The AK-47 was made to be an intermediate rifle for Soviet foot soldiers, but it ended up being the first assault rifle.
When it comes to beauty, purity, and proportion, the precision engineering of a high-quality rifle is the same as that of a high-end watch or a Ferrari V-12. All of the metalwork is as close to perfect as the tools will let it be. Everything has been burnished, blued, polished, and shaped with absolute precision.
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Ukraine needs more tanks and is coming up with some very creative videos to convince Western governments to send some.
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The US Department of Defense (DoD) has confirmed an additional $2.5bn tranche of military platforms and weapons to fulfil Ukraine’s crucial defence requirements.
The new package, which has been authorised from the 30th drawdown of equipment from the US’ defence inventories, includes eight Avenger systems, 590 TOW anti-tank missiles, 90 Stryker vehicles, 20 mine rollers, and 53 mine resistant ambush protected platforms.
NASA operates two Airborne Science ER-2 aircraft for a wide variety of environmental science, atmospheric sampling, and satellite data verification missions. (Carla Thomas/NASA).
Located just north of Atlanta, Georgia, Dobbins Air Reserve Base is usually home to C-130 transport planes. But for the next few weeks, the base will host an unusual guest: a white-painted jet that can fly for more than half a day at the edge of space.
The ‘Earth Resources 2’ jet is used by NASA for studying hurricanes, testing satellite systems, and a range of other scientific purposes.
The Austrian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has exercised a contract option to procure 18 additional AW169M light utility helicopters (LUH) from Italian defence company Leonardo.
The contract was signed between Leonardo and the Directorate for Air Armaments and Airworthiness, assigned under the Italian Secretariat General of Defence/National Armaments Directorate.
Signed on 19 January, the new contract has an estimated value of €304m.
The latest deal has been finalised after a recently signed government-to-government (G2G) agreement between Italy and Austria.
This is the most important victory for the Somalian military since it renewed its offensive against al-Shabaab last year.
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The Air Force’s 6th-generation stealth fighter is already airborne
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On the same day, Big Navy fired two distinguished commanders tied to troubled warships in Virginia and Florida.
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Palantir CEO Alex Karp reaffirmed his commitment to supporting the values of the West via his company’s algorithmic intelligence software on Wednesday, telling any current or…
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Dubbed Point Blank, Israel Aerospace Industries will develop and deliver the deadly drones to the U.S. military for evaluation.