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...talked about the taking the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) data. They put out a report earlier this year that concluded maybe it wouldn't be all that expensive to combat climate change. How do you take that...
...including terrorist teams carrying out reconnaissance at nuclear warhead storage sites in Russia. “A gap continues to exist between urgency of threat and pace of our response,” Bunn said. Bunn devotes a significant portion of the report to stressing the urgent need to combat nuclear proliferation, warning of the repercussions of a “terrorist mushroom cloud over the cinders of a major city.” He details an action plan for reducing the risk of nuclear terrorism that includes global partnership commitments, comprehensive lists of stockpiles all over the world...
...former F-14 aviator, Carroll likens the V-22 to another Marine favorite, the AV-8 Harrier jump jet. "The Harrier," he notes, "is actually a good analogy for the V-22." Like the AV-8, the V-22 is a radical aircraft crammed with compromises that may change combat forever. And like the AV-8, it may also kill a lot of Marines while doing little of note on the battlefield. Since 1971, more than a third of Harriers have crashed, killing 45 Marines in 143 accidents. But there's a critical difference between the two warplanes. Each Harrier...
While the aerodynamics of autorotation may be challenging for outsiders to grasp, a second decision - sending the V-22 into combat armed with only a tiny gun, pointing backward - is something anyone can understand. The Pentagon boasts on its V-22 website that the aircraft "will be the weapon of choice for the full spectrum of combat." That's plainly false - and by a long shot. Retired General James Jones, who recently led a study into the capabilities of the Iraqi security forces, is a V-22 supporter. But when he ran the Marines from 1999 to 2003, he insisted...
...Marines say combat jets or helicopter gunships will shadow V-22s flying into dangerous areas. And backers say the V-22's speed will help it elude threats. It could, for example, zip into harm's way at more than 200 m.p.h. (320 km/h), convert to helicopter mode and then land within seconds. It could pause on the ground to deliver or pick up Marines and then hustle from the landing zone. Various missile-warning systems and fire-extinguishing gear bolster its survivability. If it is hit, redundant hydraulic and flight-control systems will help keep it airborne. Finally, Marines...