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“You know how family works. The oldest child gets all the best stuff, the youngest gets all the attention, and the middle kids gets stuck hanging out, usually hoping something good happens. The very same thing happened in the world of handguns.” That quote comes from gun writer David LaPell, in an April 2011 article […]
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A History and My Experience with the Barrett M82: When it comes to sniper rifles of the 21st century — especially as pertaining to the Global War On Terror (GWOT) — arguably none is more famous (infamous to the surviving comrades of its victims) and iconic than the Barrett M82A1 AKA M107A1 .50 caliber. (Subscribe […]
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In recent months, we at 19FortyFive have published several articles on how Russia’s repeated attempts to build a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier have ended in miserable and ignominious failure. (Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel Here. Check out More 19FortyFive Videos Here) It is no small source of embarrassment for Vladimir Putin and his Russian Navy admirals […]
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Putin Describes Ukraine Invasion As “War” for First Time: Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to have given up attempting to reframe the invasion of Ukraine as anything other than “war,” using the word to describe the conflict for the very first time during a televised news conference on Friday. (Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel Here. […]
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Putin Tells Arms Industry to Manufacture Better Weapons for Ukraine War: Russian President Vladimir Putin told the nation’s defense industry chiefs that they must do more to ensure that the Russian military has access to weapons, ammunition, and other military hardware in a more timely manner. (Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel Here. Check out More 19FortyFive […]
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Here’s Why AOC Voted “No” to the Spending Bill – When progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or AOC, chose to vote “no” on this week’s huge $1.7 trillion spending bill, she caused a stir by being the only Democrat to oppose the measure. (Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel Here. Check out More 19FortyFive Videos Here) The […]
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Ten months ago, the Russian military launched its invasion of Ukraine. Tens of thousands of dead and wounded, thousands of destroyed weapon systems, and 304 days later, the Russian forces are no closer to achieving any of their primary objectives.  (Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel Here. Check out More 19FortyFive Videos Here) The Russian invasion […]
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The war in Ukraine has entered its tenth month, and the Russian forces are running out of ammo.  (Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel Here. Check out More 19FortyFive Videos Here) In September, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of the Russian reserves, calling up approximately 300,000 men to arms. The influx of Russian […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally posted in December 2021. On Christmas Day, 1968, American families woke up to festooned houses and presents under the tree. But thousands of miles away in Southeast Asia, a small special operations team was fighting for its life. Part of a covert special operations organization, the Military Assistance Command […]
The post A very MACV-SOG Christmas, how a spec ops team survived against all odds appeared first on Sandboxx.

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