Lt. Kelly Flinn, the nation's first female bomber pilot, stands near the wing of a B-52 at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier, La., April 21, 1995. (Photo: Associated Press)
In this Dec. 29, 2010 photo, an Israeli soldier handles explosives during an army drill near the Shivta Field Artillery School, southern Israel. Israel is among several nations to harness digital and satellite technology to develop "C4I" systems _ short for "command, control, communications, computers and intelligence." The latest version of the communication system that compiles battlefield information in an easy-to-use, video game-like interface, allows all forces on the ground to communicate instantaneously.(AP Photos/Bernat Armangue)
Southern Sudanese take part in a pro-separation rally in the southern capital of Juba on Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. Thousands of pro-independence supporters rallied throughout the town just two days before voting commences in a referendum that will determine if southern Sudan secedes from the north to form the world's newest country. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)
In this Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010 photo, soldiers pay their final respects to 13 fallen soldiers during the monthly Eagle Remembrance Ceremony at the Family Resource Center at Fort Campbell, Ky. The famed 101st Airborne Division shows the scars of the U.S. surge in Afghanistan. In the deadliest year so far for the NATO coalition, nearly one in five American soldiers killed in 2010 has been part of the Screaming Eagles. The 101st Airborne Division, a force in America's major conflicts since World War II, is seeing its worst casualties in a decade as the 2010 U.S. surge in Afghanistan turns into the deadliest year in that war for the NATO coalition. (AP Photo/The Leaf-Chronicle, Jake Lowary)
Palestinian mourners shout slogans as they carry the body, covered left, of Palestinian Omar Kawasmeh during his funeral in the West Bank city of Hebron, Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. Israeli troops mistakenly shot and killed the 65-year-old Palestinian man Friday during a predawn raid to arrest a Hamas militant in the West Bank, Palestinian officials said. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
A Palestinian man argues with Israeli soldier during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah, Friday, Jan 7, 2011. Some held banners with photographs of Jawaher Abu Rahmeh, a 36-year-old villager who collapsed at last week's protest and died the next day. Palestinian doctors who treated Ms. Abu Rahmeh said she collapsed after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli troops and died as a result of the gas. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Police officers patrol by an entrance to King's Cross underground train station in London, Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. More police officers were being deployed at transport hubs in London amid continuing fears of a terrorist attack, British media reported Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Citizens unloaded voting material at Tali, in southern Sudan, earlier this week. Referendum voting begins Sunday to determine whether south Sudan should remain part of the country or to break away from the north. (Associated Press)
The Soviet SS-20 was an intermediate-range ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead and was one of the classes of missiles subject to the INF Treaty. The Soviet Union began to demolish its nuclear stockpile at Kapustin Yar, a missile test site, in July 1988. This plaque showcases a fragment of the last Soviet SS-20 missile, which was destroyed on May 12, 1991. Photo: National Archives, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
