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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.
Graphic: The Boston Marathon Explosions
Two bombs struck near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, turning a celebration into a bloody scene of destruction. The blasts threw people to the ground, killing three, including an eight-year-old boy, and injuring dozens. This is what we know so far.
Graphic: The Military Balance on the Korean Peninsula
Tensions in the Korean Peninsula have soared with a series of provocations from North Korea as well as a revelation in a U.S. intelligence report that suggested the Hermit Kingdom now has the ability to arm a ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead — even if the weapons would lack reliability. Some analysts fear a miscalculation by Kim Jong-un, or an accident, could provoke a regional war dragging in even China and Russia.
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.
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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: 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: The State of the Union’s Words
We take a look at a few key words and their numerical repetition in the last thirteen years of U.S. State of the Union speeches.
How much is your true love paying for all those gifts in The Twelve Days of Christmas?
This year the cost has been calculated at US$107,459.72 for the 376 gifts received in the song, with geese contributing the largest percentage increase
Graphic: North Korea’s Unha-3 long-range rocket
In Pyongyang, North Koreans clinked beer mugs and danced in the streets to celebrate the country’s first satellite in space. In Washington, Seoul and Tokyo, leaders pushed for consequences for Wednesday’s successful rocket launch, widely seen as a test that takes the country one step closer to being capable of lobbing nuclear bombs over the Pacific.
The surprising, successful launch of a three-stage rocket similar in design to a model capable of carrying a nuclear-tipped warhead as far as California raises the stakes in the international standoff over North Korea’s expanding atomic arsenal. As Pyongyang refines its technology, its next step may be conducting its third nuclear test, experts warn.
With this in mind, the National Post’s graphics team takes a look at North Korea’s Unha-3 rocket.
Graphic: The state of Palestine
Becoming a non-member observer state at the United Nations may do nothing to change conditions in the West Bank and Gaza. The areas rely heavily on aid, poverty is rife, unemployment is high and living standards are low.
