conflict

Monday, July 20, 2009
Music

Motivational Music In A Dangerous Land

5:30AM Jack Loftus | For every ten stories about Iraq “reductions,” there might be one about Afghanistan—and it’s definitely not about reductions. That said, I’m glad one of my favourite blogs, The Big Picture, decided to do two posts on Afghanistan this week. More »
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Weapons

Georgian UAV Films its Own Demise in Russian MiG Attack

8:54PM Gizmodo US Edition | Apparently the latest twist in an ongoing tussle over separatist Abkhazia, this video shows an “unarmed, umanned aerial vehicle” belonging to the Georgian Interior Ministry performing “basic reconnaissance over Georgian territory,” according to the Georgians. Whether or not you believe the details in that statement, it’s pretty hard to argue with what happens at around 30 seconds into the clip. A Russian MiG29 fighter aircraft shows up, looses off an air to air missile and blows the UAV out of the sky … on camera. Though we imagine the political fallout is going to be messy, the sight of the missile streaking toward the lens is both chilling and awe-inspiring. [Danger Room] More »
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