Some might say the USSR was watching too many James Bond movies for creating a special underwater assault rifle, but judging by how many countries still use the Avtomat Podvodny Spetsialnyy (or APS) weapon, they might have just been filling a need we haven’t considered in the West.
World War II began the use of special commando units of frogmen who infiltrated sensitive coastal areas and conducted all manner of special missions. Reconnaissance of enemy positions, mapping potential landing zones and even outright destruction or sabotage wreaked havoc on the Axis during World War II.
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Saab, the Swedish defence and security company, has reported a strong Q1 2023 with a total order intake of Skr17bn ($16.4bn) marking a 110% increase from Q1 2022.
The company has received significant orders from UAE and Sweden for the fourth GlobalEye aircraft.
The Q1 highlights have been spearheaded by the increase in defence spending in Europe and the US, as countries seek to replenish their stocks, which has contributed to Saab’s growth.
International orders amounted to Skr13.9bn, a 224% increase, with 81% of all order bookings outside of Sweden for Q1 2023.
Chris Kyle is famous posthumously, as many warriors are. The “American Sniper,” a figure of almost mythical status, has been the subject of numerous articles and books, and a film starring Bradley Cooper. Kyle was a highly successful sniper for the American Army in the Middle East.
A SEAL, Chris Kyle served four tours in Iraq. He earned a Silver Star, three Bronze, and had 160 confirmed kills. So fearsome was his skill that local enemy leaders put out bounties on him. Discharged in 2009, he wrote his memoir, “American Sniper,” and settled into civilian life.
The Long Range Desert Group was a unique special operations unit that fought in the Second World War, conducting some truly pioneering ops.
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A hundred years before the American Revolution, a portion of the Rockaway Peninsula in New York was purchased by Richard Cornell, an ironmaster; he owned a blast furnace and processed iron ore. It seems fitting that this was also the home of David Stern in this century, a former U.S. Marine who immigrated to Israel. In those parts, he is known as the “Iron Man” by friends, and no wonder; his recent ferocious fight with a terrorist threatening his family has sent him into legend.
A man is nothing if he won’t defend his family.
David Stern knows this, and now so does the terrorist.
The Lockheed Martin subsidiary, Sikorsky, a Connecticut-based aircraft manufacturer, has produced what it believes to be the most suitable rotorcraft for conducting operations across the expanse of the Indo-Pacific.
With the US Department of Defense (DoD) still on the lookout for its next Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) since 2018, Sikorsky is keen to win the contract after losing out on the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) to its avaiation rival, Bell Helicopter.
Have you heard of ghost soldiers? It’s a term used to describe people who were listed on military payrolls but who aren’t real. Unfortunately, this was a prevalent issue during the Iraq War, which is already one of the most controversial conflicts in modern history. Military payrolls kept the names of ghost soldiers, who could have been killed or deserted, inflating the number of troops on paper. This practice isn’t unique to the Iraq War, but it had severe consequences for both the Iraqi people and the US-led coalition.
In October 1944, the Japanese fleet was looking for a knockout blow against the U.S. Navy in the Philippines. This fight would become the Naval Battle of Leyte Gulf. Japanese commanders put together a daring plan that capitalized on their own strengths, they resourced and initiated it appropriately, then screwed it up so bad that it had the exact reverse outcome.
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command, assist with security at an Evacuation Control Checkpoint (ECC) during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26. U.S. service members are assisting the Department of State with a non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) in Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla) .
The Taliban have killed an Islamic State group leader who is responsible for the Aug.
The Ripsaw mini-tank in ‘The Fate of the Furious’ (Universal Pictures).
If you’re that special breed of person who has dreamt of owning both a piece of movie history and a tank, now’s your chance to kill two birds with one stone: the Ripsaw mini-tank from the eighth installment of The Fast and the Furious franchise is headed to the auction block next month for less than $200,000.
According to the listing at Mecum Auctions, the dual-tracked land vehicle that defense contractor (and future Textron subsidiary) Howe & Howe first unveiled for the U.S.