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Abstract: The BLU-118/B nomenclature was first reported on 21 December 2001, and this weapon is clearly unrelated to the BLU-118 500 lb. napalm canister used during the Vietnam war.

By Paul Krugman, published on the New York Times, 11 March 2006. Abstract: Bechtel, the giant engineering company, is leaving Iraq. Its mission — to rebuild power, water and sewage plants — wasn’t accomplished: Baghdad received less than six hours a day of electricity last month, and much of Iraq’s population lives with untreated sewage…

Eitzen, Edward M. “Use of Biological Weapons.” Chapter 20, pp. 437-450. Iin Sidell, Frederick. et al (eds.) Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare, Part I. The Textbook of Military Medicine. Office of the Surgeon General, Borden Institute, 1997.

This is a report on new kind of weapon in Afghanistan to strike at cave complexes. By BBC Defence correspondent Jonathan Marcus, published on 4 March 2002. Abstract: The United States is using a new kind of weapon in Afghanistan to strike at cave complexes where al-Qaeda and Taleban fighters may be hiding. US officials…

This is a comprehensive inquire on new kinds of weapons based on laser and other types of non kinetic energy. Read the full text: http://www.rainews24.it/ran24/inchieste/documenti/ARMI_ENERGIA_DIRETTA.pdf