More Kinetic Military Action
Rich Galen
Friday April 22, 2011
- "� Washington Post/Predators ... ": Here's a link to the Washington Post's coverage of the decision to deploy Predator Drones in Libya.
- "� Predator Info ... ": Here's the (somewhat outdated) Wikipedia entry for the General Atomics MQ-1 Predator.
- "� Predator in Action ... ": WARNING: Nightmare inducing video.
Here's a link to video of a Predator Drone vaporizing a group of people attempting to set up an IED in Iraq in 2008.
- "� Hellfire Missile ... ": Here's a link to Lockeed-Martin's website extolling the virtures of the Hellfire missile.
- "� Military Advisors in Libya ... ": Here's a link to the Al Jazeera piece on the French and UK sending military advisors into Libya.
Mullfoto of the Day
The official language of Nigeria is English. I'm not sure what language the tag on the back of this flat-bed truck is in.
Mission Impossible-obia?
Catchy Caption of the Day
Actual Caption:
A billowing tower of gas and dust rises from the stellar nursery known as the Eagle Nebula. This small piece of the Eagle Nebula is 57 trillion miles long (91.7 trillion km).
The Hubble Telescope has been taking photos like this for 21 years. I remember the first time I saw this. It took my breath away. I literally could not breath.
(NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team, STScI/AURA)
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