Introduction Breathing is a memorial sculpture situated on the roof of the Peel Wing of BBC Broadcasting House, in London. Refer to War Correspondent and Embedded Journalism. Background The sculpture commemorates journalists and associated staff who have been killed whilst carrying out their work. It consists of a 10-metre (32 ft) high glass and steel… Read More
Introduction Embedded journalism refers to news reporters being attached to military units involved in armed conflicts. While the term could be applied to many historical interactions between journalists and military personnel, it first came to be used in the media coverage of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The United States military responded to pressure from… Read More
Introduction A war correspondent is a journalist who covers stories first-hand from a war zone. War correspondents’ jobs bring them to the most conflict-ridden parts of the world. Once there, they attempt to get close enough to the action to provide written accounts, photos, or film footage. Thus, this is often considered the most dangerous… Read More
Introduction Robert Berkeley “Bob” Minor (15 July 1884 to 26 January 1952), alternatively known as “Fighting Bob”, was a political cartoonist, a radical journalist, and, beginning in 1920, a leading member of the American Communist Party. Background Robert Minor, best known to those who knew him by the nickname “Bob”, was born 15 July 1884,… Read More
Introduction The following is a (non-definitive) list of fictional works with military robots. Refer to Lethal Autonomous Weapon (LAW). Film Near Future High Futurist Television Literature Computer/Video Games This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_military_robots >; it is used under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA). You may redistribute… Read More
Introduction Lethal autonomous weapons (LAWs) are a type of autonomous military system that can independently search for and engage targets based on programmed constraints and descriptions. Refer to Overview of Fictional Military Robots and Artificial Intelligence Arms Race. LAWs are also known as lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), autonomous weapon systems (AWS), robotic weapons or… Read More
Introduction Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay), and stabilisers. It was invented by the Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthacht, Northern Germany, and was patented in 1867. It rapidly gained wide-scale use as a more robust alternative to the traditional black powder explosives. It allows… Read More
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