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New MilTech in Response to Current Threat EnvironmentAmazing VideoBuffalo roams the battlefield to protect soldiers from mines
...what has been referred to as a "Humvee on steroids," the Buffalo is a 24-ton mine-protective, countermine/IED vehicle with a long grappling arm that faces down bombs, removes them and withstands terrific blasts without harm to its passengers.
Now THAT'S a REAL S.U.V.! Hoooo-rah!Yankee ingenuity at work again! (Or should I say Confederate ingenuity, since the manufacturer is in SC?) These new vehicles are capable of coping with mines, and with roadside IED's. Like in any other war that lasts long enough, changed enemy tactics lead to technological innovation and/or changed equipment and weapoons.
Via Volokh, this Mississippi television station has some amazing helicopter video from the Katrina disaster....DC on the Cusp of September
I spent the last five days in the gorgeous District of Columbia straddling two academic conferences: The annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, and the Association of Politics and Life Sciences. APLS was more interesting to me because...Gulf Coast Disaster Beyond Words
The Supreme CourtChief nearly rendered speechless
The disaster resulting from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans & environs, and coastal Mississippi and Alabama is of such a scope that descriptive terminology somehow falls flat in the face of the reality.
As more news comes out, the situation only worsens, at least thus far. Perhaps the description "...of Biblical proportions." is appropriate for once.
Our prayers go out to those affected, and we wish them as speedy a resolution to thier problems as may be possible.
The OTHER aspect of this that renders one speechless - but for a different reason are the attempts of certain libDonks to blame the problem on Bush and other conservatives. What a total crock. The Chief would like to slap 'em up side the head, except for the fact that s--t splatters. RFK Jr., and the others of their ilk on both sides of the Atlantic once and for all need to get a #12 cork installed in their pie holes.
As I realized John Thune had defeated Tom Daschle last November, the first thought that came to mind was that the people of South Dakota as just saved the Supreme Court. With the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist, the...Rounds and Hurricane
Governor Rounds is calling for people to help hurricane victims:Gov. Mike Rounds is asking South Dakotans to help victims of Hurricane Katrina with prayers and donations. The American Red Cross needs money for its relief efforts in areas hit by...Bric-A-BRAC
Kathryn (I Refuse to Call Her "K-Lo") Lopez at The Corner: An e-mail: "Is it possible that the whole Ellsworth AFB thing was a set-up from the start ? intended to make John Thune look like Superman? He?s a much...Air Force General on Thune and Ellsworth
See what retired Air Force Gen. John Michael Loh said in the Rapid City Journal:Loh said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., arranged for him to meet with or speak by telephone with seven of the nine BRAC commissioners. Loh said Skinner...
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