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October 2, 2007 at 12:55 am · Filed under Weapons & War, Photography, History
WWII in Color website has the Internet’s largest collection of rare color photographs from World War II. This one above is a signed photo of the Flying Tigers in China.
Flying Tigers was a volunteer group of pilots and ground crew, recruited under a secret presidential order by Roosevelt to fight Japanese forces (under disguise that they’re part of the Chinese Air Force) before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
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September 29, 2007 at 10:10 pm · Filed under Mentalfloss, Weapons & War
Sun Tzu (544 BCE-496 BCE)
The Experience: A Chinese general who probably lived in the 4th century BCE, very little is known about Sun Tzu&’s wartime exploits - but he wrote The Art of War, the best war strategy book ever.
The Lessons: The Art of War&’s advice on maneuvering large armies and varying tactics has been used by everyone from Mao Zedong to Napoleon.
Quote to Carry with You into Battle: "If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in 100 battles."
Simón Bolivar (1783-1830)
The Experience: The George Washington of South America, el libertador fought for the independence of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and the not-coincidentally-named Bolivia. But Bolivar proved to be a better general than a politician: Internal strife forced him out of all leadership roles in his newly independent nations shortly before his death in 1830.
The Lessons: It&’s easier to conquer land than […]
Original post by Alex
September 29, 2007 at 5:05 am · Filed under funny, Weapons & War
This is a strange one.
It’s no secret that the US military is having more trouble than ever finding new recruits. You might think that recruiting from the MySpace generation would make perfect sense - a pool of millions of technology savvy young people. According to a study commissioned by the US Navy, however, you’d be wrong. MySpace kids, it is said, are like an “Alien Life Force”:
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Original post by Adam Stanhope
September 28, 2007 at 8:59 pm · Filed under Computer & Technology, Gadget, Weapons & War
Meet the MicroDrone, a toy-sized spy helicopter that has been used by the police in Britain to film and photograph the street below. A Times Online article stated:
And now there’s a new spy in the sky. It’s called the Microdrone and it’s a toy-sized remote-control craft that hovers above streets or crowds to film what’s going on beneath.
It has emerged that the Microdrone was used by Staffordshire police to film rock fans at the V Festival last month. What wasn’t revealed was that MW Power, the supplier, has also been in discussions to supply the Microdrone to – according to Alistair Fox, an MW Power spokesman – MI5, the Metropolitan police, and Soca, the Serious Organised Crime Agency.
This means the Microdrone could soon become a common sight. Or maybe not. At only 2ft wide between the tips of its rotors the drones are small enough to be unnoticed by people […]
Original post by Alex
September 26, 2007 at 2:23 am · Filed under Weapons & War, History
PBS has a fantastic documentary series about World War II called The War by Ken Burns. It took Burns six years to create the film series, which follows the lives of soldiers that actually fought the war and their families:
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Original post by Alex
September 20, 2007 at 10:34 pm · Filed under Weapons & War
A mere fan you say? No, that’s a tessen or an iron fan, one of the top 8 Weird Asian Martial Arts Weapon at Weird Asia News:
Folding fans with outer spokes made of iron which were designed to look like regular, harmless folding fans or solid clubs shaped to look like a closed fan.
Samurai could take these to places where swords or other overt weapons were not allowed, and some swordsmanship schools included training in the use of the tessen as a weapon.
The tessen was also used for fending off arrows and darts, as a throwing weapon, and as an aid in swimming, like hand-flippers.
See the whole list here: Link - Thanks mikolka!
Original post by Alex
September 20, 2007 at 10:31 pm · Filed under Politics, Blog & Internet, Weapons & War
If watching your nightly news doesn’t scare you enough, here’s a website that warns you of terrorism events and other suspicious activities around the world (the page automatically refreshes the list every 7 minutes or so!)
Link: Global Incident Map - Thanks Johnny Cat!
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