Statue of Liberty to reopen for summer

The Statue of Liberty is reopening July 4 after Superstorm Sandy flooded the island where it stands. The statue has been closed since Sandy struck the region on Oct. 29 and damaged much of Liberty Island's.

The First U.S. Navy Drone

The first in its history, the drone strike was the Navy United States.
First flew unmanned X-47B aircraft, code-named Salty Dog 501 14 May 2013 from the deck of an aircraft carrier «George HW Bush».

X-47B drone production Northrop Grumman Corporation has dimensions similar to a conventional fighter, equipped with a turbofan engine Pratt & Whitney F100-220, has a range of about 4,000 miles, a cruising speed of Mach 0.45 and can go up to a height of 12 km. Armed with two bombs weighing a JDAM guidance system to 905 kg each. Let me remind you that the first flight of its X-47B made two years ago, rising into the air from Edwards Air Force Base.

May 14 X-47B was launched by one of the two full-time catapult aircraft carrier, which was on maneuvers in the Atlantic. During a test flight of the UAV seven times imitated the landing and take-off, touching the chassis of the deck.

U.S. Navy makes aviation history

The U.S. Navy made aviation history by launching an unmanned jet - the bat-winged X-47B stealth drone - off an aircraft carrier for the first time, taking an important step toward expanded use of drones by the American military. The X-47B and its successors are seen as a potential answer to the threat posed by medium-range anti-ship missiles developed by China and Iran.

Michelle Obama gets a new hairdo for Harry

Michelle Obama has beaten hundreds of adoring women to get closest to Prince Harry after Britain's most eligible bachelor joined her at the White House at the start of his week-long U.S. tour.

The First Lady welcomed the 28-year-old prince to her home on Thursday afternoon for a reception in honor of military mothers and their children after he caused a stir in Washington D.C. 

Telephone History Museum In Moscow

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The company Mastertel opened a Telephone History Museum which is located at the company’s headquaters in Moscow. Telephones of different world leading telephone producers of 1876-1970 are exhibited there. A rare collection of domestic telephones is also shown there.
On the picture you can see an ATEA desk telephone, 1948, Antwerp.

A Bell desk telephone, 1890, USA.

An L. M. Ericsson (Lars Magnus Ericsson) telephone, 1895, Sweden. This telephone with an inductor call became the company’s trademark. The common people called it skeleton-telephone. It was widely used in Europe (including Russia) and in the United States, at social infractructure facilities and in apartments.

A Siemens desk telephone, 1878, Germany. This telephone was made of wood and was simultaneously used as a microphone and a receiver. When one of the interlocutors was speaking, the other one had to keep silent. The two of them could not speak at the same time. At first the telephone had no ring. It was used by German postal authorities.

A Siemens & Halske (Siemens) desk telephone, automatic telephone system, model ZBSA 11, 1910, Germany.

Boston bombing suspect captured alive

Gunfire erupted Friday night amid the manhunt for the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, and police in armored vehicles and tactical gear rushed into the Watertown neighborhood in a possible break in the case

Tamerlan Tsarnaev (L), 26, is pictured in 2010 in Lowell, Massachusetts, and his brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is pictured in an undated FBI handout photo in this combination photo. The two are suspects in the April 15, 2013 bombing at the Boston Marathon. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot and killed by police April 19, 2013. Police continue to search for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.