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Mirrors" projected holographic bit for the helicopter is actually real (but then, if it were, it would be classified).. But the pieces are there as far as I know - we can actually make digital holograms - it would just take a hell of a fast computer to make anything very complicated, and a very very powerful laser to project it (in full color..) - not to mention the cooling systems to keep such a laser from probably melting itself. Still, DB should just stop with the "Facts" page - for a person who writes about "symbology" all the time, he gets
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The list of foreign language translations is in discord with the usual way to solve it on
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A fictional book that claims that all mentioned technology exists. Which is not true. If we made just a footnote that the claim is not true without any explaination there would be people demanding sources/explaination, so I think this is the right solution.
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The new comment concerning Delta Force operators being referred to as operators and not agents, does this have any validity other than what is mentioned in "Inside Delta Force"? It's a great book, but there is some dispute as to its accuracy.
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Please change: The helicopter slides off the ship into the sea, sinking to the bottom. When the intense heat at the bottom ignites the
Tomahawk Missiles still on the helicopter...
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874:—Preceding
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652:Nightscream
454:MythBusters
332:-mrbartjens
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1190:Categories
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1067:Hungarian
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1153:dixit. (
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354:Sircolin
318:SoxFanNH
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157:novellas
48:redirect
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