Ballistics

Gone Without a Trace Riding peacefully one second, gone the next. On the early morning of March 9th, 1977, Notorious B.I.G., also known as Biggie, was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting. Although his death remains as an unsolved mystery in the police records, Notorious B.I.G. was abruptly murdered by LAPD detective David Mack. Notorious was in Los Angeles, California to perform his new album called Life After Death and present a music award to the artist Soul Train. After the ceremony he…

Towards the end of World War II in 1945, Americans and Soviets hurried to obtain research done by German scientists during the war. The Americans, in order to bring these new ideas and technology to the US, brought some of the more important German scientists to the US to conduct research for them so that the results would be obtained more rapidly. This operation was highly secretive and was code named Operation Paperclip. The success of the operation, which ran up until 1990, helped move the…

horizon. Even though, the aircraft was far superior to enemy countries, John Diefenbaker and the Canadian government expressed concern the program was too expensive and that the technology of conventional fighter planes was obsolete compared to ballistic missiles. “As a result, the Canadian government decided to cancel…

Iranian national interest evolved throughout the history of the Persian nation. Early in the 1950s, Shah Mohammed Pahlavi welcomed U.S. and Britain involvement in Iranian ventures, to include Iranian interest in nuclear energy, to advance Iran’s national interest. However, at this point Shah Pahlavi was a weak leader and as a result of allowing foreign nations to interfere in Iran he sparked tensions within the political leadership of Iran. Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh was one of…

Television has produced numerous shows that do not paint a clear or accurate picture of what a Forensic Scientist job entails. Criminal shows exaggerate the techniques and fail to note the importance of the abilities of Forensic Scientist and Crime Scene Investigators. A reported 100 million people watch criminal television shows weekly, who form a perception often skewed and fictional in regarding the real world of Forensics. Sorenson Forensics Executive Director Tim Kupferschmid…

Throughout the late 20th century, the Middle East had been struggling with instability and hostility. Afghanistan had been locked in war between the Soviets and the Mujahideen. Israel and Palestine continue to fight each other after Israel was established in 1948. OPEC raised oil prices after the United States sent aid to Israel causing the oil embargo of 1973. Among these conflicts, a little-known president, Saddam Hussein, would grow to become one of the worst leaders since World War II, and…

worlds superpower’s specifically the United States. They arrested two United States journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, while filming a documentary on trafficking of women at the North Korea border. North Korea has launched several long range ballistic missiles and they have openly stated that they intended to plan out a nuclear test. The North Korean government has completed control of all media entering the country, robbing its citizens from an outside perspective on its country. They forbid…

The effects of the Cold War, fear of the Soviet Union, and fear of a nuclear apocalypse, shaped US politics, policy, and culture from 1945-1960. No sooner was World War II and America and Russia’s wartime alliance dissolved, than tensions began to rise. The danger of the Cold War turning hot factored into every decision made in the US government, and plagued of thoughts of every american citizen. Although there was doubtless a lot of fear-mongering by Washington politicians, such as Joseph…

Tony Tasinas No Heroes, No Villains CRJ 101-Professor Smalls 12/7/15 On June 28, 1972, James Richardson awaiting the subway train which would take him to work. He was stopped and ordered to “put up your hands, and get against the wall”. These directions were given by an off duty Transit Authority patrolman named John Skagen. Skagen’s actions seem unprovoked and unnecessary. After a short tussle the two men exchanged shots and Richardson fled the scene on foot. Two other officers that were on…

to their national security (Medina, 2003). Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev devised a secret agreement with Fidel Castro, assuring Cuba that their borders will be defended for and protected from the United States. The Soviet Union began to ship ballistic missiles to Cuba in May 1960. The Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) analysis of Aerial surveillance that showed Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba was disseminated to U.S. President John F. Kennedy (Blight and Welch, 2013). On the 22nd of…