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  • Terrified Russian troops flee when their armoured vehicles are destroyed by pinpoint Ukrainian fire as they leave behind wounded comrades who are forced to crawl to save their lives in shocking video

    01/28/2023 1:15:02 PM PST · by marcusmaximus · 129 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 1/28/2023 | Matt Powell
    Footage from a fierce ongoing battle around Vuhledar, southwest of Donetsk, shows Russian soldiers retreating after their five vehicles were hit by Ukrainian artillery. The Russian troops were forced to run away and leave their wounded crawling behind them after being struck by airburst ammunition. -snip- Russia is said to be planning a 'new pre-emptive strike' in Ukraine according to satellite photos which show Putin's forces building up fortifications. The new offensive will reportedly take place ahead of the first anniversary of their invasion on February 24.
  • Death from above? Fireball may have destroyed ancient Syrian village

    06/21/2020 9:53:35 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 52 replies
    Live Science ^ | 20 June 2020 | Nola Taylor Redd
    13,000 years ago, something very bad seems to have occurred, leaving a layer of carbon suggesting dramatic fires. But for much of the last decade, scientists inspecting the remnants of the village have debated what happened, unable to decide whether the carbon formed during an airburst or during more mundane fires among the thatched huts. So Moore decided to reexamine the glass in more detail. His analysis of the glass composition matched a 2012 finding claiming an airburst had destroyed Abu Hureyra, suggesting that the villagers' bucolic lifestyle ended suddenly when one or more fragments from a passing comet exploded...
  • Trump amps up defense against EMP attacks

    03/27/2019 8:18:01 AM PDT · by rktman · 53 replies
    wnd.com ^ | 3/26/2019 | Unknown
    President Trump on Tuesday added to his long list of battles by issuing an executive order to increase preparedness for a possible electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, attack. An EMP, either by a nuclear device or solar event, could shut down massive sections of the electric grid, according to numerous studies. That would mean no financial transactions are possible, no truck transport to haul goods and food, no communications and much more. In short, it could threaten the lives of tens of millions of people. The White House confirmed that the president has signed an order titled “Coordinating National Resilience to...
  • Cosmic Airburst May Have Wiped Out Part of the Middle East 3,700 Years Ago

    11/29/2018 3:27:03 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 28 replies
    The airburst "in an instant, devastated approximately 500 km2 [about 200 square miles] immediately north of the Dead Sea, not only wiping out 100 percent of the [cities] and towns, but also stripping agricultural soils from once-fertile fields and covering the eastern Middle Ghor with a super-heated brine of Dead Sea anhydride salts pushed over the landscape by the event's frontal shock waves," the researchers wrote in the abstract for a paper that was presented at the American Schools of Oriental Research annual meeting held in Denver Nov. 14 to 17. Anhydride salts are a mix of salt and sulfates....
  • Impact melt products as evidence for cosmic airbursts/impacts 12,900 years ago

    07/14/2012 6:00:04 AM PDT · by rjbemsha · 11 replies
    This paper supports the proposal that fragments of an asteroid or comet impacted Earth, deposited silica-and iron-rich microspherules and other proxies across several continents, and triggered the Younger Dryas cooling episode 12,900 years ago.
  • America Has a Naive President

    04/07/2009 4:47:36 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 54 replies · 1,663+ views
    Townhall.net ^ | April 7, 2009 | Dennis Prager
    The basic bargain is sound: countries with nuclear weapons will move toward disarmament, countries without nuclear weapons will not acquire them.” -- President Barack Obama, Prague, April 6, 2009 As far as nuclear weapons are concerned, the President of the United States wants America to disarm: “Countries with nuclear weapons will move toward disarmament.” It is hard to imagine a more destructive goal. A nuclear disarmed America would lead to massive and widespread killing, more genocide, and very possibly the nuclear holocaust worldwide nuclear disarmament is meant to prevent. There is nothing moral, let alone realistic, about this goal. Here...
  • Strike threats loom ahead of Airbus restructuring plan

    02/27/2007 4:38:59 PM PST · by Excuse_My_Bellicosity · 226+ views
    Times Online U.K. ^ | February 28, 2007 | David Robertson
    Airbus, the troubled European aircraft manufacturer, will announce its restructuring plans today amid political posturing and industrial action. Trade unions said yesterday that job losses and factory closures could spark Europe-wide strikes. Workers at one Airbus plant outside Paris spontaneously downed tools and walked out yesterday at the threat that their facility could close. Airbus is hoping to save €2 billion (£1.4 billion) a year through a series of cuts after delays to its A380 superjumbo cost the company billions in lost earnings. The Power 8 restructuring plan is expected to see about 3,500 jobs go in Germany and 4,000...
  • Airbus tags more cash for A350

    11/05/2006 9:18:22 AM PST · by Excuse_My_Bellicosity · 10 replies · 439+ views
    International Harold Tribune ^ | November 3, 2006 | Andrea Rothman
    TOULOUSE, France: Airbus plans to increase spending by 20 percent, to $12 billion, to develop its A350 jet, a long- range plane that would be made mainly of lightweight carbon fiber, two people with direct knowledge of the proposal said Friday. The European plane maker, which is trailing Boeing in new orders this year, will present designs for the A350 XWB to its parent company, European Aeronautic Defense & Space, on Tuesday, according to the people, who declined to be identified before an announcement. The plane is the sixth attempt by Airbus to come up with a rival to Boeing's...
  • Virgin Atlantic to delay A380 deliveries until 2013 (Schadenfreud!!)

    10/26/2006 12:02:41 PM PDT · by SW6906 · 44 replies · 1,181+ views
    MarketWatch ^ | 10/26/06 | Steve Goldstein
    LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Virgin Atlantic on Thursday said it's agreed to push back deliveries of the troubled Airbus A380 superjumbo until 2013, a move it said would give Airbus the ability to focus on getting first versions of the planes to key customers. The privately held airline said by then, the A380 will have proved its "innovative design" over several years in customer service. Virgin had previously anticipating delivery of its first A380 in 2009. The deferral will allow Airbus to prioritize production and deliveries for launch customers such as Singapore Airlines, Virgin said, adding it's extended the leases of...
  • Qatar goes for Boeing as Airbus feels pinch

    09/24/2006 10:09:49 AM PDT · by Excuse_My_Bellicosity · 12 replies · 745+ views
    ITP Business Net ^ | Sunday, 24 September 2006 | Alexandra Dubsky
    Under-fire aircraft manufacturer Airbus has been dealt another blow after Qatar Airways confirmed plans to take delivery of a further 20 Boeing 777s. The airline will run 40 Boeings in total, after the announcement last week of a firm order for 20 777s. The airline’s fleet was previously exclusively provided by Airbus. “We placed a firm order for the first 20, but we are planning to buy 40 all together,” Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker revealed to Arabian Business - scotching concerns that the US$4.9bn deal had been aborted, after Boeing removed a press release for the order from...