Sunday, July 6, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Funny Stuff: The ‘Anti-Terror Assault Vehicle’
Wheel scary: Chinese anti-terror police practise killing drills on scooters
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 11:50 PM on 02nd July 2008
Chinese elite anti-terror police officers are wheeling into action ahead of next month’s Beijing Olympics on two-wheeled scooters.
Members of the country’s armed police unit practised on the Segway models that have been re-named ‘Anti-Terror Assault Vehicles’ in the eastern province of Shandong.
Killers: Despite the strange appearance of the scooters, the Chinese ant-terror police are lethal in action
Officials have bought 100 Segways and painted some in military camouflage to patrol airports and sporting venues during the Games.
In one drill, police posing as terrorists held ten badminton audience members hostage, ‘shooting dead’ four ‘hijackers’, capturing two and defusing a mock car bomb.
The exercise was to test the province’s emergency response and involved 1,500 people.
The Segway was the brainchild of American Dean Kamen, who claimed at its 2001 launch that it would make the car obsolete in congested cities. It has since been the object of some derision, however.
The two-wheeled self-balancing machine – powered by an electric motor – allows users to travel as fast as 12.5mph while standing up.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Photo: Afghan Warrior
An Afghan soldier takes a break as coalition forces search for Taliban fighters in the village of Sanjaray in Zhari district early April 26, 2008. (REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic)
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
Funny Stuff: Where is Waldo?
He is at Gitmo sporting a beard. LOL. -Head Jundi
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