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 …
Read More »Border Clash: Thailand Launches Airstrikes on Cambodia After a Drone Sparks Fighting Near Ancient Temple
by Susan Katz Keating Tensions exploded into open conflict along the Thailand-Cambodia border today after a drone sighting triggered military exchanges, including airstrikes, artillery barrages, and 12 reported killed. The clash marks the most serious escalation between the two nations in more than a decade. The strikes followed an incident …
Read More »Shotguns vs. Drones: A Clay Shooter’s Guide to Defeating Enemy Swarms
by Austin Lee In the escalating drone wars, where fiber optic and First-Person View (FPV) drones threaten soldiers and civilians alike, one man is turning the art of clay shooting into a battlefield advantage. Lieutenant Marco Angelelli, an Italian Air Force reserve officer and Italian Clay Pigeon Shooting Federation (FITAV) …
Read More »Air Force Global Strike Command Halts Use of M18 Modular Handgun Following Death of 21 Year Old Airman
by Susan Katz Keating The U.S. Air Force’s Global Strike Command has ordered all units under its command to immediately cease use of the M18 Modular Handgun System, citing an ongoing safety investigation. The directive follows the death of an Airman while on duty Sunday morning, an Air Force official …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Little Birds Buzz: Commuting With the 160th SOAR
Here’s one way to get to work without a hassle. Little Birds from the 160th SOAR zip into action. A great way to skip the traffic.
Read More »‘Our Business Now is North’: British Army Col. Tim Collins Gave This Rousing Speech to Troops on the Eve of Battle in Iraq
“Be ferocious in battle and magnanimous in victory.” The British Army’s Col. Tim Collins gave this eve-of-battle speech to 1 Batt., Royal Irish Regiment, on 19 March 2003, immediately before they went to war in Iraq. Men who were there say they never will forget it. “There may be people …
Read More »We Test the RAD Propulsion Electric Drive System Aboard a Zodiac Boat
by Friedrich Seiltgen I was invited to take control of the boat… During Special Operations Week in Tampa, Florida, Soldier of Fortune publisher Susan Katz Keating arranged a test demonstration with RAD Propulsion of their RAD 40 extended-range pack electric drive system, mounted on a Zodiac Milpro MK 5 inflatable …
Read More »Threatening Skies: Countering the Drone Swarm Apocalypse
by Austin Lee Picture this: A swarm of cheap drones, hundreds strong, blotting out the Texas sun like a biblical plague of locusts. Each carries enough explosive to ruin your day, buzzing low over a sleepy border town. No radar pings, no warning; just chaos. This isn’t a Hollywood blockbuster. …
Read More »The Neighborhood Recluse Had a Secret: He Was a War Hero
by Mitch “Taco” Bell Sometimes you never know who your neighbors are and I don’t mean that in the ax murderer scenario way, but in the sense that you have true heros hiding out in plain sight. Take Tommy King, for instance. One weekend we had a giant wind storm and …
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