"Tucked away in the hills north of San Luis Obispo is a miniature city waiting
for
attack. Concrete buildings with courtyards hug the grassy slopes, yards away
from
a 40-foot sniper tower and shooting ranges. They're part of the newly renovated
urban assault training complex at Camp San Luis Obis
On Aug 26, 2005, at 4:52 PM, Geoff Manaugh wrote:
> - Fast set-up and disassembly...
> - Various building sites configurations...
> [and]
> - Changeable interior room configurations"
"Many people find the subject of animal slaughter to be very
unpleasant and prefer not to know the details of wh
Hi all,
Before the Iraq war I noted that conquering resisting cities or
fighting in them is impossible for most modern armies, unless they are
willing to destroy the cities, as Berlin was block by block in 1945, or
Hue all at once in 1968. Otherwise the death toll for the attackers is
too high.
One night on the road when the campground at lovely Morro Rock near San Luis
Obispo was full, I found myself in an odd, impersonal sort of campsite a few
miles
further down the interstate, where to my surprise (and I don't really know what
must have gone through my French companion's mind) we were
Anyone interested in more Isr/Pal/global military urbanism questions (as per
Brian
Holmes's question, below), check out Bryan Finoki's recent news-grabs on
Archinect:
http://archinect.com/news/article.php?id=P23879_0_24_0_C
http://archinect.com/news/article.php?id=P23708_0_24_0_C
http://archinec
"Another architecture is rising in the expanding landscape of preparedness.
Condensed simulacrum of our existing urban environments are forming within our
communities, where the first responders to emergencies, on a small or large
scale,
practice their craft of dealing with disaster.
The scenar
