The Mighty Iraqi Helicopter

Iraqi builds a HELICOPTER to protect his country’s

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An Iraqi man is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to border security — and has spent almost 30 million Iraqi dinars, or £15,000, building his own helicopter.
Hatim Kadim Salman, 59, is building the flying machine in Muqdadiyah, a city of 300,00 located 60 miles north of Baghdad in Iraq. He has called the machine Diyala 1, after its home province.

The helicopter is certainly cheaper than the standard British military issue — the Army Air Corps Apache attack helicopters that were deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq clock in at about $20million each.

Mr Salman’s helicopter differs from the Apache in other ways, too — for starters, it only has two blades at the moment, instead of the regular four.

And there’s no sign of any gun mounts on it, unlike the Apache’s substantial weaponry, which includes air-to-air and anti-tank missiles.

The machine has also been painted a vivid blue colour — perhaps so it can stealthily fly unnoticed against the sky? – instead of the Apache’s grey-green hue.

But it’s certainly the first homemade helicopter in Iraq — though whether it can fly or not remains to be seen.

Worst Destinations to Work Abroad

It  always  blooms your prestige when you are offered a job abroad. It is also an excellent opportunity for you to mingle with people with different culture, language and experiences. The overall process of getting a job abroad will be even better when you are offered a job in a good destination where you can work safer and live happy. However, it has been reported that not all the countries around the globe is a good destination to settle for a job. So, here you can see 5 such worst destinations where you should never opt to work, as these countries are not friendly and safer place for work experience, as reported on ‘Work experience abroad blog’.

1. Iraq

It has been reported that, since the year 2006, Iraq has not been removed from the list of worst destination for tourist because of the continuous war happening in that country. It has also been considered as the number 1 worst destinations for workers or employees not only for the employees in their own country but also for the people all over the world. If you get transferred to this country anytime in your life and you have no choice other than shifting, make sure you take up necessary cautions required for your protection as it is very much necessary since the death toll in the nation is rising day by day because of the bombings and kidnappings. So, think twice before taking up a job in this country.

2. Afghanistan

This is another worst destination to work. But if you are adventurous you can dare to opt for a job in this nation and survive. But, the best advice is not to select this destination as a good one to enjoy your work. Even though it has been said that the Taliban terrorist rule has decreased in the nation, some or the other problem rises in that country every day. So, it is good for you to avoid as much as possible particularly if you have a family accompanying you.

3. Riyadh

You may be surprised to see this rich capital city of Saudi Arabia under the list of worst destinations to work. But it is true that in spite of being a rich city because of its business and commercial deals it is not a safer place to work. You may think that you have numerous international work opportunities, but in spite of all that it is considered as the worst place to work because of the political violence and domination. It has one more reason to be the bad place to work and that it because of the various diseases and lack of sanitation facility.

4. Pakistan

This country is considered as one of the risky place to work in because of the problems related to terrorism, foreign relation, sovereignty, tribal and other problems. These problems can be the main reason for people not to choose this country for their professional life. At present, the country is struggling to maintain a good relation with its neighboring country India and other nations. So, try to think twice before selecting a job in this nation.

5. Thailand

It’s really hard to consider this country as the dangerous place because it has been a hot spot for many travelers across the globe. But if you are planning to take up a job and settle down in this country, it is advisable to re-think on it because after the Tsunami hit some of the nations very badly including Thailand, people are thinking twice before settling down in this country. Though, it has passed 7 to 8 years, people still feel shy to opt a career and settle down in that nation because they are scared that the worst event can suddenly happen again anytime. Though this is one of the best destinations to work abroad, the nightmare that some of the foreign people experienced over here have still not faded.

So, these are some of the worst countries where you must think twice before taking up a job over here.

Top 10 Strongest & Largest Armies In The World

Armies are for self defense and they ensure the existence of the country against intruders, they protect the goals for existence of every country and they acquire the target. Air, sea and land are the three ways in which the country needs security and for this we have army, Air Force and Navy.

The size of the army depends on the challenges and threats faced by the countries and the hegemonic designs of the country. But if you don’t have any threats from neighboring countries or if the country is surrounded by strong countries then they don’t require having large forces.
Geo political situations of the countries behind that also effect the armies. For example China has to prepare them against the USA and have to make their economy strong and side by side they have t o prepare themselves from the neighboring countries like Taiwan and India. Similarly America needs to maintain their hegemonic design like they have to influence themselves in Middle East, Afghanistan plus Iran etc. They also want to get hold of mineral resources of Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and central Asian states. They also want to keep Russia in their shoes while being in Afghanistan. So to manage all these things they need to have a really strong plus a lot of troops. So, these are the basic contributing factors to the size of the armies of the world. It all makes our government to decide on what security measures and what equipment do we need.
So, here we have this post for you about the top 10 largest armies of the world and number of their activities.

10. Iran – 320,000

They have really good and effective army and is among one of the best armies of the Middle East too. They have 14 land divisions and 15 air force squadrons.170 vessels. Their “shihab 3” is the best ballistic missile. Their unavoidable military force is really awesome!

9. Myanmar – 425,000

They have 425,000 active forces with 72,000 paramilitary forces. Their responsibility is to conduct the military operations. In this year 2011 there is a law in Myanmar that every male or female who has an age of 18 to 35 must be given the military training of 2 years. So, in case of national emergency they should be used.

8. Iraq – 450,000

The active troops are 450,000 with a lot other personal serving and guards. They were quite active in the Anglo-Iraqi War, 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Six Day War, Yom Kippur War, Iran-Iraq War, Gulf War and Iraq War.

7. United States – 550,000

Their motto is “The We’ll Defend”. The US Army has been very efficient in the Revolutionary War, Indian Wars, War of 1812, Mexican- American War, Utah War, American Civil War, World War I, World War II, Vietnam War, Gulf War, War in Afghanistan and Iraq War.

6. South Korea – 560,000

The Good Korea has the active number of soldiers 560,000 and their military strength is of Terrain Marines, Firebat Shock, Troops, Vulture Anti Personnel Vehicles, 30,000,000 photon canons and many more.

5. Pakistan -617,000

Pakistan is a small country but has one of the best military forces, their army, air force; navy and the paramilitary forces are active for every crisis. They have 48,500,000 male military troops and 44,899,000 female troops. They have the efficient tanks, missiles, fighter jets, submarines and all the best equipment available.

4. Russia – 1,027,000

Russia has the conventional Arms exports of $6,197,000,000, people with 18-27 years have to get military education compulsory. They have the 22,950 tanks and 2,358 aircrafts in Europe and 4,982 battle tanks.

3. North Korea – 900,000

They have the three echelons of armies having 806th and 815th Mechanized Corps and 820th Armored Corps. Their total tank inventory is 4,500 units with 7 categories or more anti tank weapons. Their awesome part was in the major wars like the Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Afghanistan war and the Iraq War.

2. India – 1,325,000

Indian army is the second largest army in the world their primary mission is to ensure security and defense of the country. Their humanitarian rescue operations are worth praise. Their troops other than the active ones are 1,140,000.

1. China – 290,000

China has the largest army but it is said that they are purely trained and equipped, they have 8,500 tanks, 4,000 fighter jets and still some are under development, 61 submarines and 54 surface ships. They have the squadron of Su27 fighter planes. Their manpower and the financial situation is is letting them in making the country with the largest army size.

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Interesting Facts About The Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear weapon is hanging over the world population like a Damocles sword and whole of the world is in danger. Although, using nuclear technology man has also produced electricity and accomplished numerous human welfare tasks but its threat cannot be ignored at the same time. Recently, a decade long war of USA and Iraq was based on an allegation that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction and USA intended to neutralize their nuclear facilities. It all came to a naught when they found nothing there but just imagine the magnitude of devastation word “nuclear weapon” lead to. Anyways, here I am going to tell you 10 Interesting Facts About The Nuclear Weapons

Since the advent of Nuclear weapon, humans are among the endangered species list. There are around 26,000 nuclear warheads in the world, enough to destroy civilization many times.
Two states possess more than 95% of all nuclear weapons and those two states are USA and Russia.
Currently, there are nine countries with nuclear weapons namely; US, Russia, UK, France, China, Israel, India, Pakistan and North Korea.
The total number of nuclear missiles built in USA since 1951 up till now are 67,500 (U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project).
The total number of nuclear bombers built in USAA since 1945 up till now are 4680. (U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project).
It is very horrifying to know that there are up to 2,000,000 kilograms of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) in global stockpiles. Only 15-24 kg of HEU is used to make a nuclear weapon. Just imagine the magnitude of nuclear warhead already stockpiled in the world.
The total area which is occupied by the USA nuclear bases and facilities is 15,654 square miles.
The 1970 Non-Proliferation Treaty, approved by nearly every country in the world, demands all the nuclear weapon states to engage themselves in good faith negotiations for nuclear disarmament.
The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) between the US and Russia, a treaty which required both the countries to reduce their r deployed strategic warheads to between 1,700 and 2,200 by December 31, 2012, was terminated on the following day and allowing each country to redeploy as many nuclear warheads as possible. They couldn’t even wait for a day to cancel this treaty and again involve themselves into this horrendous race of deploying the nuclear warheads.
We can assess the devastating effect of the nuclear weapon from the fact that Money and non-monetary compensation paid by the United States to Marshallese Islanders since 1956 to make for the damages from nuclear testing is at least $759,000,000.

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