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Graphic: The Dambuster Raid Anniversary
Operation Chastise was a daring attack on German dams carried out on May 16-17, 1943 by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron, flying modified Avro Lancasters, known as “The Dambusters,” the aircraft dropped a bomb specially developed to skip along the surface of a reservoir, over the anti-torpedo netting, and into the dam wall before detonating at a preset depth.
Infographic: The fight for the Stanley Cup
Much angst, and ink, has been spilled in recent years over fighting in hockey. Progressives say ban fighting. Traditionalists say ‘over our dead bodies.’ A moral debate rages. Yet what seldom gets asked is: How does fighting affect a team’s performance? Does toughness win games? Is meting out an ugly black eye as valuable as scoring a pretty goal? Let’s drop the gloves, shall we, and look at the numbers. (Illustration by Mike Faille)
“Scary” North Korea. Or, you know, not.
So this posthas been running around the interwebs, graphically depicting the size of North Korea’s…
Of course the graphic wasn’t created to imply North Korea is a threat to the U.S., but to suggest an answer to the question of “why no one has started bombing them yet?”
With the world staring down the barrel of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal, intercontinental missiles, and biological and chemical weapons, sane people might be wondering why no one has started bombing them yet? The answer is simple.The repercussions would be disastrous. While North Korean arms are mostly antiquated, much of it dating back half a century, what they lack in modernity they make up for in both volume and location.
The whole North Korean army in one place
Graphic: A look at literally every single conventional weapon in North Korea’s arsenal
Some people might be wondering why no one has attacked North Korea yet. It might have to do with the giant, giant pile of arms they have.
Click the link/graphic for the full size version, of which this is but a small snippet.
Graphic: Rise of the mobile phone
Forty years ago this week, reporters watched amazed as Motorola electrical engineer Martin Cooper made the first public mobile phone call — to his competitor at Bell Labs, no less, reports Kristopher Morrison. It took 10 years before Motorola went from demo in New York to producing the first model for retail. Since then the technology has surged and this week Mr. Cooper said he believes the best is yet to come. “Technology has to be invisible. Transparent. Just simple. A modern cellphone in general has an instruction book that’s bigger and heavier than the cellphone. That’s not right,” Mr. Cooper told CBS.
Graphic: What Are North Korea’s Intentions?
North Korea has a fearsome collection of biological and chemical weapons, including rockets that have the potential to strike at most of its close neighbours and the potential to reach Europe, much of the U.S. and all of Australia. (Richard Johnson/National Post)
Graphic: In his own words – How Oscar Pistorius Killed Reeva Steenkamp
In an affidavit, Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee track star, has told how he accidentally killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Graphic: North Korea is believed to have more than 800 ballistic missiles. What does it plan to do with them?
North Korea has drawn widespread condemnation after conducting a nuclear test in defiance of international bans. Pyongyang said its scientists had set off a “miniaturized” nuclear device. The test could bring North Korea a step closer to developing a nuclear warhead small enough to be mounted on a long-range missile. North Korea also has a fearsome collection of biological and chemical weapons. North Korean rockets have the potential to strike at most of its close neighbours and the potential to reach Europe, much of the U.S. and all of Australia.
Graphic: The Extraordinary Renditions – 54 Guilty Nations
Since Sept. 11, 2001, the CIA has been accused of rendering 136 suspected terrorists to states such as Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Uzbekistan. The National Post takes a look into the allegations around the murky world of extraordinary rendition.
Graphic: Everything you ever wanted to know about the late, lamented (Canadian) penny
The National Post‘s Graphics department takes a look at what actually went into our soon-to-be-gone smallest denomination coin.
Graphic: 31 Days Later – U.S. gun deaths since Newtown
How many people have died by guns in America since the shooting deaths at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. a month ago, that resulted in 20 children and eight adults being killed?
The best little horror house in Texas: A graphic history of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Click here for Andrew Barr’s carnage-count of the TCM franchise thusfar, on the eve of the release of Texas Chainsaw 3D: natpo.st/WqYNgd
