Word: weaponeering
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...errors. Some of these could be eliminated by testing component parts one at a time. But when these components are finally put together, new bugs inevitably turn up. For example, in the first field trial of Aegis, a computerized system designed to defend naval ships from air attack, the weapon failed to stop six of 16 targets. Aegis' faulty software was eventually debugged, but for the Star Wars program, there may be no second chance...
...last night’s panel event, Romeo Dallaire, a retired Canadian general who led the ill-fated UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda in 1994, endorsed GIF’s decision to abstain from supporting weapons purchases. He said that millions of illicit small arms are already circulating in the developing world. “They are not void of weapon systems,” said Dallaire, a fellow at Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, which sponsored last night’s event. “They are void of trucks. They are void...
...curricular review is the other main weapon in the limited arsenal of the administration. The freshman seminar program has been expanded, and Summers and University Provost Steven E. Hyman have both taught seminars...
...knife, dumped out his liquor, and searched him to find a marijuana pipe with “residue” still inside of it. David A. Powell, 37, of Western Avenue in Allston was then placed under arrest for possession of marijuana, disorderly conduct, and possession of a dangerous weapon...
...sound sleep and dark visions of small creatures sitting by his bed that he would reach out to touch before falling unconscious. But whatever demon finally compelled Weise to act also made him plan his assault. First he needed an arsenal and armor. He had only a .22-cal. weapon. So he used it to kill his grandfather Daryl Lussier, who was separated from the grandmother Weise lived with. Lussier was a veteran sergeant with the Red Lake police department. After shooting Lussier and his girlfriend Michelle Sigana, Weise stole his grandfather's .40-cal. handgun and 12-gauge shotgun...