Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

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Air Force test-launches ICBM from California base.

The Air Force has test-launched a Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile from California.
The ICBM lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 3:40 a.m. Wednesday. It was the 1,900th launch from the Santa Barbara County military base since 1957.
The Air Force says the missile’s single re-entry vehicle traveled about 4,200 miles over the Pacific Ocean [...]

Related Topics: California

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

FalconFighter modular system incorporates tech, network comunications for the future soldier.

Accommodating products with open standards and interfaces, FalconFighter links C4 devices, sensors, networking components, and power modules into centralized wearable platform controlled by soldier. Core of system is RF-7800S Leader Radio, which combines tactical radio with PDA to provide advanced situational awareness and battle management tools. With future-focused design, system modules and parts can be [...]

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Surefire 30th Anniversary Flashlight & Pen Set

Related Topics: Tactical Flashlight

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Birchwood Casey Sharpshooter Full Silhouette Target

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

73-year-old South Carolina gun-toting homeowner to burgler: “Shut up…no crying.”

A man who deputies say burglarized a home got more than he bargained for when the gun-toting, tough-talking homeowner caught and held him until deputies showed up.
Ken Easler, 73, said he went into his home on Jones Road before heading to the farmer’s market on Saturday morning when he heard someone inside the house.
“I was [...]

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

U.S. troops face new threat: Afghanistan’s toxic sand.

U.S. troops already face plenty of threats in Afghanistan: AK-47–wielding insurgents, improvised bombs, an intransigent and incompetent government. Now add a less familiar challenge to that list of woes: Afghanistan’s toxic sand.
The pulverized turf, it turns out, contains high levels of manganese, silicon, iron, magnesium, aluminum, chromium and other metals that act as neurotoxic agents [...]

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Connecticut Marines fight for “Don’t Tread on Me” flag display over state Capitol.

A group of retired Marines is asking Connecticut’s attorney general to allow the “Don’t Tread on Me” Gadsden flag to fly over the state Capitol on July 4 after Capitol Police refused the request saying it doesn’t fall within the state’s flag flying parameters.
The group says the yellow banner, which sports a coiled rattlesnake and [...]

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Assassins hit leading candidate in key Mexican border state.

A presumed drug cartel assassination squad Monday gunned down the leading candidate for governor in a state bordering Texas , putting a chill on Mexico just six days before local and regional elections.
Assailants fired on the two-vehicle caravan of Rodolfo Torre Cantu , a candidate in Tamaulipas state, as he was driving toward the airport [...]

Related Topics: Assassination, Border

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

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Army Reserve soldiers train in California’s Afghanistan-like conditions.

The quiet valleys and rugged hills of the military training base halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco echoed this month with the roar of heavy trucks and the bustling presence of thousands of U.S. Army Reserve soldiers gathered from all over the country for combat support training.
The exercise at Fort Hunter Liggett is designed [...]

Related Topics: California

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Long Beach, NY police unveil rescue “weapon”- rescue gun with flotation device attached to a long rope.

Police in Long Beach, N.Y., have turned to a new weapon to save lives. It’s called the Res-Q-Max, and for $7,000 a pop it seems to be worth every penny.

Guns are better known for ending lives, but police on Long Island are crediting a special type of gun with saving a life.
In a summer already [...]