'저는 그들의 땅을 지키기 위하여 싸웠던 인디안들의 이야기를 기억합니다. 백인들이 그들의 신성한 숲에 도로를 만들기 위하여 나무들을 잘랐습니다. 매일밤 인디안들이 나가서 백인들이 만든 그 길을 해체하면 그 다음 날 백인들이 와서 도로를 다시 짓곤 했습니다. 한동안 그 것이 반복되었습니다. 그러던 어느날, 숲에서 가장 큰 나무가 백인들이 일할 동안 그들 머리 위로 떨어져 말과 마차들을 파괴하고 그들 중 몇몇을 죽였습니다. 그러자 백인들은 떠났고 결코 다시 오지 않았습니다….' (브루스 개그논)





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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Text Fwd: Air Force Introduces Advanced Weather Surveillance System

Korea Times
02-10-2010 20:00
Air Force Introduces Advanced Weather Surveillance System
By Jung Sung-ki
Staff Reporter

The Air Force has begun operating advanced equipment to help give precise warnings and forecasts of atmospheric phenomena when its airmen conduct precision-strike operations.

Under a 2007 agreement signed with the state-funded Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute on bolstering surveillance of the atmospheric environment, the service started operating an ionosphere radar system last October.

The Air Force said it signed a follow-up agreement with the institute and opened an ionosphere observation center at the 73rd Weather Squadron Wednesday.

The center will also be used for civil and public purposes, it said in a press release.

The ionosphere is the uppermost part of the atmosphere, distinguished because it is ionized by solar radiation. It plays an important part in atmospheric electricity and forms the inner edge of the magnetosphere.

"The ionosphere radar system will help reduce problems with launching precision-guided weapons systems under bad weather conditions," an Air Force official said. The system will also help airmen conduct GPS-guided operations and safer air missions.

The U.S. military successfully introduced the system in 2003 for Operation Iraqi Freedom, he added.

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