Word: weaponeering
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...though, according to Palestinian security officials, Hamas has acquired a potent new conventional weapon. Some months ago, according to these sources, Iranian-backed operatives of the Lebanese militant group Hizballah bought or stole a North Korean-designed rocket from Syrian soldiers and passed it on to Hamas. The weapon was smuggled into the Gaza Strip, where a special Hamas engineering unit was set up to replicate it. At the end of October, Hamas launched the first of its Qassam 1 rockets toward an Israeli town. The attack was a dud; the rocket landed in an empty field. But with...
...deploying a missile shield will spur China to dramatically expand its missile fleet to ensure a continued nuclear deterrent against the U.S. "If China begins a build up?one effect is predictable: India will remove all stops and go for a big build up of both missiles and nuclear weapon... Should India take that road, who can then prevent Pakistani hardliners from repeating that sorry saying: 'We will eat grass but counter India.' Asia does not need...
...administration already has suggested cutting a program to safeguard Russian nuclear material because it is too expensive. Sept. 11 showed that the greatest threat facing the U.S. is not a warhead on an ICBM, but a “dirty bomb” on a truck or a biological weapon in a backpack—and the limited defense budget Bush has proposed would be better spent on immediate threats...
Harvard veteran guards Patrick Harvey, Gellert and Prasse-Freeman have more than enough talent and resolve to put last year’s late-season woes behind them. The backcourt trio is Harvard’s main offensive weapon and the glue that holds the team together...
Students returning home for Thanksgiving were warned to expect increased security at airports. The evening news advised air travelers to arrive at the airport two hours early and not to pack anything—tweezers, nail scissors, knitting needles—that could be considered a weapon in their carry-on baggage. We anticipated this increased airport security. It was the measures we weren’t warned about that came as a surprise...