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Toyota Quality Weapons

If Consumer Report Magazine started doing quality evaluations of military weapons, there is no doubt that Japanese military industrial hardware would get fire-wall “red dots” for excellent products...

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US Military Successfully Tests Self-Guided Bullets ~ Video

Actuators inside the bullets steer tiny fins on their surfaces, which guide them to targets based on information from the tip sensors...

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The Pentagon’s ‘Improved’ AR?

It seems that firearms-design engineers aren't being assigned the task of producing the best weapon for a set of operational parameters...

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Crimson Trace Lasergrips – Battlefield Tested

The Lasergrips had endured two military tours in Afghanistan and several other countries on the sidearm of a US serviceman...

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Caruba: The White House is Defeating the U.S. Military

Obama is intentionally weakening and gutting our military and reducing us as a superpower, and anyone in the ranks who disagrees or speaks out is being purged...

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The Essence of War

The AR was to be a replacement only for the M1 Carbine, while a new legitimate battle rifle was "in the works" to replace the M14. Fifty years have since come and gone. The "short term" has never ended...

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Restructuring The Department Of Defense: Fiscal Responsibility & Strategy, Too?

Unfortunately, criticisms of the proposal have been directed more at the current administration than at the overriding issues of U.S. security and fiscal reality...

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FN Manufacturing Wins Contract To Build MK 19 Spare Receivers For The U.S. Army

FN Manufacturing has received a new, three year, $77 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to build MK 19 spare receivers for the U.S. Army...

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New Med-Eng Multi-Mission TAC 6 Explosive Protection Suit Featured at 2014 IWA Show

The Med-Eng brand announced today that its new multi-mission TAC 6 suit and visor ensemble for tactical officers will be on display at the IWA OutdoorClassics 2014 Show...

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Proposed Military Cuts: When It Comes to Our Armed Forces, Size Matters

Under Secretary Hagel’s proposals, the Army would drop to between 440,000 and 450,000 soldiers. The smallest United States Army since 1940, just one year before we were attacked at Pearl Harbor...

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More BAE Systems Body Armor Headed to Warfighters on the Battlefield

For more than four decades, BAE Systems has partnered with customers worldwide to develop affordable, practical solutions to protect warfighters in harm’s way and bring them home safely...

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