A sniper rifle has proven so effective on the battlefield in Ukraine that it has become highly sought after by soldiers on both sides of the conflict. The Ukrainian military claims the UAR-10 can hit targets 1200 metres away – more than the 800-metre range of the Russian Dragunov or …
Read More »FBI Takes Down Russian ‘Snake’ Spy Operation Against the US
Here’s one more strike against snakes. The virtual kind, that is. The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday that it took down a global network of malicious software called “Snake,” that Russian agents used for nearly 20 years to spy on the United States and its allies. Investigators turned the …
Read More »Review: ‘Left Right Left’ Podcast Highlights US Marines in the Battle of Nasiriyah
by Greg Chabot The Left Right Left podcast is a new program hosted by retired Marine SGM Marc Chabot – who happens to be my brother. He started this project with the goal of helping and inspiring others. In this intense three-part episode on the 20-year anniversary of the battle …
Read More »Russia’s ‘Butcher of Mariupol’ Joins Wagner PMC as Prigozhin Escalates Feud With Putin’s Military Commanders
A high ranking Russian military officer known as the “Butcher of Mariupol” has joined the Wagner Group as a deputy commander, according to Russian social media channels. The commander, Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev, previously was fired from his post as Deputy Defense Minister. He had garnered a reputation for his …
Read More »Armed Men Send Video Warnings to Rivals and ‘Scumbags’ in Mexico
As cartel rivalries heat up inside northeastern Mexico, independent protection squads have surfaced in the south, with men from both sectors making videos to warn off “scumbags” and challengers. Writer “Sol Prendido” of Borderlands Beat chronicles their efforts, below. Chiapas: “We Are Not a Cartel, We’re a Self-Defense Group” A …
Read More »Drones Over the Kremlin: Who Launched the Flights That Sparked a Firestorm of Accusations?
by Mike Eckel, RFE/RL Prior to May 3, the last time the Kremlin was attacked — bombed, in fact — was in 1942, when Nazi forces were closing in on Moscow. Before that, you’d have to go back to Napoleon, when French forces entered the Kremlin, albeit without much of …
Read More »An Angel On His Shoulder: Our Door Gunner Survived Being Shot in the Head in Iraq
by Fred A. Ganous, SGM, USA (Ret) “I just got shot in the head!” It was September 25th, 2006, and we weren’t in the country for over a month, and one of our own, Sergeant Don Morgan, got hit. It was just another day in Iraq, hot and hazy, and …
Read More »Virginia Police Officer Nearly Crushed By Runaway Car
A Virginia police officer narrowly escaped death when a vehicle traveling 120 mph slammed into a car the officer had pulled over for a traffic stop. As the runaway BMW M3, driven by a teenager, screeched out of control from the opposite side of the road, the Fairfax County Police …
Read More »Wagner’s Prigozhin Tells Snipers to Adjust Aim When Trying to Shoot Him From Afar
by Susan Katz Keating Russian snipers who want to take out Yevgeny Prigozhin can look through their scopes to find instructions on a wall inside their target’s office, the Wagner Group leader said. Assassins can read the instructions from their sniper nests across the river in St. Petersburg, Prigozhin said. …
Read More »Chechnya’s Kadyrov Says He Will Create an International Force of Altruistic Mercenaries
Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, who was rumored to be ill in March, has resurfaced to say he envisions creating an international private army that would be motivated not by money but by “order.” The prospective altruistic force would fight anywhere in the world in order to protect what Kadyrov called …
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