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What to do in a nuclear attack: As the world edges closer to doomsday, experts reveal their tips for survival

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Donald Trump caused a Doomsday Clock symbolising the threat of apocalypse to move closer to midnight yesterday.</div>
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The
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planet has been to an apocalypse since 1953 - mainly due to the threat 
of climate change or nuclear warfare. </div>
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Now,
 in light of the change, millions of people have been trending 
explaining how to survive a nuclear attack, and some of the best tips 
for surviving a nuclear attack have been revealed.</div>
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One of these videos has been created by Toronto0based YouTubers Gregory Brown and Mitchell Moffit.</div>
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<span class="mol-style-bold">PACK AN EMERGENCY SUPPLY KIT </span></div>
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The pair advises packing an emergency supply kit containing water and non-perishable food items.</div>
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When
 a nuclear bomb goes off, it sends out radiation that can ruin your 
mobile phone and laptop, so preparing battery-powered radios for 
communication is essential.</div>
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Experts expect electronic devices thousands of miles away could be affected by the electromagnetic pulse sent out by a bomb.</div>
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<span class="mol-style-bold">FIND A SHELTER </span></div>
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Shelters are the next important safety step.</div>
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'There's a difference between a blast shelter and a fall-out shelter,' says Gregory Brown.</div>
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For the blast, it is important to get as much concrete between you and the blast as possible. </div>
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In a house, go to the basement, and in a high-rise, get to the middle of the building away from windows.</div>
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For
 the fall-out it's important to have thick walls and a thick roof, he 
says, and in a house it is a good idea to blockade all the windows.</div>
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It takes radioactive materials two weeks to decay, so stock up on two weeks' worth of food and water.</div>
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<span class="mol-style-bold">BRACE YOURSELF </span></div>
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But
 if you are outside and know the blast is coming, you might have time to
 get to a better shelter, but first you should get on the ground with 
your hands behind your head and brace yourself.</div>
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Never look at the blast, because it can cause you to go blind temporarily.</div>
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<span class="mol-style-bold">CLEAN YOURSELF</span></div>
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If
 you get inside remove your clothes and clean yourself straight away and
 blow your nose, to stop the radioactive materials from spreading, and 
do not use conditioner.</div>
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If you cannot have a shower, wipe yourself with a wet cloth. </div>
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After
 a blast you have 30 minutes to find the best shelter, so the pair 
suggest finding a dedicated safe-house that can be accessed from your 
home and work within 30 minutes.</div>
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The pair, who together run the channel AsapSCIENCE, also shared another <a class="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL4Kqfxg2KU" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">video </a>entitled 'What If We Have A Nuclear War?', detailing what to expect after an explosion.</div>
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explaining how to survive a nuclear attack, and some of the best tips 
for surviving a nuclear attack have been revealed. About 35 per cent of 
the energy of the bomb would be released in the form of heat (diagram 
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Those closer by would experience burns from the heat, with third degree burns affecting those within a 5 mile (8km) radius</div>
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'The
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weather, weapon design, geographical layout of where the bomb hits and 
if it explodes in the air or on the ground' the pair said in the video.</div>
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About 35 per cent of the energy of the bomb would be released in the form of heat.</div>
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This,
 and the light from the bomb, would travel much faster than the sound of
 it and so could come several seconds before - and cause what is known 
as 'flash blindness', temporary blindness for a few minutes.</div>
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day and 50 miles away (81km) on a clear night, they said, if the bomb is
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Most of the bomb's energy is felt in 
the blast, in a sudden change of air pressure that can crush buildings, 
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Those closer by would experience burns from the heat, with third degree burns affecting those within a 5 mile (8km) radius.</div>
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Most
 of the bomb's energy is felt in the blast, in a sudden change of air 
pressure that can crush buildings, which would likely kill anyone when 
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Winds up to 158 miles per 
hour (255km/h) would affect people up to 3.7 miles (6km) away, causing 
dangerous objects to fly around. </div>
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A 
terrifying interactive map revealed last year lets you see what the 
terrible effects of nuclear fallout might look it if a similar bomb was 
to be dropped on your location.</div>
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The creator of the map, called <a class="" href="http://www.wouldisurviveanuke.com/#myModal" id="ext-gen131" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">WouldISurviveANuke.com</a>, says that it is designed to show that 'there really is no surviving a nuclear war.' </div>
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Lawrence Krauss and David Titley, who 
manage the Doomsday Clock, said the US president's policies on climate 
change and nuclear weapons were largely to blame for the change. </div>
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'The United States now has a president who has promised to impede progress on both of those fronts,' the pair said. </div>
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'Never
 before has the Bulletin decided to advance the clock largely because of
 the statements of a single person,' the two scientists wrote in a <a class="" href="http://thebulletin.org/sites/default/files/Final%202017%20Clock%20Statement.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">statement</a>.</div>
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'But when that person is the new president of the United States, his words matter.' </div>
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weapons being built by North Korea, India and Pakistan, Russia and 
China. </div>
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'A
 rise in strident nationalism worldwide, President Donald Trump's 
comments on nuclear arms and climate issues, a darkening global security
 landscape that is colored by increasingly sophisticated technology, and
 a growing disregard for scientific expertise,' the group said in a 
statement. </div>
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The clear need for climate action is an important one, the researchers said. </div>
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'The
 continued warming of the world measured in 2016 underscores one clear 
fact: Nothing is fundamentally amiss with the scientific understanding 
of climate physics,' the researchers wrote.' </div>
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The Doomsday 
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the danger to the Earth and humanity posed by nuclear war</div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">WHY IS TRUMP TO BLAME? </span></h3>
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Researchers
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 nuclear weapons were largely to blame for the change.</div>
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In
 their op-ed — headlined 'Thanks to Trump, the Doomsday Clock Advances 
Toward Midnight' — they wrote: 'We understand that Mr Trump has been in 
office only days, that many of his cabinet nominees are awaiting 
confirmation and that he has had little time to take official action. </div>
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'But Mr Trump's statements and actions have been unsettling. </div>
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'He has made ill-considered comments about expanding and even deploying the American nuclear arsenal. </div>
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'He has expressed disbelief in the scientific consensus on global warming. </div>
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'He has shown a troubling propensity to discount or reject expert advice related to international security. </div>
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 his nominees to head the Energy Department, the Environmental 
Protection Agency and the Office of Management and the Budget have 
disputed or questioned climate change.'</div>
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'I hope the debate engendered by the 2017 
setting of the Clock raises the level of conversation, promotes calls to
 action, and helps citizens around the world hold their leaders 
responsible for delivering a safer and healthier planet,' said Dr Rachel
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'Nuclear
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existential threats that cannot be properly managed without access to 
and reliance on expert knowledge,' said Lawrence Krauss.</div>
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In
 2015 the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, an expert group formed in 
1945, adjusted the Doomsday Clock two minutes forward and took it to 
three minutes to midnight.</div>
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That sent a 
message that the Earth was closer to oblivion than any time since the 
early days of hydrogen bomb testing and 1984, when US-Soviet relations 
reached 'their iciest point in decades'.</div>
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Last year the clock's hands, which have 
moved forwards and backwards in different years over the past decades, 
remained unchanged.</div>
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A statement accompanying the 2016 Doomsday Clock decision read: 'Three minutes (to midnight) is too close. </div>
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'Far too close.</div>
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'We,
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Atomic Scientists, want to be clear about our decision not to move the 
hands of the Doomsday Clock in 2016: That decision is not good news, but
 an expression of dismay that world leaders fail to focus their efforts 
and the world's attention on reducing the extreme danger posed by 
nuclear weapons and climate change.</div>
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'When
 we call these dangers existential, that is exactly what we mean: They 
threaten the very existence of civilization and therefore should be the 
first order of business for leaders who care about their constituents 
and their countries.'</div>
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The Bulletin was 
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that developed the world's first nuclear weapons during the Second World
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In 1947 they established the 
Doomsday Clock to provide a simple way of demonstrating the danger to 
the Earth and humanity posed by nuclear war.</div>
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Now the Bulletin is an independent non-profit organisation run by some of the world's most eminent scientists.</div>
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The
 Doomsday Clock now not only takes into account the likelihood of 
nuclear Armageddon but also other emerging threats such as climate 
change and advances in biotechnology and artificial intelligence.</div>
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Last month the Bulletin dropped a strong hint Doomsday might be about to edge nearer.</div>
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 a statement the scientists said: 'Tensions between the United States 
and Russia that remain at levels reminiscent of the Cold War, the danger
 posed by climate change, and nuclear proliferation concerns, including 
the recent North Korean nuclear test, are the main factors influencing 
the decision about any adjustment that may be made to the Doomsday 
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Russia has launched flight tests of its latest lightweight 
fighter, MiG-35. The military aircraft, which has been constructed to be
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 strike radius is 1,000 km (620 miles), while it can be in action twice 
as long as previous generation fighters, as there is an option to 
replace the second pilot's seat with an extra fuel tank.<br />
"<em>The 3,500 kilometers [2,175 miles] that MiG-35 is able to fly suits us very well</em>," Russian Air Force Commander Viktor Bondarev has said.<br />
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According to Bondarev, flight tests of the new fighter are expected 
to be completed in summer this year, right after which a contract to 
purchase 30 MiG-35 jets will be concluded between the Mikoyan 
corporation and the Russian Defense Ministry. "<em>Then in a short while we will replace the whole fleet of lightweight fighters with such jets,</em>" he added, saying there are plans to purchase no less than 170 MiG-35 planes.<br />
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Moscow region on Friday, the head of Russia's Air Force confirmed that 
the new multifunction military jet will also be deployed in tests of 
laser weapons right after its flight trials are concluded.<br />
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Kremlin on Thursday. Saying that thanks to its new onboard equipment, 
which provides for a much lower radar signature, the construction of the
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2014, two friends walking on a clear lake in the Slovakian mountains.<br />
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Michigan man Andre Poineau was photographed seemingly walking on
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Poineau standing on the surface of the crystal-clear lake has gone 
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City, to be oddly clear. Naturally he went down to the shore to inspect 
it, bringing with him a shovel to test how deep the ice was. He found it
 to be about 2 inches thick, National Geographic <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/viral-floating-lake-ice-photos-michigan/">reports</a>.<br />
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In
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media user is amused by the attention the photos have received, as for 
him the phenomenon is not so unusual. Poineau has experienced such an 
occurrence at least half a dozen times, and he has lived on the lake his
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times, generating over 2,000 comments.<br />
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Floating city? Mysterious skyscrapers in the clouds

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may want to consider the “floating city” which has been spotted in the 
clouds over Yueyang, China. Although, not all is as it seems.

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clouds over the city, which is located in Hunan Province, leaving many 
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The buildings visible in the video are actually surrounded by <i>“radiation fog,”</i> which occurs when the ground temperatures cool and the moisture in the air condenses as a result, according to <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/local/2017-01/15/c_129447285.htm">Xinhua News Agency</a>. As temperatures rise, the fog usually evaporates.<br />
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There’s no shortage of intrigue amidst the CIA’s newly released 
archive of nearly 13 million pages of declassified records. Some of the 
more peculiar revelations detail the handling of UFO sightings and the 
potential weaponization of psychic powers.

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In this <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP81R00560R000100040072-9.pdf">particular document</a> concerning such reporting, a UFO is defined as <i>“any
 object which, by performance, aerodynamic characteristics, or unusual 
features, does not conform to known aircraft or missiles.”</i><br />
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There are a number of documents relating to sightings in <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000015445.pdf">Norway,</a><a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000015465.pdf">Spain and North Africa</a> and the former <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000015342.pdf">USSR</a>
 among the millions of pages. While many sightings feature throughout 
the extensive release, there have been no conclusive findings documented
 as of yet.<br />
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It
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thorough reporting of any such sightings as a matter of national 
security, listing the four phases of air defense as: detection, 
identification, interception and destruction. The Unidentified Flying 
Object Program requires that all US Air Force (USAF) commanders adhere 
strictly to these guidelines.<br />
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The
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including those received from other agencies, governmental bodies or 
civilians.<br />
When reporting a sighting, the document states that the
 following data points must be specified and explained in as much detail
 as possible: shape, size, color, number, formation, distinct or unique 
features, any tail, trail or exhaust, any sounds and any other unusual 
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The
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so seriously: air defense and the elimination of any potential threats 
to the United States or its armed forces; to determine the technical or 
scientific characteristics of such UFOs and thus maintain military 
intelligence and technological dominance; to explain or identify all 
such instances in order to maintain strategic readiness in all 
eventualities.<br />
The CIA had also <a href="https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2016-featured-story-archive/how-to-investigate-a-flying-saucer.html">previously published</a>
 its own handy set of guidelines for amateur stargazers out there to 
organize themselves and flood their local air force bases with sighting 
reports:<br />
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In another <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00789R003700710001-3.pdf">bizarre revelation</a>,
 it's been revealed that the CIA conducted a series of experiments to 
determine the feasibility and effectiveness of employing psychic spies 
to <i>“collect foreign intelligence information against documents shielded from normal perception,”</i> in a project code-named ‘Stargate.’<br />
These
 efforts weren’t limited to mere mortals, however, as none other than 
Israeli-born, celebrity psychic Uri Geller was brought in to test his 
psychic mettle against the researchers.<br />
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Geller <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00791R000100480003-3.pdf">attempted to duplicate</a> a series of drawings produced in a nearby room without any knowledge of the topic or theme of the doodles.<br />
They
 ranged from a firecracker to a bunch of grapes and even a quick sketch 
of our solar system. While Geller did have some surprising success 
throughout the experiments, the CIA decided not to pursue the research 
beyond its initial stage.<br />
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If
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George Clooney and Ewan McGregor named 'The men who stare at goats' drew
 heavily from rumors and reports about psychic warfare research 
conducted by the CIA and other US intelligence agencies.<br />
While the
 release of millions of pages of documents may come as exciting news, it
 should be pointed out that they have been accessible since the year 
2000, but only on specific computers housed in National Archives in 
College Park, Maryland in the United States.<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CIA?src=hash">#CIA</a> released 13 million declassified pages on the web, including <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFO?src=hash">#UFO</a> <a href="https://t.co/0kC3dsTwIk">https://t.co/0kC3dsTwIk</a> Here's CREST database <a href="https://t.co/TKy2jo6WHK">https://t.co/TKy2jo6WHK</a> <a href="https://t.co/XDrqtm1R6O">pic.twitter.com/XDrqtm1R6O</a></div>
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Pentagon plans for 'doomsday' artillery shell containing an electromagnetic pulse weapon powerful enough to cripple an entire city's electronics revealed

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A solicitation from 
the Pentagon calls for a non-explosive electromagnetic pulse artillery 
shell capable of wiping out ‘a wide range of electronics, critical 
infrastructure, and computer-based systems.’ It would fit into a 155mm 
artillery piece, like the M777 Howitzer, pictured</div>
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The US Department of Defense is developing
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A recent 
solicitation from the Pentagon calls for a non-explosive electromagnetic
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electronics, critical infrastructure, and computer-based systems.’</div>
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The
 non-kinetic system would first be incorporated into a 155mm projectile 
and later scaled down to enable the use of multiple shells, allowing for
 devastating electronic attacks that are delivered by standard munition 
but cause no physical damage.</div>
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According to the <a class="" href="https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/1207771" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">solicitation</a>,
 the weapon will be designed to be cost-effective and precise, launching
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Essentially, such a weapon would render the target’s entire electronic infrastructure useless.</div>
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The
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with the ultimate plan to create a ‘ruggedized, hardened electronics 
subsystem.’ </div>
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During the development 
process, the report says they’ll also be exploring and demonstrating 
different ways to carry out non-kinetic attacks, and testing the 
system’s capabilities in the field.</div>
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‘Extensive
 use of wireless RF networking for critical infrastructure and 
communications systems provides an alternative attack vector for the 
neutralization of an adversary’s underlying industrial, civil, and 
communications infrastructure without the destruction of the hardware 
associated with those systems,’ the solicitation states.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">This uses a super-powerful microwave oven to generate a concentrated beam of energy.</span></div>
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computing, surveillance and intelligence capabilities without hurting 
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‘Advances 
in munitions-based microelectronics and power technologies make possible
 the implementation of non-kinetic cyber and electromagnetic ‘or 
electronic warfare (EW)’ attacks that could be delivered via artillery 
launched munitions.</div>
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‘The precision 
delivery of the non-kinetic effects (NKE) electronics payload close to 
the target allows low power operation which limits the geographical 
extent of impacted systems, and reduces the overall impact on the 
electromagnetic spectrum.’</div>
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The new 
development comes more than a year after a report warned that America is
 falling behind in the development of critical electromagnetic weapons 
that some say could wipe out 90 percent of its population.</div>
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one-hour flight during which it knocked out the computers of an entire 
military compound.</span></div>
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 Boeing's experiment, the missile flew low over the Utah Test and 
Training Range, discharging electromagnetic pulses on to seven targets, 
permanently shutting down their electronics.</span></div>
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 energy which causes voltage surges in electronic equipment, rendering 
them useless before surge protectors have the chance to react.</span></div>
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description of the Department of Defense's (DoD) investments in EMS 
warfare capabilities over the last generation.'</div>
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Electromagnetic Spectrum', added the technology will become as 
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shares, shops, learns, and works, the development and fielding of 
advanced sensors and networking technologies will enable militaries to 
gain significant new advantages over competitors that fail to keep 
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protect the electronics inside, and the creators say it could be used in
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pending product that would work with a shotcrete construction method, a 
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Sharp Sword stealthy attack drone

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<br />The Sharp Sword UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), China's stealthy attack 
drone, just won second place in the National Science and Technology 
Advancement Prizes. Considering the secrecy surrounding stealth drones 
to come out of China—there are relatively few photos of the Sharp Sword 
available, particularly as opposed to, say, the J-20 fighter—the Sharp 
Sword's victory is pretty noteworthy. The drone, known as "Lijian" in 
Mandarin Chinese, is being paraded as a huge win for Chinese aviation 
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The Sharp Sword is the first non-NATO stealthy unmanned combat aerial 
vehicle (UCAV). Built by Aviation Industry Corporation of China, with 
much of the work done by the Hongdu Aviation Industry Group, the Sharp 
Sword first flew in November 2013. Looking a bit like a mini-B-2 flying 
wing bomber, the UCAV has two internal bomb bays and a likely payload of
 about 4,400 pounds. Its engine is a non-afterburning WS-13 turbofan 
engine, with inlet serpentine to hide the engine from enemy radars (the 
first Sharp Sword does not use a stealthy nozzle due to its technology 
demonstrator status). It has a length of about 33 feet, and a wingspan 
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Other similar foreign systems include the American X-47B, the British 
Taranis, and the French Neuron. Stealthy UCAVs have a number of 
advantages over their manned counterparts: they can fit the same 
internal payload onto a smaller airframe, and have much longer ranges, 
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Reporting from the Chinese Internet suggests that a second, even 
stealthier Sharp Sword began flying last year (with a stealthy engine). 
If flight testing with the prototypes goes as well as the initial flight
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as early as 2019-2020.<br />
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Initially, it's believed that the Sharp Sword will be used for 
reconnaissance in areas with dense air defense networks, as well as 
tailing foreign warships. As the Chinese develops a familiarity with the
 Sharp Sword, it could be used for combat operations as a "first through
 the door" weapon against highly defended, high-value targets, as well 
as an aerial tanker for other drones and carrier aircraft (akin to plans
 for the U.S. MQ-25). There is even the possibility of carrier version 
for China's planned next generation of catapult equipped aircraft 
carriers.<br />
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Eventually, advances in distributed systems and artificial 
intelligence could help the Sharp Sword be a robotic wingman to manned 
aircraft in an unmanned/manned operational concept. It could even take 
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survivable (by virtual of stealth) than traditional UAVs like the 
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A Google Street View photographer has joined forces with New Zealand 
skydive operator, Skydive Abel Tasman, to put the world's first skydive 
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Jumping out of a plane at 16,000ft is not for everyone.</div>
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 thanks to an amazing new project by Google Street View, even the most 
fearful of us can now witness what it would be like to skydive and soak 
up the spectacular New Zealand scenery, without even stepping away from 
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A Google Street View 
photographer has joined forces with New Zealand skydive operator, 
Skydive Abel Tasman, to put the world's first skydive experience onto 
Google Street View.<span class="mol-style-bold"> </span></div>
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Ready, set, go: The virtual tour, 
which begins on the ground, shows what it's like to fly up 16,500ft into
 the sky and then jump, falling at about 125mph over Abel Tasman 
National Park, New Zealand's smallest national park, located at the 
north end of the South Island</div>
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The skydive <a class="" href="https://www.google.com/maps/@-41.1230266,172.9927215,3a,15y,267.63h,93.33t/data=%213m6%211e1%213m4%211s6_7RbxkIJbcAAAQvxUsCIg%212e0%217i6004%218i3002" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">street view</a>
 is the brainchild of Google certified photographer, Alex Mather and was
 filmed over five days to create a fully interactive picture. It was 
also captured in a 360-degree video.</div>
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Mather
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perspective and was keen to try something different.</div>
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The virtual tour, which 
begins on the ground, shows what it's like to fly up 16,500ft into the 
sky and then jump, falling at about 125mph over Abel Tasman National 
Park, New Zealand's smallest national park, located at the north end of 
the South Island.</div>
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It's the only skydive
 drop zone in New Zealand with views over both islands as well as 
mountains and the ocean at the same time. </div>
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Custom attachment points and rigging for a 360 GoPro Pano Ball was built to maximise the experience.</div>
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The
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patchwork fields and the vast expanse of blue sea and golden beaches. </div>
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Not for the 
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Bird's eye view: The amazing skydive -
 the brainchild of Google certified photographer, Alex Mather - was 
filmed over five days and was also captured in a 360-degree video</div>
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Awe-inspiring: Custom attachment points and rigging for a 360 GoPro Pano Ball was built to maximise the experience</div>
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Nearly there: The footage takes in the
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<img alt="Coming in to land: Marketing manager David Bonham-Carter, who put the idea to Skydive Abel Tasman, said: 'You look at the results that came out of [the project] and it's pretty stunning, we know we live in a special region but you look at it from the air and it puts it all in perspective'" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded" height="517" id="i-d81473e121820075" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/01/16/13/3C2D2F2100000578-4124728-image-a-19_1484573142191.jpg" style="display: block;" width="962" /><div class="share-pictures-overlay" id="share-pictures-7">
  
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Coming in to land: Marketing manager 
David Bonham-Carter, who put the idea to Skydive Abel Tasman, said: 'You
 look at the results that came out of [the project] and it's pretty 
stunning, we know we live in a special region but you look at it from 
the air and it puts it all in perspective'. <i>dailymail</i></div>
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Back to earth: Owner of Skydive Abel 
Tasman, Stuart Bean, said: 'Skydiving in the Abel Tasman is unique. We 
have mountains, we have rivers, we have the ocean and we have the Abel 
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Marketing manager David Bonham-Carter, who put the idea to Skydive Abel Tasman, told New Zealand news site, <a class="" href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/themes/adventure/88086084/Motueka-company-makes-history-with-worlds-first-Google-Street-View-skydive" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Stuff</a>: 'You
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stunning, we know we live in a special region but you look at it from 
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 of Skydive Abel Tasman, Stuart Bean, said: 'Skydiving in the Abel 
Tasman is unique. We have mountains, we have rivers, we have the ocean 
and we have the Abel Tasman National Park.'</div>
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 national park is named after Abel Tasman, who  became the first 
European explorer to catch sight of New Zealand in 1642 and anchored 
nearby in Golden Bay.</div>
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MailOnline Travel has contacted both Google and Skydive Abel Tasman for further comment. <i>dailymail</i></div>
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