Military

Those of you in the defense biz will know this is old news, but our good friends the Saudis recently purchased 76 French Caesar truck-mounted 155mm artillery systems. Strategypage.com reports that our allies...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AenGzkfdwY The New York Times has been running a series by C J Chivers dissing the marksmanship of our good friends in the Afghan police and Army. Mr. Chivers has also heavily criticized the Taliban's...

mae.pennnet.com reports that the U.S. Army has awarded a $27 million contract to Taunton Mass military contractor Kopin ("The Nanosemiconductor Company") for their latest gen thermal eyepiece. In case you were wondering. Kopin's TWS-IIB eyepiece...

The New York Times has been blogging about the indisputable suckitude of the Afghan forces' marksmanship, discipline, strategy and every other conflict-related skill you can name. And we've been blogging their blogging, as bloggers...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXPrfnU3G0&feature=player_embedded The New York Times takes another shot at the controversy surrounding the recently-leaked video of the 2007 Army Apache helicopter attack in Baghdad. Despite the fact that the action was a case of bad...

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Let's start at the end. "For the Taliban, bad shooting sometimes has proved to be good enough," C.J. Chivers writes for The New York Times. "For all of their shortcomings, the Taliban’s level...

"You want to know where they found two of the sniper scopes, between you and me ?" Beretta sales-rep-turned-arms dealer Alessandro Bon asked an "associate" in a wiretapped conversation. "In Afghanistan …...

"Enjoy your war profits" comely commentator Rachel Maddow snarked at the end of her MSNBC report on the "Jesus Guns" controversy. Maddow was upset at Trijicon scopes for selling the U.S. Army some 250,000...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZZWgkQwXuo I thought it was kind of funny. But I guess not. So what about something a little less Jesus oriented? Here's some helpful hints for gun scope codes, inspired by Freerepublic.com * E222 (Exodus 22:2):...

The AP reports that Uncle Sam is considering booking former Blackwater execs on weapons charges relating to 22 weapons stashed at the company's North Carolina headquarters. Blackwater suits under the gun: former president Gary...

TTAG has reported the U.S. Army's ongoing sloth re: equipping troops in Afghanistan with rifles capable of effective range. And now, finally, they're doing something about it. allvoices.com reports that the Army is sending...