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Video shared on Twitter shows a drone exploding atop the Kremlin on May 3, 2023. (Screenshot from Twitter/ @sentdefender).

Russia is accusing Ukraine of launching a drone attack on the Kremlin in an attempt to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Associated Press. 
Ukraine has officially denied carrying out a drone attack on Moscow.
A video shared on Twitter appears to show some sort of drone exploding near a flagpole atop the Kremlin. Moscow residents nearby said they heard an explosion around 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported.

So you want a Glock 40? You know that’s chambered in 10mm Auto, right? Oh, you want a Glock chambered in .40 Smith & Wesson? Take a look at the Glock 22 or 23. No, the Glock 22 isn’t chambered in .22 LR. For that, you want a Glock 44, which isn’t chambered in .44 Magnum. What Glock models do you want? Glock’s naming scheme can be confusing, but it gets easier once you understand the reason behind it.
History of Glock Models
When Gaston Glock set out to design a handgun, he had zero firearms design or manufacturing experience.

Gurkhas, Nepali soldiers who sometimes serve other nations including Great Britain, are some of the world’s most feared warriors. In Afghanistan, one British Burkha used every weapon at his disposal, from his rifle to a machine-gun tripod, to kill 30 Taliban fighters. A major point of pride for British Gurkhas was having a living Victoria Cross, Britain’s highest and most prestigious award, in the brigade: Captain Rambahadur Limbu VC, MVO.

Limbu was the last Gurkha VC (The Gurkha Museum)

Born in Chyangthapu in East Nepal on July 8, 1939, Limbu joined the British Army at the age of 17.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has stated that there are restrictions on using Western-supplied weapons to Ukraine by Kyiv forces in the war. The Russian media picked up his comments.
“It is very important to us that the weapons we supply and with which Ukraine can defend itself are not used to attack Russian territory,” Scholz said in Bendorf near Koblenz in western Germany on Tuesday, according to reports.
In April, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius had expressed limited support for Ukraine carrying out operations on Russian soil “to cut off its supply routes.

In Black Hawk Down, Sgt. Pilla (Danny Hoch) impersonates Cpt. Steele (Jason Isaacs) saying, “Take those sunglasses off, soldier. Delta wants to wear Oakleys, that’s their business. I don’t wanna see them on you again. Hooah?” Today, you’d be hard-pressed to walk around a military base without seeing Oakleys. How did the brand become so dominant in the military? Let’s take a look.

A Marine wearing Oakleys in Iraq, c. 2007 (U.S. Marine Corps)

Like so many other successful companies, Oakley started in a garage.

Operation Neptune Spear was the mission of a lifetime, the kind that Navy SEALs train for years to carry out. On May 2, 2011, a team of SEALs launched a daring raid on a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and killed the world’s most wanted terrorist: Osama bin Laden. In this captivating and immersive story, we’ll take you behind the scenes of Operation Neptune Spear and reveal the untold story of how the SEALs pulled off one of the most audacious missions in American military history.
Operation Neptune Spear Intelligence
The hunt for bin Laden had been going on for nearly a decade.

BALTIMORE, Md. — The Pentagon’s enterprise cloud effort, the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC), will provide the Department of Defense artificial intelligence capabilities from top commercial vendors.
“With JWCC coming on board, it’s not just an infrastructure as a service contract vehicle. All of the SaaS offerings that these major vendors have, they’re going to bring them to the table as they build these custom-built clouds for us. The AI that Google has is going to be there. Others are delving into it. Oracle, AWS, Microsoft.

Host L Todd Wood speaks with Major General Paul Vallely (USA, Ret) on his efforts to end the war in Ukraine as it is not in America’s interest.
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The United States and the Philippines signed new “bilateral defense guidelines” on Wednesday, which include an emphasis on defending against threats in cyberspace.
The Philippines occupies a strategic position in the Asia-Pacific where the U.S. and China are competing for influence. Washington and Manila already have a mutual defense treaty dating back to 1951. But the new agreement comes as both nations are concerned about Chinese aggression.

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk seen hovering above the cruise ship Carnival Dream on April 29, 2023. (Image via Breaking Aviation News & Videos Twitter).

Passengers aboard a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico this weekend were treated to some extremely skilled flying from the crew of a Coast Guard rescue helicopter during a daring rescue at sea amid rough weather.