Moscow claims that Ukraine has carried out a series of drone strikes in southern and western Russia. The wave of drones overnight from Monday to Tuesday is said to have targeted regions of the Russian hinterland located along the border with Ukraine and deep inside the country.
At the same time, the hacking of Russian television channels and radio stations and the temporary closure of the St. Petersburg airport fueled suspicions that Kyiv could be behind the disturbances.
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A year ago, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised to modernize the Bundeswehr with a huge single fund. Critics say not much has happened since then.
About a year ago, Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivered a speech to the German Parliament that was likely to define his chancellorship, and he had only been in office for two months.
The “Zeitenwende” (literally “change of the times”) speech, a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, was based on the announcement that the German army would receive a one-time special fund of 100 billion euros for its modernization.
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General Atomics has unveiled a new concept for how its MQ-9B SkyGuardian drone might be employed in the future, as a launch platform for U.S.-Norwegian Joint Strike Missile cruise missiles. Utilizing MQ-9-series uncrewed aircraft as weapon trucks loaded with stand-off munitions could be one way to help ensure their relevance in future high-end conflicts.
An artist’s conception of an MQ-9B in Royal Australian Air Force markings and armed with a pair of Joint Strike Missiles (JSM) under each wing is currently on display at the Avalon airshow in Australia, which wraps up this week.
We often look at college students as punk kids, lazy frat guys or any other kind of social stereotype. The truth is they come up with some pretty amazing papers, research, and class projects. The polarizing lens, a self-charging family car, and nail polishes that can detect date rape drugs, all of these were created by undergraduate college students.
Few of the amazing inventions created by undergrads, however, end up being seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Although, in the government’s defense, they aren’t conducting a mini Manhattan Project on their campuses, either.
Attachment rails, officially known as the rail integration system (RIS), can nowadays be found on most weapons. They enable adding attachments and also function as handguards.
Some people like to overdo it with their attachments, though, so I thought I’d take a more grounded approach to attachment rails and see how to improve your weapon.
Short History of the Attachment Rail
Depending on the exact weapon, you can find one or more attachment rails underneath the barrel, on the sides, or on top of it. It wasn’t always like this, though, as these rails are new inventions in firearm history.
A few thousand years ago, our ancestors wore chain mail when they went into battle. Today, we have body armor to protect us from gunfire. While it generally sounds great, the performance of body armor has always been a topic of discussion in the tactical community.
Which parts of the body are protected? How well protected are they and is it worth investing in body armor?
Let’s find out.
The Two Types of Modern Body Armor
There are two basic types of body armor today. The hard plate armor, which is ceramic, and the bulletproof vests made from fiber, commonly known as Kevlar.
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The torpedo launchers of the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen are really something to behold. At first glance, they look more like futuristic speedboats of sorts than torpedo launchers – something you’d see Roger Moore using in The Spy Who Loved Me to escape Karl Stromberg’s sinking Atlantis hideout. Yet the story of the vessel and its distinctive weaponry is just as fascinating, and improbable.
Originally designed to be operated in the open air, the torpedo launchers were an integral part of Prinz Eugen‘s armory during World War II.
The Mandalorian is back and Pedro Pascal is hot off his premiere of The Last of Us on HBO. Things are looking up!
This article is a recap of the major things you need to know before heading into season three, but consider this your official spoiler warning for The Mandalorian seasons one and two as well as The Book of Boba Fett season one.
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We first met our hero, Din Djarin aka Mando (Pascal), on a bounty hunter mission.
Delivering innovative technologies developed in the commercial sector into the hands of military end users is critical to the success of the US military, and everyone is talking about the transition problem in government. Last June, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said: “I think transition clearly is one of our biggest problems. The so-called ‘Valley of Death,’ scaling up to fielding and full-scale production is a piece of that.” In addition, Heidi Shyu, the Undersecretary of Defense, has cited the “Valley of Death” as an issue for government.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued a memo invoking the Defense Production Act to expand domestic production of materials for hypersonic systems.
The memo circulated by the White House, and scheduled to soon hit the Federal Register, calls for the federal government to take action to accelerate and stimulate the production of “airbreathing engines, advanced avionics position navigation and guidance systems, and constituent materials for hypersonic systems,” which Biden calls “essential to the national defense.