It is both the most "fun," and most difficult task, facing the
ANN staff at the end of every year -- determining who, or what, did
the most to promote the cause of aviation in the past 365 days...
while also chastising those who did all they could to undermine the
successes the aerospace community has managed to accomplish.
From the French word meaning half a single shell, again not the
kind from the beach. Similar to monocoque design but as the
name implies only part of the structural load is taken up by the
outer skin.
"I do not advocate a military, Israeli preemptive
strike against Iran. I am aware of all its possible repercussions.
I consider it very much the last resort but sometimes the last
resort is the only resort."
Source: Israeli deputy defense minister Ephraim
Sneh, in an interview last year. Officials in Israel angrily denied
a recent report in a British newspaper, claiming the Mideast nation
is planning a preemptive nuclear strike against Iran.
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