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...hunters stalked their prey from the sky and in the shadows, armed with instruments of death and waiting for Osama bin Laden to reveal himself. Above the gnarled ridges outside the besieged cities of Jalalabad and Kandahar, U.S. warplanes unloaded laser-guided Maverick missiles and 5,000-lb. bunker busters to collapse limestone redoubts and bury anyone taking cover inside. Members of the U.S. Army's clandestine 800-man Delta Force tracked likely bin Laden hideouts, equipped with night-vision goggles and stun grenades, in case they had to creep inside the mountains, and laser pointers, in the hope that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hunt for Osama bin Laden | 11/18/2001 | See Source »

Adams House is one of the many houses hosting a tailgate. Adams House Committee Co-Chair Benjamin L. Miller ’02 said that the House plans to offer various food and hot drinks as well as champagne, beer and the opportunity to play laser...

Author: By Michaela O. Daniel and Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Campus Readies for Saturday’s Battle at Yale | 11/16/2001 | See Source »

...good guys, on the other hand, do their utmost to protect civilians during times of war. They use laser-guided “smart bombs” to make sure that they blow up only military installations and not civilians. Along with their explosives, they also drop thousands of tasty treats, ensuring that the poor people living behind enemy lines do not starve. They are even kind enough to halt bombing on the enemy’s weekly holy...

Author: By Nader R. Hasan, | Title: Paved With Good Intentions | 11/14/2001 | See Source »

DEFUSERS Procedures that use laser or surgical techniques to safely disarm homemade bombs and weapons of mass destruction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pentagon's Wish List | 11/5/2001 | See Source »

...providers of wireless technologies have had a hard time gaining market share. But the World Trade Center tragedy has unexpectedly given them a chance to show off their wares. Because the fiber-optic lines in lower Manhattan were damaged, Merrill Lynch turned to Seattle-based Terabeam, which provides laser transmitters (like the one below) that connect individual offices to the data network. The devices, trained on each other through windows, can send a gigabit of information per second--600 times faster than the T-1 lines used in many offices. Service starts at about $2,500 per month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Briefing: Oct. 29, 2001 | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

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