WASHINGTON — With the response to the earthquake in Nepal shifting from search and rescue to relief and reconstruction, a new clock is now ticking for the devastated Himalayan nation.
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“The ability to fly in as a high lift-capacity airplane but then to land on a short strip – or simply to hover over a delivery site – is what makes the Osprey of particular value,” says David Michel, director of the environmental security program at the Stimson Center in Washington.
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