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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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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.