Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
How Fast Can Ebola Travel Around The World?
This is one day of airline travel in the world.
Never in the history of the world has a virus had the ability
to travel thousands of miles in a single day: until this modern era.
Massive internal bleeding must really hurt.
It is only because of cynical immigration politics that this irresponsible administration does not put an end to illegal immigration and ban flights from certain countries. They endanger our lives, our country and our families.
NAVY: SELF-GUIDED UNMANNED PATROL BOATS MAKE DEBUT
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Self-guided unmanned patrol boats that can leave warships they're protecting and swarm and attack potential threats on the water could join the Navy's fleet within a year, defense officials say, adding the new technology could one day help stop attacks like the deadly 2000 bombing of the USS Cole off Yemen.The Arlington-based Office of Naval Research demonstrated the autonomous swarm boat technology over two weeks in August on the James River near Fort Eustis in Virginia - not far from one of the Navy's largest fleet concentration areas. It said the Navy simulated a transit through a strait, just like the routine passage of U.S. warships through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.
In the demonstrations, as many as 13 small unmanned patrol boats were escorting a high-value Navy ship. Then as many as eight of the self-guided vessels broke off and swarmed around a threat when a ship playing the part of an enemy vessel was detected, the office said, calling the demonstrations a success.
Robert Brizzolara, program manager at the Office of Naval Research, said that the boats can decide for themselves what movements to make once they're alerted to a threat and work together to encircle or block the path of an opposing vessel, depending on that vessel's movements and those of other nearby vessels.
The rigid-hull inflatable patrol boats can also fire .50 caliber machine guns if called upon to do so. However, a human will always be the one to make the decision to use lethal force, officials said. A sailor on a command ship would be in charge of each of the unmanned boats and could take control over any ..
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