The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) announcement earlier this month of 11 nations’ support for the procurement of Saab GlobalEye aircraft as NATO’s new Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) is drawing varied reactions, with one former U.S. official warning that the path forward is an “easy button” that puts other aspects of the broader alliance in danger. The decision, announced July 7 during the NATO Summit Defense Industry Forum in Ankara, is described by NATO as a significant step in modernizing the alliance’s airborne surveillance and early warning capabilities by replacing part of the alliance’s aging Boeing E-3 fleet.…
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The Marine Corps has selected Allen Control Systems’ Bullfrog autonomous weapon station for integration into its Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System (L-MADIS) under the Ground-Based Air Defense (GBAD) program, according to a company announcement this week. The move pairs the AI-powered robotic mount with the M240 machine gun already familiar to Marines, giving the service’s most expeditionary counter-drone platform a kinetic option that can detect, track and engage Group 1 through Group 3 unmanned aircraft systems at a fraction of the cost of missile interceptors. “The Marine Corps requires the most sophisticated and accurate possible capabilities to carry out…
Many Democrats in the Land of Enchantment have tried to pin the blame for the state’s high rate of juvenile violence on lawful gun owners, starting with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham. It was Grisham who tried to ban lawful concealed carry throughout the city of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County back in 2023, pointing to the shootings of several juveniles as justification for preventing adults from bearing arms in self-defense. Though Lujan Grisham’s carry ban is now defunct, juvenile crime is still an issue. This past week the House Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee held a…
The Nocpix MATE Ultra is the first civilian thermal clip-on I have tested that delivers the image quality needed for serious long-range shooting through a conventional day scope. https://youtu.be/whdQwWjH0WA A True Long-Range Thermal Clip-On Most civilian thermal clip-ons have forced shooters to accept a compromise. They may work well on an AR at modest distances, but image quality often falls apart when magnification increases or targets get small. The MATE Ultra is different. It uses a 1280×1024, 12-micron thermal sensor, a 60mm f/1.0 objective lens, a 60 Hz refresh rate, and a sensitivity rating of 15 mK or less. Nocpix…
BERLIN (AP) — The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack that left one person dead and 29 injured was shot and killed by police during a confrontation on Sunday in a suburb of the city, authorities said. Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours after the attack in downtown Berlin. Prosecutors said he had previously sought to join the militant Islamic State group. Ballout was suspected of driving a van into a crowd near Berlin’s Pride festival Saturday night before apparently stabbing others with a machete in what…
Whenever I drive into Richmond from my home in rural central Virginia, I pass by American Family Pawn and Gun, or at least the building where that gun shop used to be. Despite a pretty good location on a busy four-lane highway in the Richmond exurb of Powhatan, Virginia, the store closed its doors for good a little more than a year ago. The owners of American Family aren’t alone. As American Rifleman reports, the number of Class 01 and Class 02 FFLs across the country has declined by more than 10 percent in the…
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In many ways, putting pen to paper can be therapeutic and healing. That’s proven to be the case for a new writing workshop at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., where veterans, other military members and first responders are learning the art of writing as a tool to process their feelings and experiences. “We’re teaching people literally how to write. But there’s also been some really astounding therapeutic benefits that we’ve seen people report after finishing the workshop,” Melissa Zhu, a VCU graduate student in the College of Health Professions, said in an interview with Military.com. “In the workshops, we’re…
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Tennessee is moving Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway signs off a stretch of road already dedicated to 25 local Vietnam War dead, after veterans said they were never consulted. The signs went up in June along State Route 386 in Sumner County, which has for years been designated Vietnam Veterans Boulevard in honor of the 25 Sumner County service members who died in the Vietnam War. State Rep. Johnny Garrett, who selected the location, has agreed to move the Kirk designation to Long Hollow Pike in Goodlettsville. The objection, according to local officials, was not to Kirk being honored in Sumner…
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