Source: Wired.com
The Active Denial System, or ADS, is a less-lethal weapon that uses directed energy — millimeter waves — to heat up the top layer of skin. It is specifically designed not to cause any injuries, such as burns. There have been several incidents of blistering, however, and the most serious accident took place last April, when the Air Force revealed that an airman taking part in a test of ADS had been injured severely enough to be treated at a burn center. Few details were made available about the incident.
Of course, we did know about that accident, but the officials at Quantico that day assured us that the system had been tested thousands of time with no ill effects, and we were promised that details on that accident would be forthcoming soon — just not until after we had been zapped. We also didn’t know at the time — even though the Air Force had by that point fully investigated the accident and issued a mishap report — that th...
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Source: Reuters
It may be too soon to write off U.S. economic clout as Germany’s finance minister did last month, but experts say a power realignment is taking place in any event with U.S. credibility and popularity at a low.
The notion of America’s status as a global superpower has been dented by the financial meltdown but foreign and economic policy experts say U.S. omnipotence had been exaggerated.
“The U.S. remains the dominant global power in military terms but th... more
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An investigation was underway after a Fort Hood corporal who won two Army Commendation Medals during his tour of duty in Iraq was found dead in his barracks room.
Cpl. Scott Vickrey, 23, of Fayetteville, Ark., was found unconscious in his room at Rough Rider Village by his squad leader.
Medical services personnel were dispatched to the barracks room, but Vickrey was declared dead at the scene, Fort Hood said Wednesday.
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Source: washingtonpost.com
The most pervasive global strain of HIV began spreading in humans around 1900 in sub-Saharan Africa, a new study claims.
The research, which is published in the current issue ofNature, found that HIV began spreading between 1884 and 1924, around the same time urban centers in west central Africa were established. This estimated time of origin is decades earlier than the previous estimate of 1930.
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