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Thanks to Joe for the link! via The Sun BRITISH soldiers have been told to “scrub” their Facebook and Twitter pages of evidence they serve to avoid being targeted by nutcase jihadists, The Sun on...

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Thanks to Joey Joe-Joe Junior Shabadoo for the news! via Gateway Pundit. Google Translation from the original German report: “The explosion in the Ansbacher downtown was not a gas explosion, but was...

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via CNN Her stewardship of the DNC has been under fire through most of the presidential primary process, but her removal from the convention stage comes following the release of nearly 20,000...

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Thanks to William for the link! via Daily Mail. A Syrian refugee wielding a machete has killed a pregnant woman and injured a man and another woman in Germany before being arrested by police after...

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via HK What year do you expect the J-20 to enter service and how will it compare to Western fighters in terms of capability and technology level? I expect the J-20 to start entering squadron...

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Those that can't remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Check this out from Daily News, 2003. A formidable fleet of U.S. Apache Longbow assault helicopters was transformed from hunters to...

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Thanks to MicMac80 for the link! Just wow.  The Chinese instead of heading on a tangent of "rebranding" vehicles and coming up with nonsensical concepts that bring no value to their forces...

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via Haaretz. The Joint Strike Fighter F-35 is not only the most expensive plane in history. It’s also one of the weirdest and least successful projects ever by the U.S. military-industrial...

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My mind always takes me to weird places. I look at the pics above (and others that I've posted...I might be repeating myself) and wonder if these guys knew that the morning they woke up that it...

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I thought that with the momentum in the ACV program that we were finally seeing two things happen at once.  Surface assault would be revitalized and we were taking the first steps at getting our...

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Looks like a shooting in a German Mall.  Thanks to everyone that's sent notes about this thing but quite honestly this is totally expected. I stated a week or so ago that the ISIS summer...

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Massive thanks to my buddy Mike Yeo over at The Base Leg for sending me the tip on Tim's pics! If you don't follow Mike and Tim then you're missing out.  They do real good work.  Tim...

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Thanks to John for the link! Live and learn.  John is telling me that word on the street is that the Marines of 3/5 actually like this thing.  I thought it nothing more than a toy but...

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I'm sorry but the reality is this. If you're a cop and you're not training at least as hard as I am and it show, then you're not worthy of my respect.  Additionally the issue is scary....

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Thanks to Anderson for the link! Is it just me or does anyone else in the Marine Corps look at those Fast Raider Boats with a bit of jealousy and huge dose of want!

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MMP is the latest (fifth) generation land combat missile system designed for dismounted infantry as well as for integration on combat vehicles. Featuring both fire-and-forget and man-in-the-loop...

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Note:  All pics via Warfare Technology Blog. Iveco/BAE ACV Contender.  One thing I'm curious about is whether or not the Italian Marine Corps is still interested in going with this...

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via Washington Post. Russian government hackers penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee and gained access to the entire database of opposition research on GOP...

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