Indian technology in U.S. military

I read an article about some interesting facts about Indian technology in U.S. Military. Let me share something about it. The United States adopted ancient Indian catamaran-making technology to construct fast ships which were used with dramatic effect in the Iraq war, says a media report. Among the equipment the Americans used to win the Iraq war were 100-feet catamaran ships to ferry tanks and ammunition from Qatar to Kuwait. The ships, built with technology adapted from ancient Tamil methods to make catamarans, can travel over 2,500 kms in less than 48 hours, twice the speed of the regular cargo ships, and carry enough equipment to support about 5,000 soldiers.

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In Protest

Despite a strict blockade by Israel, a boat with 27 pro-Palestinian activists docked in the Gaza Strip last Wednesday; the second in three months. Dignity left Cyprus and arrived in Gaza to protest against Israel's blockade after Gaza was seized by Hamas in June last year. The activists in Dignity included Nobel Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire (Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for peace efforts in Northern Ireland); Palestinian parliamentarian Mustafa Barghuti and Israeli activist Gideon Spiro. Barghuti called it "a historic day" as he would normally require a permit to enter Gaza being a resident of Ramallah in West Bank. The first boat docked in August to focus attention on the state of the 1.5 million people who live in the area. Israel warned activists not to enter the military zone around the Gaza Strip but did not move to stop Voyage.