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these guys are just from dhl, looks like a rather big package, right? wrapped up in plastic wrap. a box, looks like it came on a pallet. cut into the cardboard box. once they get into the cardboard, that's what they ordered. a single battery charger, and this is how it was delivered. >> no. >> by dhl. >> it's not a prank, it's not a prank. >> we get deliveries every day and they're ridiculously overpacked. >> how much does it cost to pack it up like that. >> reading the comments, somebody said like, maybe this is how dhl gets rid of some unwanted like pallets. >> yeah, battery charger, put it in a cardboard box, let them deal with it. >> let chem dealith it. >> i like ribs. you like ribs? >>delicious, sweet, nice when you freeze them. guess who else likes grapes? charlie. when charlie eats grapes, adorable. >> whoa. my goodness. that's a bat. >> a gray headed flying fox is a bat. >> charlie got himself stuck on the balcony. >> he had a concussion. also had swollen thumbs. those are his thumbs right there. had to put bands on them. the video's older, posted in march. once he was we
these guys are just from dhl, looks like a rather big package, right? wrapped up in plastic wrap. a box, looks like it came on a pallet. cut into the cardboard box. once they get into the cardboard, that's what they ordered. a single battery charger, and this is how it was delivered. >> no. >> by dhl. >> it's not a prank, it's not a prank. >> we get deliveries every day and they're ridiculously overpacked. >> how much does it cost to pack it up like that. >>...
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Jul 4, 2014
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and the miracle is dhl express, they answered my e-mail.tarted, i e-mailed general david petraeus. my wife, of course, told me i was nuts, my beautiful wife, and i said, no, we can do this. my son asked me on a friday night, we were eating pizza. he said could we send some pizzas, and i said yeah. so with that said, david answered in 12 hours and the highest generals love this project. so dhl came to the rescue and said we'll do this for you, mark. here we are, over 150,000 pizzas and a million slices later. >> so you've got the pizzas there in chicago. how long does it take for it to get out to our servicemen and women? >> we can get it in country within 24 hours. it leaves chicago, yes, sir. leaves the hub in chicago, goes to bahrain, an island in the persian gulf. from there it goes out to afghanistan, kandahar, bagram and leather neck, those are the main hubs. and then it's staged there. they already know where they want to take it, and the military takes it out. they deliver it by helicopter, truck and air drop it also out of airplanes
and the miracle is dhl express, they answered my e-mail.tarted, i e-mailed general david petraeus. my wife, of course, told me i was nuts, my beautiful wife, and i said, no, we can do this. my son asked me on a friday night, we were eating pizza. he said could we send some pizzas, and i said yeah. so with that said, david answered in 12 hours and the highest generals love this project. so dhl came to the rescue and said we'll do this for you, mark. here we are, over 150,000 pizzas and a million...
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Jul 22, 2014
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those systems could have prevented this, a november 2003 attack on a dhl cargo plane over baghdad.t managed to land safely. terrorists launched a shoulder-fired missile and barely missed a passenger jet taking off from kenya in 2002. those are designed to encounter simpler, shoulder-fired missiles. to fend off more sophisticated radar-guarded missiles, one possible counter measure, according to experts in various reports, could be fired from the commercial plane in a canister. that canister would burst open and send out what is called chaffe, metal confetti. >> it create as cloud that's much larger than the aircraft and this cloud distracts the missile because the radar cross section of the cloud is much bigger than that of the aircraft and the missile is thrown off target. >> reporter: but experts say it's only for a few seconds before the missile could lock back on to the aircraft and installing and maintaining this equipment could throw planes off and cause thousands of delays. former firefighters say it's not safe for commercial pilots to deploy those canisters. once those shoo
those systems could have prevented this, a november 2003 attack on a dhl cargo plane over baghdad.t managed to land safely. terrorists launched a shoulder-fired missile and barely missed a passenger jet taking off from kenya in 2002. those are designed to encounter simpler, shoulder-fired missiles. to fend off more sophisticated radar-guarded missiles, one possible counter measure, according to experts in various reports, could be fired from the commercial plane in a canister. that canister...
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Jul 21, 2014
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options but almost all are designed to stop shoulder-fired missiles like the one that took down this dhllight in baghdad in 2003 which the crew survived. one option, flairs, or tiny pieces of aluminum stuff need a canister that create a visual smoke screen that tricks the missile's radar temporarily. >> the chap will is ysurround a area around the wing diverting the missile. >> the other simple design used to be called flair. and just like a road flair, it produces some heat source. and you shoot that off somewhere away from the aircraft. >> under are also new high-tech options, this one from defense contractor northrop grumman called the guardian. >> when the system fires, it is automatically sensed and tracked. sending a laysor beam in, the system jams the missile and drives it i way from the aircraft. >> systems like this are in use by planes flown in israel. >> in israel today, one of their homegrown defense contractors outfitted their fleet with counter measures to deal with the more traditional type shoulder launch missiles. >> but aviation experts say when it comes to the more adv
options but almost all are designed to stop shoulder-fired missiles like the one that took down this dhllight in baghdad in 2003 which the crew survived. one option, flairs, or tiny pieces of aluminum stuff need a canister that create a visual smoke screen that tricks the missile's radar temporarily. >> the chap will is ysurround a area around the wing diverting the missile. >> the other simple design used to be called flair. and just like a road flair, it produces some heat source....
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Jul 22, 2014
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options but almost all are designed to stop shoulder-fired missiles, like the one that took down this dhler baghdad in 2003. one option, flares, or what is called chaf, tiny aluminum that tricks the missile's radar temporarily. >> the chaf will surround the area of the wing or the aircraft as the aircraft flies away diverting the missile. the other simple design used to be called flare. and just like a road flare, it produces some heat source and you shoot that off somewhere away from the aircraft. >> reporter: there are also new high-tech options. this one from defense contractor called the garnim. >> the senses automatically direct it and the system jams the missile and drives it away from the aircraft. >> reporter: systems like this are already in use on planes flown by israel's airline. >> in israel today, one of the homegrown defense contractors outfitted their fleet with count countermeasures to deal with the shoulder-type missiles. >> reporter: but when it comes to the advanced surface-to-air missiles, the technology just isn't there yet. u.s. senator mark kurt is calling for actio
options but almost all are designed to stop shoulder-fired missiles, like the one that took down this dhler baghdad in 2003. one option, flares, or what is called chaf, tiny aluminum that tricks the missile's radar temporarily. >> the chaf will surround the area of the wing or the aircraft as the aircraft flies away diverting the missile. the other simple design used to be called flare. and just like a road flare, it produces some heat source and you shoot that off somewhere away from the...
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threat that we had and the last threat, i can go back to 2003 at baghdad international airport where a dhl airplane was hit by a man pad. i don't want to speak directly for my colleagues but in amind that is the mentality, a surface-to-air missile that is shoulder launched, doesn't have the capability of getting that high none of us, i think works have conceived that that kind of devastation from a surface-to-air missile -- >> information then should be going from the intelligence community do you think to the airline regulates, the airlines, the pilots themselves so that you would know -- >> all of it? >> surface-to-air missiles are there that's question, right? >> all of t >> think about how much you have to think about to fly a plane. now you have to think about this, too. >> well, after september 11th, that was the big game changer, too now we have to think about certain aspects of how to react to a terrorism situation on board. so, that's all part of our training. evading missiles, not part of our training. >> yeah. >> you know, that's just something that's not in our vocabulary at th
threat that we had and the last threat, i can go back to 2003 at baghdad international airport where a dhl airplane was hit by a man pad. i don't want to speak directly for my colleagues but in amind that is the mentality, a surface-to-air missile that is shoulder launched, doesn't have the capability of getting that high none of us, i think works have conceived that that kind of devastation from a surface-to-air missile -- >> information then should be going from the intelligence...
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years later, that dhl aircraft was struck, but landed safely.time, no successful effort or attempt that we know have has occurred with these shoulder-fired rockets. >> and when you talk about the distances here, most people can think of their own airport, and there's usually a pull-in place, where you can pull-in, if you're an airport aficionado and you can watch planes land. and you have these very slow, predictable decents with highways right along them. it would seem that -- it would seem too easy. >> right, and i, at this point, i need to put the israeli point, in a sense to counter what miles was saying. israel was basically saying, yes, we know all of that. and we know there's a potential threat. but the iron dome mechanism, the system, protects the airport, the approaches, and therefore, that missile that you're talking about, a mile from the runway, we let it land there. it wasn't a threat, is what -- that's the israeli argument. >> but what about in the united states? there is no protection in the united states, there is no iron dome. t
years later, that dhl aircraft was struck, but landed safely.time, no successful effort or attempt that we know have has occurred with these shoulder-fired rockets. >> and when you talk about the distances here, most people can think of their own airport, and there's usually a pull-in place, where you can pull-in, if you're an airport aficionado and you can watch planes land. and you have these very slow, predictable decents with highways right along them. it would seem that -- it would...
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on november 2003 attack on a dhl cargo plane over baghdad. it managed to land safely.r measures on its el-al planes developed after terrorists launched a shoulder fired missile and barely missed an israeli passenger jet in 2002. on the israeli planes a laser moves toward a missile and deflects it away. but those are designed to count ker only simpler shoulder fired missiles. to fend off more sophisticated radar guided missiles, one possible counter measure according to experts in various reports could be fired from the commercial plane in a canister that would burst open and send out what's called chaff, metal confetti. >> reflective aluminum particles create a cloud much larger than the aircraft. this cloud distracts the missile because the radar cross section of the cloud is much bigger than that of the aircraft. so the missile is thrown off target. >> experts say it's only for a few seconds before the missile could lock back onto the aircraft. installing and maintaining systems would be difficult. they could easily pull planes off the tarmac and cancel flights when
on november 2003 attack on a dhl cargo plane over baghdad. it managed to land safely.r measures on its el-al planes developed after terrorists launched a shoulder fired missile and barely missed an israeli passenger jet in 2002. on the israeli planes a laser moves toward a missile and deflects it away. but those are designed to count ker only simpler shoulder fired missiles. to fend off more sophisticated radar guided missiles, one possible counter measure according to experts in various...