Today, the Nurit Radar System is used by the Artillery Corps and it enables them to locate missiles including Grad, Qassam and Katyusha missiles that have been fired at Israel.

Sharano, Afghanistan: a US soldier walks as a Chinook helicopter prepares to land at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Sharano in Sharano district, Paktika province.

Chinook jargon: a pidgin language combining words from nootka Chinook salishan languages French and English formerly used as a lingua franca in the Pacific northwest.