INTERPOL Secretary General Stock: “INTERPOL has requested through official law enforcement channels clarification from China’s authorities on the status of INTERPOL President Meng Hongwei. INTERPOL’s General Secretariat looks forward to an official response from China’s authorities to address concerns over the President’s well-being.” China has not yet commented and is in the midst of a …
We continue to advocate for greater global burden sharing as part of our ongoing defeat-ISIS military operations, stabilization and humanitarian assistance. – Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel, commander, U.S. Central Command. Some capabilities moved out of U.S. Central Command As a result of the National Defense Strategy, DOD has moved some capabilities out of U.S. …
MiG-31: The Near-Space Plane. Russia’s super-fast interceptor Imagine flying a plane so high that the world looks spherical and the sky is pitch-black. The Mikoyan Mig-31 fighter is the only jet plane in the world to make it possible to fly on the very edge of space. With an incredible speed of 3,000 km/h, the …
6 OCT Senate VOTE: 50 to 48 SEPT 28: UPDATE TWO will keep updating: JUST IN: The Senate Judiciary Committee just voted to send the Brett Kavanaugh nomination to the floor — under one condition: Flake will only support it after a brief FBI investigation. Flake Statement on SCOTUS Nomination Posted on Sep 28 …
Trump Closes the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Washington Office By Cliff Smith AMINEWSWIRE The Trump administration is squeezing Palestinians’ economy and calling out their support for terror to force them to make what President Trump calls the “ultimate deal” with Israel. The decision to close the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Washington office last month comes on the heels …
The next generation of Army combat vehicles will need to include manned, unmanned and optionally manned variants that include the most advanced protection, mobility, lethality and power generation capabilities Preparing for future battlefields: The Next Generation Combat Vehicle By Bob Purtiman, NGCV Cross-Functional Team While our current combat fleet is composed of very capable vehicles, …
Greywolf tests Army’s first Electronic Warfare Tactical Vehicle By Capt. Scott Kuhn The 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team “Greywolf,” 1st Cavalry Division fielded the Army’s new Electronic Warfare Tactical Vehicle recently. The new vehicle was developed to provide Army Electronic Warfare Teams with the ability to sense and jam enemy communications and networks from an …
Airborne testing for next generation weapon sight complete By Mr. Mike Shelton, Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate, Static line airborne insertion testing was complete Mid 2018 on the next generation of weapon sights Soldiers are going to see in the future. The Family of Weapons Sights-Individual (FWS-I) is a broad program which modernizes direct …
US M14 Service Rifle Larry gives a breakdown of an American classic, the US M14 Service Rifle. M-14 DOD specs Caliber: 7.62x51mm NATO (.308 Win.) Weight: 8.55 lbs. (3.88kg) empty Length: 44.1” (112cm) Rate of Fire: 700-750rds/min Muzzle Velocity: 2,800ft/sec (853m/sec Vickers Tactical
