Some rocket fuzes can be fitted with a Graze' function which is a device to cause the fuze to function if it strikes a target at a shallow angle and starts to ricochet.

As more images of debased Iraqi detainees ricochet around the world, many viewers are as bewildered as they are outraged. How could ordinary American soldiers, whether they were following orders or acting on their own, appear so untroubled, even exhilarated by their brutish conduct?

The ricochet effects of the Iraq War have combined to yield a mounting threat to stability and security. Perhaps the aggressive actions of the US and a resulting backlash in the Islamic world will contribute to nuclear proliferation in Iran, or to nuclear Pakistan someday falling into the hands of extremists.