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Wrong Turn, Right Tactics: Surviving a Riot From Behind the Wheel

by Greg Chabot You didn’t plan to be there. Most people don’t. But one wrong turn, one blocked exit, or one unexpected surge — and suddenly, you’re in your car in the middle of a riot. Don’t panic. As riot season heats up, here’s what to do if you find …

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Howitzer Thunder: Marines Bring the Fire at Twentynine Palms

by Jose Campos TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — The desert air trembled as Marines unleashed the first rounds from a M777 Howitzer during Service Level Training Exercise this month. Dust plumes curled in the heat, smoke trailing each shell as it streaked toward a distant target. The SLTE is more than …

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How Drones Broke the Rules of War

by Susan Katz Keating A wave of drone attacks lit up targets on June 1 deep inside Russian territory – another clear signal that unmanned warfare is rewriting the rules in real time. But the idea of drones doing the killing – or at least the hunting – isn’t as …

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F-35s Escort Putin’s Plane Out of US Airspace: Kremlin Releases Rare Footage

Through the window of Putin’s presidential jet, two F-35’s slid into formation as they left U.S. airspace. It’s a view almost no one on Earth will ever see. America’s stealth fleet rarely shows itself—let alone escorting a Russian head of state out of U.S. airspace. History at 35,000 feet. The …

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Cartel Banker ‘Brother Wang’ Escaped Through Tunnel in Mexico While Evading US Warrant

by Jose Campos A high-value target for U.S. law enforcement — and an alleged vital cog in the money machine of both the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) — has slipped the net. Zhi Dong Zhang, a Chinese national with more aliases than a spy novel …

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‘You Will Wind Up Dead’: Inside a Combat Drone School in Russia

How do you learn to fly a kamikaze drone? In Russia, one answer lies inside a secretive training program run by Octagon, a drone school linked to remnants of the Wagner Group. Though Wagner technically no longer exists, Octagon claimed to continue running combat drone courses in Russia, even after Wagner …

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The FBI Failed to Examine Evidence in Clinton Email Investigation

by Susan Katz Keating The FBI failed to fully investigate Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and her mishandling of highly classified information while serving as Secretary of State, according to a newly declassified government report. The report by the Justice Department’s Inspector General was released on Monday …

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I Went Looking for Smugglers on the Border – Here’s What I Found

by Heath Hansen It’s not often that the absence of a story makes my day, but today that’s exactly what happened. I had a free afternoon and decided to head Southeast, into the San Diego Mountains, looking for any indications of illegal entry, or drug smuggling, into the United States. …

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Marines Play Hide-and-Shoot in the Philippines

by Jose Campos PALAWAN, Philippines -In the sweltering heat of Palawan, the defenders went to work, one palm frond at a time. Members of the U.S. Marine Corps  and Philippine Marine Corps went to ground, to dig and disguise fighting positions ahead of a live-fire counter-landing drill at Quezon. The …

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A Bomb in the Briefcase: When Iran Planned to Launch a Terror Attack in Paris

The plot involved members of an Iranian sleeper cell, authorities said. by Tom Squitieri There are some who believe nations of the world have been unfair to Iran, that the nation has been maligned, miscast, and put in a corner for economic and political reasons of others. Reading “Diplomatic Terrorism” …

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