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MY WAR DIARY offers un-filtered stories from the
frontlines of Iraq, told by personal videos and photos sent
by those serving in the armed forces. Each episode will
present a broad range of the life in Iraq, from down time,
to the emotional strain from being far from home, to gripping
never-before-seen battle scenes.
For as long as there have been wars, people have written
home from the frontline. They have shared their thoughts,
their fears and hopes, their pride in their work and their
longing for a home-cooked meal and loved ones back home.
In between the bullets and the frenzy of war are the moments
not seen on the nightly news - the real moments of real
people living in a war zone.
MY WAR DIARY will feature everything from home videos -
both in action and behind-the-scenes - to blogs and "old
school" letters mailed home to Mom, Dad, friends and
loved ones … each sharing a personal perspective on war.
The program will put a face and name to the men and women
who are serving our country overseas. |
Weaponogly Season 2
Weapons technology has progressed from catapults to laser-guided
weapons through a combination of ingenious inventions, lateral
thinking, battlefield experience and no small degree of
luck. But the line of fire from early innovative weaponry
to modern super weapons is rarely an simple family tree.
WEAPONOLOGY draws together and illuminate the great leaps
that designers have made in military technology over the
last centuries.
This season WEAPONOLOGY focuses on the world's elite fighting
units. Travel back through generations of technology to
find out how the United States Marine Corps, the Green Berets,
Navy Seals and other legendary military units evolved the
weapons that led to victory. |
The F117A - A Secret History
With its bizarrely irregular shape and jet-black color,
the Lockheed Martin F-117A Nighthawk looks more like Darth
Vader's personal spacecraft, than an aircraft that is part
of the U.S. Air Force fleet. But the F-117A, which employs
revolutionary stealth technology to fool enemy radar, is
a crucial part of the U.S. arsenal. For much of its quarter-century
of existence, the stealth fighter-bomber operated behind
such a clandestine veil that some government officials are
said to have suspected that it was actually a time machine.
In recent years, however, enough details about the F-117A's
long development and changing mission have emerged. Here
is a brief history of this remarkable aircraft. |
