The state of Missouri on Tuesday executed Marcellus Williams shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request to delay the execution. Williams, who had maintained his innocence in the 1998 stabbing death of Felicia Gayle in a St. Louis suburb, was put to death by lethal injection. | CBS Mornings

The initial purpose of the Harpoon was to provide a high-subsonic, long-range, sea-skimming, over-the-horizon missile capable of striking enemy warships with lethal accuracy. The transition to Harpoon Block II marked a significant shift in the missile's operational capabilities as it was adapted to confer upon the Harpoon an anti-ship capability in littoral or coastal waters. #engineering | Interesting Engineering