While many nations, including
the United States, have ceased using flamethrowers, Moscow has doubled down with its efforts to utilize fire on the modern battlefield. Rather than the backpack-and-nozzle systems that were employed with infantry throughout both World Wars, Russia developed its TOS-1A Solntsepek ( Scorching Sun ), a multiple rocket launcher platform mounted on a T-72 tank chassis to launch thermobaric rockets.
The latest TOS-2 Tosochka heavy flamethrowers are now currently undergoing trial tests, the Russian military announced last Friday according to Tass. Heavy flamethrower TOS-2 is one of the newest weapons with the RCBD [Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense] troops, Chief of Russia s Chemical, Biological and Radiation Protection Forces Lieutenant-General Igor Kirillov said in an interview with the Russian Defense Ministry s Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper. The pilot batch of the weapons at the issue was delivered to the military this year and it is curren
reporter: little kate. a 3-year-old ball of energy with dirty blonde hair and big blue eyes. but kate, also has autism. she can t sit still for long. so when kate and her mom, chanel, boarded a plane to philadelphia, chanel was bracing for the worst. we knew that flights called for her reporter: a businessman sat down. kate immediately started reaching for him and calling him daddy. what happened next led chanel to write an extraordinary thank you note she posted online. dear daddy in seat 16c, you could have shifted uncomfortably in your seat. you could have ignored her. you could have given me that smile that i despise because it means, manage your child. instead eric kunkle put down his work and spent the next two-and-a-half hours playing with kate. the ninja turtles. yeah. we played. and talked about my dogs. it is a big deal for him to treat her like a little person. reporter: chanel s post
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I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday. i want them to spend the entire morning are you having a wonderful holiday? of course. family time is so great, isn t it? my favorite time of year. i love it. i can t stay awake. jack is reading the must-read opinion pages. little kate is somewhere in the back. she is rolling prompter. i m having her take my bar bells down to my office on the second floor. i got them up here because you know i exercise and joey and andrew are over there somewhere. having a great holiday season. all right. so this hour we re taking a look back at the stories that shaped the year 2012. and joining us on set are msnbc contributor mike barnicle. hello, mike. hello, mika. yeah, good thing you re awake. national affairs editor for new york magazine and msnbc political analyst john heilemann. yeah, hi. and from cnbc headquarters, co-host of cnbc s squawk box