Word: tomahawk
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...from others, says Terence Taylor, of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. There is rather "a full range of technical military capabilities, from ICBMs to 'feet on the ground,'" in which American power is unparalleled. From aircraft carriers (the U.S. has more than all other NATO members combined) to Tomahawk cruise missiles (so good that Washington allows their export only to Britain), the American military is better equipped and more technologically advanced than any other. To an extent, all that was true after the Gulf War 10 years ago. But the gap between American military capability and that...
...Approximate number of Tomahawk cruise missiles launched into Afghanistan...
...million Cost of a Tomahawk cruise missile, 68 of which have been launched into Afghanistan...
...civilian casualties caused by the U.S. air strikes. But Governor Mullah Abdul Kabir, considered number three in the Taliban hierarchy after supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar and Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund, agreed to the reporters' request to visit the Jalalabad airport, a frequent target of U.S. fighter planes and Tomahawk cruise missiles. His decision was surprising because the airport is also a military airbase...
...loathed by opposing fans) at games as Michigan’s “Hail to the Victors” or the “USC Trojan March” performed by seemingly hundreds of trumpets. Even the FSU “War Chant” and accompanying tomahawk chop can be somewhat addicting (if annoying at the same time...