British Sniper Breaks World Record Termination. Kill? Kill.
Count to three. Slowly. That's how long Corporal Craig Harrison's 8.59mm bullets were in flight before they found their human targets more than a mile and a half away. "Craig Harrison's record breaking shots felled...
Did Squirt Guns Lead to the Kent State Shooting?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv4u5dIRouM
The Kent State university shootings (a.k.a. "The Kent State Massacre") were a touchstone for the Viewnam-era American anti-war movement. On May 4, 1970, after three days of campus-wide unrest, 29 (out of 77) National Guard...
Marines Hunting “More Lethal” Sniper Rifle
Of course, the Marine Times is trying to say that the Corps wants a sniper rifle that's more lethal more often at greater distances than their current weapon. 'Cause you couldn't really say that...
All Hail Caesar! Saudis Welcome 155mm Artillery System
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...
Taliban Sniper Proves Rifle Skills Don’t Suck So Much
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...
Kopin Wins $27m Contract For TWS-11B Thermal Eyepiece
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...
NYT: Afghan Troops REALLY Suck
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...
NYT’s OK With Apache 30mm Cannon Attack Video Banter
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...
NYT: Taliban Shooting Skills Suck
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...
Ex-Beretta Sales Rep Nicked for Selling Arms to Iran
"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 …...
“Jesus Scopes” Critics Need to Find Their Smile
"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...