NORAD, the six-decade-old North American defense pact, has launched a new initiative called the Strategic Homeland Integrated Ecosystem for Layered Defensealso known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Beyond the acronym, this S.H.I.E.L.D. has absolutely nothing to do with the Nick Fury-led espionage agency from the Marvel Universe, which has alternately stood for Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage and Law-Enforcement Division, Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate, or Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, depending on the comic book. — Read the rest
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