December 27, 2011
In the contemporary world, paperless design has been accepted as a vital aspect of the overall designing process that is used in conceptualization, creation and brainstorming over possible designs. However, not many people know about how paperless designs became mainstream or even how they got started. It was the designing of a Chinese aircraft, JH-7A, [...]
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July 5, 2010
It was not until the 1970’s when the US Armed Forces refrained from using materials containing asbestos. Because of its widespread use in the military, asbestos was patronized for several decades by the men in uniform for their needs. Naval ships and other military facilities were the dominant recipients of materials made to contain asbestos. [...]
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May 14, 2010
During the Vietnam War, Americans used one of its most decisive and devastating herbicidal weapons in order to augment its forces in battlefields and cripple critical portions of the war zone favoring the enemy. An estimated 20 million gallons of herbicides were sprayed on the thick jungles of Southern Vietnam for the purpose of reducing the growth of plants and vegetations in the area thereby lessening the supply of food
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May 2, 2010
It was through a series of unfortunate events, during WWII, that the Japanese history, particularly their swords, came into prominence. Classifying Japanese Swords has been an extremely debated subject and it still engages many conflicting views. For the uninitiated, a Japanese sword represents a technical innovation that was at least a century ahead of its generation. Unlike swords used in other parts of Asia and the Western World,
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February 21, 2009
Afganistan is replacing Iraq as the center on the war on terror. Saudi Bin Laden and al Qaeda No. 2 Egyptian doctor Ayman al-Zawahiri are still in hiding somewhere in the tribal areas of Afganistain and Pakistain border. The terrain is tough and highly mobile units like the US Army Rangers are leading the hunt for Bin Laden and the Taliban.
The US Rangers are organized into a higly
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