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Indiana man tries to take assault weapon, 70 rounds on plane
2014-04-24 20:30:11| Airlines - Topix.net
NEWARK, N.J. Police say an Indiana man tried to board a flight for Chicago with an assault weapon at New Jersey's Newark airport.
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Directed Energy Weapon Market Worth $18.42B By 2020
2014-04-15 07:07:58| rfglobalnet News Articles
According to the market research report"Directed Energy Weapon MarketForecast and Analysis by Technology (HEL, HPM, Particle Beam), Product (Lethal, Non-Lethal), Application (Defense, Homeland Security) & by Geography (North America, Europe,Latin America, APAC,Middle East) - Global Forecasts and Analysis to 2013-2020", published by MarketsandMarkets, the directed energy weapon market is projected to cross$18.42 Billionby 2020, growing at a high CAGR from 2013 to 2020.
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US Navy deploys laser weapon system thats fired with video game-like controller
2014-04-10 16:15:22| Extremetech
The US Navy has announced that it is moving ahead with plans to deploy the first ever combat laser weapon. Late this summer, USS Ponce -- a fairly unextraordinary amphibious ship -- will be outfitted with the Laser Weapon System (LaWS). LaWS will be put through some at-sea testing in the Persian (Arabian) Gulf, after which it will be capable of shooting down drones or disabling small attack boats (including suicide bombing missions) at an energy cost of just $1 per shot. Rather fittingly for a futuristic weapons system, LaWS will be fired using a 'video game-like controller.'
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Why women are the secret weapon to tackling climate change
2014-03-06 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: As countries around the world look to celebrate International Women's Day on Saturday, it is important to reflect on the unique position of women when it comes to climate change. Although climate change affects all people, women often bear the brunt in places where the impacts of climate change are already being felt. This is due to their central role in their families and communities. For example, most of the world's small-scale farmers are women, producing most of the food. This is especially...
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Soil as Carbon Storehouse: New Weapon Climate Fight?
2014-03-04 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: In the 19th century, as land-hungry pioneers steered their wagon trains westward across the United States, they encountered a vast landscape of towering grasses that nurtured deep, fertile soils. Today, just three percent of North Americas tallgrass prairie remains. Its disappearance has had a dramatic impact on the landscape and ecology of The worlds cultivated soils have lost 50 to 70 percent of their original carbon stock. the U.S., but a key consequence of that transformation has largely...
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