By 1942, with Harvard dubbed "Conant's Arsenal," researchers were at work on radar jamming, night vision, aerial photography, sonar, explosives, napalm, a protocomputer, blood plasma derivatives, synthesized quinine, anti-malarial drugs, and new treatments for burns and shock.
Dane Reynolds, 24, of Ventura, Calif., whose explosive aerial maneuvers have made his name synonymous with the new style of surfing, heard similar comments.
Pumpkin bombs were conventional high explosive aerial bombs developed by the Manhattan Project and used by the United States Army Air Forces against Japan during World War II.
As has often been the case in attacks, the American military also had helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles providing surveillance, and explosives experts took part in the forensic examination of the attack.
Mr. Bout told the agents he could deliver 700 to 800 surface-to-air missiles, 5,000 AK-47 assault weapons, millions of rounds of ammunition, land mines, C-4 explosives and unmanned aerial vehicles, according to the U.S. indictment.
According to legal papers, Mr. Bout told undercover agents for the Drug Enforcement Administration that he could deliver 700 to 800 surface-to-air missiles, 5,000 AK-47 assault weapons, millions of rounds of ammunition, land mines, C-4 explosives and unmanned aerial vehicles, and that the weapons would be airdropped into the jungles of Colombia "with great accuracy".
Along with an AK-47 assault rifle, the men had in their possession a remotely piloted aerial vehicle fitted with an explosive device and a remote detonator.
The underwater protection system was designed to withstand a direct hit from a 250 kg explosive warhead; British aerial torpedoes had smaller warheads than this, though their ship-launched weapons were more powerful.
However, landmines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), aerial bombardment and mortar shells had been heavily used during the fighting, and danger still remains from UXOs.
Mr. Bout told the agents he could deliver 700 to 800 surface-to-air missiles, 5,000 AK-47 assault weapons, millions of rounds of ammunition, land mines, C-4 explosives and remotely operated aerial vehicles, according to the United States indictment.
There, undercover officers posed as arms buyers for Farc, complete with a shopping list said to extend to 700 surface-to-air missiles, 5,000 AK-47 assault rifles, millions of rounds of ammunition, C-4 explandmineslandmines and unmanned aerial vehicles.
