Snip: War is hell. But it’s worse when the Marines bring out their new urban combat weapon, the SMAW-NE. Which may be why they’re not talking about it, much. This is a version of the standard USMC Shoulder Mounted Assault Weapon but with a new warhead. Described as NE - "Novel Explosive"- it is a thermobaric mixture which ignites the air, producing a shockwave of unparalleled destructive power, especially against buildings.
It proved highly effective in the battle for Fallujah. This from the Marine Corps Gazette, July edition: "SMAW gunners became expert at determining which wall to shoot to cause the roof to collapse and crush the insurgents fortified inside interior rooms."
Mexico launching efforts to register migrants in US for absentee voting
Snip: Government officials estimate 11 million Mexicans live abroad, 98 percent of them in the United States. About 4 million of those are believed to be registered voters. Absentee ballots will be used for presidential elections only.
Mexico's 1st couple authorized to spend $15 million (American) for travel and clothing
Snip: The Mexican Chamber of Deputies, for 2006, authorized MP$162,301,500.00 [US$15,268,250.00] for gala attire, general wardrobe, personal accessories, tickets and travel allowances for President Vicente Fox and his wife, Martha Sahagún. This is an increase of MP$62,903,200.00 [US$5,917,516], 63.3 percent, over 2005.
Snip: Soldiers perched on top of Stryker armored vehicles, scanning the desert with cutting-edge surveillance equipment, led to the capture of 1,802 undocumented immigrants in one month west of Columbus, N.M., Border Patrol officials said Tuesday.
The soldiers are helping the Border Patrol spot immigrants and drug smugglers but can't search, seize, detain or make arrests because federal law prohibits the use of the military to enforce civil law.
Snip: At 14 ounces, the tiny but powerful OQO ultra-mini computer would be just the thing for secret agents. Fittingly, OQO Inc. announced Wednesday that a former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and a former director of the National Security Agency are members of a funding body that led a $20 million financing round for the firm.
FAA orders fuel tank retrofits to prevent explosions
Snip: The federal government told airlines yesterday they will need to retrofit thousands of passenger aircraft to prevent fuel tank explosions like the one that brought down TWA Flight 800 off the coast of Long Island.
The 152-page proposed rule issued by the Federal Aviation Administration comes after months of wrangling within the U.S. Department of Transportation, the FAA's parent agency, over the cost to the airlines - estimated to be $313 million to retrofit 3,200 passenger planes over the next seven years.
Aren't those new weapons exciting, wow.
Thanks for the missing scientists link, makes one wonder how many of them could have found the cure for the bird flu?
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