New thermal optic shows bullets in flight, details a mile away
Machine gunners and snipers can "walk" rounds on target at long ranges with the optic.
By Todd South
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Tim Kennedy takes veteran suicide forum to nation’s largest gun show
Tim Kennedy ― a Green Beret and former UFC fighter ― is prepared to be called other things when he engages with gun owners about veterans' suicide.
Rejected Army applicant accused of shooting into joint recruiting center with Marines, sailors inside
James Cooper faces felony charges after being accused of firing a handgun into a recruiting station.
By Davis Winkie
WATCH: Ike comes home, shots fired at a helo in Virginia, and new Tricare fees — The Briefing 08.18.20
The future for troops in Afghanistan, Air Force takes fire in Virginia, and some face new Tricare fees. All that and more on The Briefing for Aug. 18, 2020.
By Andrea Scott
Iran blames bad communication, missile battery alignment for January shootdown of Ukrainian plane
A misaligned missile battery, miscommunication between troops and their commanders and a decision to fire without authorization all led to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shooting down a Ukrainian jetliner in January, killing all 176 people on board, a new report says.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Louisville chief: Police and National Guard enforcing curfew fatally shot a man after someone in a group fired at them
Protests in Louisville, Kentucky, turned deadly as police and National Guard fired on a man the city's police chief said.
Congress may unite on fighting China with $100B tech industry boost
Congress would pump $100 billion into the National Science Foundation for research into artificial intelligence, quantum computing, advanced communications, robotics and more under a bipartisan proposal led by the Senate’s top Democrat.
By Joe Gould
Ukraine: Recordings show Iran knew jetliner hit by a missile
A leaked recording of an exchange between an Iranian air-traffic controller and an Iranian pilot purports to show that authorities immediately knew a missile had downed a Ukrainian jetliner after takeoff from Tehran, killing all 176 people aboard, despite days of denials by the Islamic Republic.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Iran announces arrests over downing of plane that killed 176
Iran said Tuesday that authorities have made arrests for the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian passenger plane, which killed all 176 people on board and set off protests in the country demanding accountability after officials initially concealed the cause of the crash.
By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press
Esper: US does not expect more Iranian retaliatory attacks
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday the Trump administration foresees no more Iranian military attacks in retaliation for the U.S. strike that killed the Islamic Republic’s most powerful general. The Pentagon chief suggested that Iran’s government is under internal threat following its downing of a Ukrainian civilian airliner.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press