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Coast - Turning Point 3 - Israel Terror Drill Not A Fictional
Scenario - Combating Terrorism With High-tech Gear
- Iran Sends 6 Warships to International Waters
- SteriPEN Handheld Emergency Water Purifier - Review
- Small Bomb Explodes Outside New York Starbucks
North Korea Test-Fires 2 Short-Range Missiles Off East Coast Posted: 26 May 2009 12:26 AM PDT
A South Korean news agency is reporting that North Korea has test-fired two short-range missiles from an east coast launch pad. The Yonhap news agency cites an unnamed government sources as saying the missiles have a range of about 80 miles (130 kilometers). The reports says one was a surface-to-air missile and the other was a ground-to-ship missile. Both were fired Tuesday afternoon. This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and |
Turning Point 3 - Israel Terror Drill Not A Fictional Scenario Posted: 25 May 2009 09:56 PM PDT
The upcoming home front drill, Turning Point 3, is based a scenario in which a combined missile and rocket attack on Israel from all sides combined with terror attacks from within, is not a fictional scenario Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilan told members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday. Matan Vilan describes upcoming home front drill simulating war on three fronts . Vilana briefed the committee on the state-wide drill, scheduled to begin on May 31. The threat of missiles hitting mainland Israel not unrealistic, Vilana According to Vilna in conducting this national home front drill we aren't looking The drill will include all emergency response teams, all government ministries as well as the entire civilian population. According to the military, people will be what to do in the event of war. During the exercise, 252 local councils and municipalities will open crisis rooms via Vilna:Home front drill scenario not fictional Israel Jerusalem Post. This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and |
Combating Terrorism With High-tech Gear Posted: 25 May 2009 09:48 PM PDT
Under an Acme Gadget Division banner, Ryland Fleet enticed passersby to consider his product, a .30-caliber machine gun mounted atop a vehicle and fired by the driver using a joystick. You don't buy it because you need it, explained Fleet, who wears all black and machine-tools his weapons at home in the Virginia woods. You buy it because America's post-Sept. 11 fear of terrorist attacks not only spawned the $55-billion-a-year Homeland Security Department, it also fueled a domestic defense boom for survivalists, backyard inventors and small businesses that scrambled beside major contractors for sales to local, state and federal agencies. About 650 mostly small vendors peddled their sometimes-bewildering wares to government officials at a federally funded exhibition for three days last largest such trade shows. The event's slogan: Fighting terrorism with commercial technology.This is designed not just for overseas applications, said Carl White, a spokesman for the fair, which was not open to the public. It's for the local courthouse, or prison, or any other state or local asset vulnerable to terrorism. To weed out so-called dreamware — gizmos that look good on "24". but don't actually work — only companies with proven technology were invited to Scott Stuckey's giant loudspeakers can direct ear-piercing sirens at approaching targets. He said his San Diego-based company, American Technology Corp., just sold a set to the Maersk Alabama, the cargo ship attacked by pirates last month off Somalia. Other shipping companies, airports and nuclear power plants are customers as well, he said. "Inside 100 meters, it approaches the threshold of pain" Stuckey said, giving a brief demonstration that caused other vendors to cover their ears and shout at him. Fair organizers barred what Ryan Alles called "the pots-and-pans, shoe- insert and T-shirt stands" that he sees at lesser trade shows. His company buildings. In case of fire, clip a pulley onto a bracket on the wall outside, climb into a flame-resistant bag that looks like a huge silver cocoon, push off and lower away on a rope. via Combating This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and |
Iran Sends 6 Warships to International Waters Posted: 25 May 2009 09:38 PM PDT
are calling a "Bmuscle flexing" show of defiance following missile tests last "Iran has dispatched six warships to international waters and the Gulf of Aden Sayyari said the ships were moved to preserve Iran's territorial integrity in its southern waters, but foreign policy experts are calling it an aggressive move targeted at a Western audience as much as for regional powers like rival Saudi Arabia. The deployment is a signal of military strength, resolve and continued defiance to U.S. and U.N. Security Council efforts to end the impasse over Iran's nuclear program said Jim Phillips, senior fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs at the Heritage Institute. "What's very important here is the timing of this move — and this naval muscle flexing comes after Iran's missile test earlier this week, which was saber rattling that was meant to send the same signal as this naval dispatch." Phillips said Ahmadinejad was using the opportunity to thumb his nose at the U.S. and U.N. to advance his own popularity in Iran ahead of the country's hotly contested June 12 election. This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and |
SteriPEN Handheld Emergency Water Purifier - Review Posted: 25 May 2009 09:08 PM PDT
Steripen is a must havefor any 72 hour kit, go bag or emergency kit. In almost any emergency, having an available supply of safe, clean water It's the perfect tool to insure you and your family have safe drinking water in an emergency. The SteriPEN uses ultraviolet light to purify water so there is no chemical taste, odor or risky side-effects. I've tried a number of purifiers and while most work as promised in purifying the water, the taste is often times so bad the water is virtually undrinkable. SteriPENs are validated by the most extensive library of testing of any portable water treatment method. Multiple laboratories have proven that it's ultra-violet light eliminates viruses, bacteria, and protozoa to keep your drinking water safe in an emergency. In fact, every unit is tested before packaging to insure that it exceeds the UV output standard to keep your family safe. SteriPEN is easy to use in baby bottles, a glass in your hotel room or restaurant, or commercial water bottles and it will protect your pet's water as well. Most people are not aware that pets won't drink chemically treated water. With a SteriPEN, you're carrying hundreds of gallons of pure water in your pocket, purse , glove box, or emergency kit. It weighs just 8 ounces with four AA, disposable batteries and will purify 16 ounces of water in 48 seconds, or 32 ounces in 90 seconds. The ultraviolet light (UV) actually destroys the DNA of microorganisms, making them unable to reproduce and cause illness. It's effective against outdoor microbes like giardia and cryptosporidium; pathogens household germs such as bird flu, E. coli, and salmonella; staph and strep; and natural-disaster risks like botulism, cholera, smallpox, and typhoid. No pumping, no chemicals, no test strips, no timekeeping, no lubricating, and no replacement filters are required. All that is required is to push the water purifier's button (once for 32 ounces, twice for 16 ounces), place the pen-like lamp in clear water, and stir until an indicator light turns green. Water has no aftertaste after being purified. It's simple to use, easy to store and could save your life in an emergency.
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Small Bomb Explodes Outside New York Starbucks Posted: 25 May 2009 08:34 AM PDT
A small improvised explosive device detonated outside an Upper East Side Starbucks early Monday morning, shattering the coffee shop's windows and raising fears of terrorism. The bomb tore a hole in a wooden bench outside the coffee chain's outpost at Third Ave. and E. 92nd St. when it exploded at 3:30 a.m. No one was injured in the blast, but it terrified residents who had been fast asleep early on Memorial Day. "I heard a giant noise — a big, giant noise, like a crash — and there was a flash," said Jordan Kovnot, 26, a law student who lives above the Starbucks.
It made me jump up. It felt like an earthquake, said Adrianna Ebans, 28, who was among more than a dozen residents evacuated from the apartments above the Starbucks. We were all really scared.
Scores of detectives are crawling over the blast site, looking for surveillance which investigators believe was either placed on or taped to the bench. "We don't know the motive. Obviously it's a cause for concern, said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. We're going to do an in-depth investigation. No one had claimed credit for the blast, nor was it called in ahead of time, said Kelly.
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