RFE Russia has presented Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s first floating nuclear power station in the port of the far northern city of Murmansk. The Akademik Lomonosov was towed out of the St. Petersburg shipyard, where it was constructed, on April 28, arriving on May 17 in Murmansk, where its nuclear reactors will be fueled. The fueling was …
NRA/ILA On March 14, the European Union completed one of the final steps in imposing stringent new gun controls across the political bloc, when the European Parliament approved legislation to alter the EU Firearms Directive by a vote of 491 to 178. The Firearms Directive was last amended in 2008. Passage comes after a deal …
Statistics show that blood loss remains the number one cause of death on the battlefield, a problem further exacerbated by the fact that up until the recent protocol change by the FDA only room-temperature platelets were allowed for use in trauma patients. Room-temperature platelets are stored for up to five days due to risk of …
As NRA-ILA reported on April 27, peaceful Switzerland is in the crosshairs of international and domestic gun control advocates who are intent on abolishing the idyllic nation’s tradition of an armed citizenry. Using the 2017 changes to the European Firearms Directive as justification, these foreign and home-grown forces are attempting to burden the tranquil republic …
Fine Filipino Firearms RIA’s ULTRA FS Nine Millimeter 1911 A1 Bob Pilgrim text, photos National Firearm In addition to a flag, many countries have other national symbols as part of their heraldry. The American eagle, Canadian Maple leaf, Russian Bear and South Korea’s tiger are a few examples. However, if countries also had a notional firearm …
SECDEF IS A BIG FAN OF NATO, PERCEIVING IT AS A VALUABLE TOOL FOR THE U.S. He set Trump, who was not a fan, straight. Check out the new NATO headquarters, ways it is expanding and its very interesting external art. DEAR NATO: give it a rest on wanting peace, you would be out of …
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The FBI Washington Field Office announced a reward today of up to $1 million each for information leading directly to the safe location, recovery, and return of Kevin King or Paul Edwin Overby, Jr. On August 7, 2016, Kevin King was forcibly removed from his vehicle while traveling with Australian citizen Timothy Weeks in Kabul, …
