Iraq’s army chief, Lieutenant General Babakir Zebari, with US counterpart Lieutenant General Michael Barbero at a news conference. Author Archive
Iraq News Updates — August 12, 2010
Posted by Bookyards on August 12th, 2010
Iraq’s army chief, Lieutenant General Babakir Zebari, with US counterpart Lieutenant General Michael Barbero at a news conference. 
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Comments OffWith U.S. Forces Leaving Iraq, Security Contractors Fill The Void
Posted by Bookyards on August 12th, 2010
Tough guys: Iraqi and foreign members of a private security firm stand on a rooftop in Baghdad. Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images/NEWSCOM
Mercenaries To Fill Void Left By U.S.
Posted in Iraq Tags: Afp, American Troops, Armed Response, Baghdad, Boon, Chief Of Staff, Explosives, Getty Images, Industry Insider, Mercenaries, Military Functions, Newsweek, Number Crunchers, Patrick Baz, Private Security Industry, Response Teams, Security Contractors, Security Firm, Tough Guys, U S Army Comments OffThe Theoretical Energy Ceiling For Lasers Is Approaching
Posted by Bookyards on August 12th, 2010
Construction Worker in Laser Target Chamber at National Ignition Facility Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Coming Generation Of Lasers May Be The Most Powerful Lasers That Will Ever Lase — Popular Science
The theoretical energy ceiling for lasers is approaching.
The most powerful lasers now being built, such as the forthcoming Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) project underway in Europe, may approach the physical ceiling of laser intensity — they may turn out to be the most powerful lasers that ever can be built, says a new article on the PhysicsBuzz blog.
That finite limit on how intense a laser can get is hypothesized to exist because, at sufficiently high energies, matter can be created out of light.
Read more ….
My Comment: I am sure that many in Darpa (and equivalent programs in other countries), are watching these experiments very closely.
Posted in World News Tags: Blog, Coming Generation, Construction Worker, Darpa, Equivalent Programs, Europe, Finite Limit, Infrastructure, Laser Intensity, Laser Target, Lasers, Lawrence Livermore National, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore National Laboratory, National Ignition Facility, New Article, Popular Science, Science Energy, Target Chamber Comments OffAmputee Veterans Show True Grit
Posted by Bookyards on August 12th, 2010
Amputee Veterans Stand Up To Mount Kilimanjaro And Achieve Peak Condition — Washington Post
When U.S. Army Sgt.
Posted in World News Tags: Afghanistan, Africa, Army Sgt, Arusha Tanzania, Double Amputee, Former Soldiers, interesting story, Legs, Mount Kilimanjaro, Neil Duncan, Peak Condition, Stumps, Three Men, Three Soldiers, True Grit, U S Army, Washington Post Comments OffThe Newest Threat From Iran In The Straits Of Hormuz
Posted by Bookyards on August 12th, 2010
The Bladerunner 51, weighing 16 tonnes and 15.5 metres (45 feet) long is manufactured at the ICE Marine shipyard in Britain and can reach a maximum speed of 65 knots
Iran Navy Produces Armed Copy Of Bladerunner 51 Speedboat — The Telegraph
Iran says it will mass produce armed replicas of the Bladerunner 51, the British-built speedboat hailed among the fastest in the world, for its navy in the Gulf.
A senior commander said Iran would arm the copy vessel with missiles and torpedoes as it continues to build its military presence in the Strait of Hormuz.
General Ali Fadavi of the Revolutionary Guards’s navy, told AFP: “The Bladerunner is a British ship that holds the world speed record.
Posted in World News Tags: Aircraft Carriers, Bladerunner, British Ship, Confines, Cruisers, iran navy, Marine Shipyard, Maximum Speed, Military Presence, Oil Tankers, Persian Gulf, Pt Boats, Revolutionary Guards, Second World War, Speed Boats, Speedboat, Strait Of Hormuz, Suicide Attack, Torpedoes, War In The Pacific, World Speed Record Comments Off
