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They do, however, have diagrams that they believe show components of a nuclear bomb. According to a Western diplomat familiar with the U.S. intel brief, a Farsi-language PowerPoint presentation on the laptop has "catchy graphics," including diagrams of a hollow metallic sphere 2 ft. in diameter and weighing about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iranian Bombshell? | 3/5/2006 | See Source »

Bennett took off his blindfold and met two men who called themselves Abu Omar and Abu Mohammed. Their faces covered by red-and-white checkered scarves, they agreed to discuss their deadly vocation. They described how they form teams of four to work with antitank mines looted from Iraqi-army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Danger Around Every Corner | 10/27/2003 | See Source »

The improvement in weaponry traces back to what did not go right the last time U.S. warplanes attacked Iraq. In 1991 clouds and smoke coming from Kuwaiti oil fields set ablaze by Saddam's troops forced many U.S. warplanes to return to their bases without dropping their ordnance because their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: Battle Plan: The Tools Of War | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

McPeak's notion was to produce a smart bomb that could be wedded to the constantly orbiting global-positioning-system (GPS) satellites so that bad visibility would not hamper targeting. His idea became a reality in 1998, when the Pentagon bought its first JDAM--joint direct-attack munition--from Boeing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: Battle Plan: The Tools Of War | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

83-mm XM-141 This 15-lb., shoulder-mounted Bunker Defeat Munition has a range of 15 to 500 yds. and can be fired by ground forces on their final approach

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Wave | 10/22/2001 | See Source »

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