These 10-pound (4.5-kg) darts are 2 feet (61 cm) long, approximately 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter and leave the barrel of the tank's cannon traveling at over 1 mile (1.6 km) per second. The dart has so much kinetic energy and is so strong that it is able to pierce the ...
While the space shuttles are a great technological advance, they are limited as to how much payload they can take into orbit. The shuttles are not the heavy lift vehicles like the Saturn V or the Delta rockets. The shuttle cannot go to high altitude orbits or escape the Earth's gravitation...
Font size:A+A- Editor's Note: China Daily's think tank 'China Watch Institute' issued a report to brief readers about how some individuals and organizations in Western countries rolled out defamation campaign against the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in an attempt to discredit and suppress ...
"Bonus Marchers" numbering more than 20,000 remained in Washington after this decision, demonstrating discontent so much that President Herbert Hoover called for the Army's help. Hundreds of troops intervened on the marchers’ camps force that left two protesting World War II veterans dead and ...
increasing “freedom of navigation” exercises in the South China Sea, much of which China claims as its own. The Trump team also slapped a wide range of tariffs on thousands of Chinese goods. When Biden got to the White House, he kept Trump’s more hardline approach to China in place,...
a lot of preparation. To survive the impending doomsday you must prepare adequately. The preparation is often done months or even years before the anticipated doomsday. During this period, preppers have to maximize the little time they have to pack and prep as much as they can. Here are ...
Modern chemical weapons tend to focus on agents with much greater killing power, meaning that it takes a lot less of the chemical to kill the same number of people. Many of them use the sorts of chemicals found in insecticides. When you spray your lawn or garden with a chemical to contro...
"If you focus too much on the numbers of officers, you have to reduce the numbers of civilian staff like crime analysts and police intelligence," said Dr Muir. He added that these civilian staff are not only generally better suited to these kinds of roles, but also...
Since 2016, the NED has provided the WUC with as much as US$1.284 million, and millions of dollars of additional funding to WUC affiliates. In 2018, NED funding to the WUC and its affiliates reached nearly US$665,000, and in 2019, US$960,000, up by almost 50%. ...
A bit too macabre? My apologies. In truth, I enjoy Thanksgiving as much as most, more than many and less than a few; being my first year away from family and friends during this festive period, I wondered how I would feel spending so much time with people I’ve only known for many...