Medusa Afghanistan Canada’s Largest Mission Since Korean War from the Canada VA Corporal Brandon Bourdon, 1RCR B COY 4 Platoon, fires an M72 rocket launcher at insurgents that set up an offensive in a grape hut. Photo: Canada VA The strength of the Taliban resistance grew, despite their loss of government power. Canadian troops moved …
The chain of events that would bring Canadian soldiers into the desolate and dangerous terrain of Afghanistan began on September 11, 2001. On that day, four airliners were hijacked in the skies over the eastern United States; two were deliberately crashed into the World Trade Center towers and one into the Pentagon, resulting in the …
A student with the University of Virginia inspects a decontamination robot in Richmond, Va., Aug. 1, 2020. The robot has four wheels and a mechanical arm that uses shortwave ultraviolet light to decontaminate surfaces. A robot initially designed for shipboard firefighting and maintenance tasks has now been enlisted in the fight against COVID-19. The decontamination …
