AK-47s, later used by the anti-U.S. Taliban turkey Turks got 100 Black Hawk and Cobra helicopters from the U.S. before Gulf War I, and used them against the Kurds Colombia M-16s that the U.S. gave to the Colombian army in the 1990s to combat drug trafficking are now in the hands of terrorist groups engaged in human-rights abuses nicaragua American arms transferred...
Still, there was a clear winner in the group: the Cobra PR 4000 WX ($120 a pair). While the Uniden GMRS 750-2CK ($100) had the second best range of the bunch, it was too big and bulky to carry around easily. The Audiovox GMRS 7001-2CH ($100) and the Midland Radio G-300 ($120 for a Two Pack) were much more compact, but their minimalist designs made it hard to find and use their various features...
...compared the 7-mile units with a 5-mile model from Motorola, the market leader in two-way radios. Motorola doesn't sell a 7-mile radio, but its compact T5950 ($130) got reception that was as good as the Cobra's and beat the others--and the T5950's smaller size made it easier to tote. For a compact model, the T5950 was our top choice, but the slightly larger Cobra's overall design, clearer sound and cool extras, like a built-in digital compass and stopwatch, made it our favorite...