The Decade’s Noughtiest Photos | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in December 28th, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, 21st Century, First Decade, Foreign Policy, Photos

With the first decade of the 21st century coming to a close, it’s time to check out the noughty years in photos.
The Decade’s Noughtiest Photos | Foreign Policy

The ‘Beast of Kandahar’ Drone

Posted by Matt in December 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Military Tech, Beast, Combat Forces, Drone, Kandahar, Lockheed Martin, Photos, Reconnaissance, Secrecy, Sentinel, Stealth, Surveillance, Unmanned Aircraft, Us Air Force

The US Air Force on Tuesday confirmed for the first time that it is flying a stealth unmanned aircraft known as the “Beast of Kandahar,” a drone spotted in photos and shrouded in secrecy.
The RQ-170 Sentinel is being developed by Lockheed Martin and is designed “to provide reconnaissance and surveillance support to forward deployed combat [...]

‘Iran pays, Syria smuggles, and Hezbollah receives weapons’ – Haaretz – Israel News

Posted by Matt in October 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Drone Aircraft, haaretz, hezbollah, Hiding Place, Iran, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Israel News, Missile, Moving, News Israel, Operatives, Photographs, Photos, Southern Lebanon, Syria, weapons

The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday released photographs taken by drone aircraft of the southern Lebanon village where a Hezbollah arms depot exploded on Monday. The photos show persons, possibly Hezbollah operatives, removing something resembling a 4-meter-long missile from the depot, loading it onto a truck and moving it to a hiding place in a [...]

China ready to build its first aircraft carrier

Posted by Matt in June 4th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Military, Aircraft Carrier, Changxing, China, Chinese Aircraft Carrier, Jiangnan Shipyard, New Location, Photos, shanghai

The experts had visited the No. 3 military dock of the Changxing Island Shipyard — the new location of the Jiangnan Shipyard, known as the cradle of China’s defense industry — based in Shanghai, where they acquired exclusive photos of the interior of the shipyard. From these it can be deduced that China is ready [...]

Nigeria’s oil curse

Posted by Matt in June 1st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Africa, Oil, African Man, Audience, Blood Diamond, Cinema, Curse, Diamonds, Government Forces, Lagos Nigeria, Laughter, Leonardo Dicaprio, Leonardo Dicaprio Film, Oil Wealth, Old Man, Photos, Rebels, Sierra Leone, Surveys, Vicious Civil War, Violence

The story in photos behind the fight for Nigeria’s oil wealth.
During a scene in the Leonardo DiCaprio film “Blood Diamond,” an elderly African man surveys a village destroyed in Sierra Leone’s vicious civil war and laments the violence tearing his country apart as rebels and government forces fight for control over access to diamonds and [...]

IAEA shows photos alleging Iran nuclear missile work

Posted by Matt in September 16th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Missiles, Nuclear, Amp, bushehr, Detonator, Final Preparations, guardian, Guardian Co Uk, Guardian Uk, High Altitude, High Explosives, Hindu, IAEA, Intelligence, Iran Nuclear, Long Distance, Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Issue, Nuclear Missile, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Warhead, Photos, Revelation, Russia, U S News, Uranium

The IAEA wants Iran to clarify intelligence material pointing to links between Iranian projects to process uranium, test high explosives and modify the cone of its long-distance Shahab-3 missile in a way suitable for a nuclear warhead.
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Western concern was heightened by a revelation in the IAEA report that Iran may have had “foreign expertise” helping [...]

1913 Intel Site News

Posted by Matt in May 30th, 2008 | no comment

Published in general, 1913 Intel, Amazon Products, Excerpts, Fly, Grabs, Intel, Photos, Profiles, Site News, Snap Shot, Snap Shots, Stock Charts, Tool, Visual Previews, Welcome Thanks, Wikipedia, Youtube Videos

If you’re new to 1913 Intel then welcome. Thanks for coming.
You’ve probably noticed that I’ve been focusing on YouTube videos more and more in the last few weeks. Generally, I post articles then later go back and try to add YouTube videos for each article. I like watching the videos myself, so hopefully you’ll [...]

A Drought in Australia, a Global Shortage of Rice

Posted by Matt in April 29th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Australia, Water, Deniliquin Australia, Drought In Australia, Felix, Food Chain, Food Crisis, Giant Fans, Global Shortage, Heartbeat, Photos, Rice, Rice Crop, Rice Mill, Salmon, Southern Hemisphere, Unintended Consequences, Water, Water Pricing, Water Rights, Water Woes, Wheat Growers, Wheat Prices, Whir

DENILIQUIN, Australia — Lindsay Renwick, the mayor of this dusty southern Australian town, remembers the constant whir of the rice mill. “It was our little heartbeat out there, tickety-tick-tickety,” he said, imitating the giant fans that dried the rice, “and now it has stopped.”
The Deniliquin mill, the largest rice mill in the Southern Hemisphere, once [...]