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Iran has announced that it is now enriching uranium to 20%. Joe Biden is about to be sworn in as President of the United States. If those two things don’t terrify you, I don’t know what will. Natural uranium is useless in the construction of an atomic bomb. In order for the uranium to be useable the concentration of the Uranium-235 isotope, a tiny fraction of what is found in uranium ore, must be dramatically increased. The precise level of enrichment necessary is a state secret, but most open sources use figures somewhere between 80 and 90 percent.

Why the Glock 19? Modern polymer materials combined with more consistent action and superior corrosion resistance simply performed better than SIG’s all-metal design. Navy SEALSs and SIG: After the United States military shifted away from the iconic albeit somewhat aged M1911A1 to the more modern Beretta M9 in 1985, Navy SEALs decided to go in a different direction, opting to carry the SIG Sauer P226, which was dubbed Mk 25 in SEAL service.

Brian Sicknick, the Capitol police officer who died after the protests, was a strong Trump supporter, outspoken in his support of the president. He was a veteran with deployments to Saudi Arabia and Kyrgyzstan as part of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Enduring Freedom. His dream from childhood was to be a police officer Even as he served in them, he came to question America's participation in endless wars. In 2003 he wrote, "“I believe we should have regime change here in America. It’s time to oust the arrogant oil hacks that occupy the White House.” The circumstances of his...

https://parler.com/profile/GenFlynn/postsMost recent post:I’m not sure if this picture will pop up. But thank you @ALX for letting me & all my 1.2M twitter teammates know that I’ve been suspended. God Bless our right to free speech and God Bless America!file:///var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments/11/01/1FBB460F-32CA-408A-9789-57E34C478B25/IMG_9114.png

Our Modern Day "Reichstag Fire" The burning of the Reichstag February 27th 1933 was one of many "false flag" operations devised and carried out by The National Socialist Worker's Party (NAZI) regime. This fire occurred four weeks after Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of Germany. Yes, there was an election. Hitler won and by 1938 there were nearly 80 million Germans that loved him until millions lay dead and their country was in ruins. All of that is another story. The point of the matter is the NAZIS accomplished several things by setting fire to their parliament building....

Four times I deployed into combat zones over my Army career. Twice more as a retired civilian have I ventured to Iraq and Afghanistan in an attempt to deepen my understanding of the sources of violence that undergirded those wars. Never in my wildest imagination did I believe I would live to see the day when the United States Capitol would be stormed by a wild mob, overpowering the police, disrupting both the House and Senate from performing a critical Constitutional duty. This assault lays bare that it is time for some hard-core soul searching for both our political leaders...

Though the M16 rifle had a rocky start, it addressed a crucial need in the United States military: a fully automatic rifle that was both lightweight and controllable. Origins After the conclusion of the Second World War, drawbacks to the iconic M1 Garand design became apparent. Though the rifle benefitted from the powerful .30-06 cartridge, it was hindered by its low 8-round capacity and could fire in semi-automatic only. Though the rifle also served on the Korean Peninsula, its shortcomings were affirmed. What the United States needed was a new, fully-automatic rifle.

Nearly 120 years since it was first developed, 9mm has become the world’s most popular pistol cartridges. It is known by many names including 9x19mm, 9mm Parabellum, 9mm Luger, and 9mm NATO – but regardless of how you spell it, 9mm ammo is used by militaries around the world in handguns and submachine guns. More than sixty percent of the world’s law enforcement also utilizes the round. A Short History Developed by Georg Luger as a military service cartridge for use with the DWM Luger semi-automatic pistol, the round was designed to be lethal at 50 meters. It was also...

SIG’s latest success is the widespread adoption of their P320 pistol by the U.S. military. But it didn’t begin just there. SIG Sauer is arguably one of the more well-known firearm brands and enjoys commercial success and brand recognition in Europe and the United States, as well as in many other parts of the world. Currently, SIG supplies the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force with their service pistol. But the company’s success in the United States began nearly 40 years ago.

Breaking News Plus (Analysis, Comment): I am now able to bring you something regarding the events in recent hours at the US Capitol. In earlier material seen later in this summary a deteriorating situation is on video at the Capitol. There were injuries reported. One killed by the Capitol Police, 14-year Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt...Three other deaths reported in the protest due to "medical emergencies". CBS, ABC and CNN reporting that members of the cabinet are discussing the removal of President Trump from office... One can see that the story of today is written in earlier stories published on...

"The heroic patriot shot and killed today for no reason by the Capitol Police is Ashli Babbit, a 14-year veteran, who served four tours with the US Air Force, and was a high level security official throughout her time in service. Honor Her! She sacrificed her life for our freedom to vote in fair elections!"

How the Hell can Pence be a traitor when Acting Secretary of Defense Miller, who's one of the greatest bad-asses who ever served, and who just put the special forces under his own personal command, just thanked him 2 weeks ago and nearly got all teary-eyed? Was Trump's team doing the legal legwork while Pence was actually the Commander-in-Chief? Is Pence not rejecting the certification another head-fake and 100D chess move? I need another beer.

While the total number of firearms sales for 2020 won’t be known for another couple of weeks, it is already evident that last year broke all the records. With just weeks until President-Elect Joe Biden is sworn in and moves into the White House, sales of guns are only likely to increase, and that means ammo prices are spiking across the nation. Ammo in Short Supply As numerous reports have highlighted, a driving factor in the increase of sales was due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but it wasn’t just gun owners stocking up. 2020 saw the largest increase in...

Iran wasted no time setting a terrible tone for its 2021 foreign policy this week, making it clear that Tehran remains firmly committed to expanding its nuclear program and defeating U.S. sanctions. First, its paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy seized a South Korean-flagged chemical tanker sailing the Persian Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz, reportedly for maritime pollution violations, according to Tehran. The tanker and crew are being held in Iran. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards repeatedly have seized ships in international waters off Iran’s coast as a means of taking hostages to use as bargaining leverage in disputes with foreign...

There was a time when the thought of the French military using a weapon developed in another country might have been unthinkable. However, the Glock 17 will now serve in the French military. Here’s how it happened. Background While many nations have routinely adopted small arms developed in other nations, the French have always been fiercely independent – and France was among the few nations of Europe not to employ a Maxim machine gun at the outbreak of the First World War. That trend in domestically-produced infantry weapons largely continued through the Cold War era, but military leaders in Paris...

"In his first order of the new year to the country’s armed forces, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the need for 'full-time combat readiness',” writes Liu Zhen for the South China Morning Post, "...the PLA must be ready to 'act at any second'." And a Happy New Year to you too! Now I know we Americans can beat the free world at anything from war to tiddlywinks (Meet John Doe) but we'd rather not have to prove it. Y'know what I mean? Americans are a lovely peace-loving people with a Great Peacemaker for a President. But we're also a nation...

Iran has requested Interpol arrest President Donald Trump and 47 other Americans it said played a role in the death of top general Qassem Soleimani. The U.S. killed Soleimani, leader of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, in Iraq on Jan. 3, 2020. Washington had accused him of masterminding attacks by Iranian-aligned militias on U.S. forces in the region. The request for Trump’s arrest was announced by Iranian judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili on Tuesday, according to Al-Jazeera.

The Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program is a U.S. Army initiative that has a lot on its plate: replace both the M4 carbine as well as the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon with a rifle and automatic rifle. Not only that, but the NGSW competition also wants to incorporate a new intermediate caliber rifle cartridge too–and Textron has some interesting ideas on how to win this big contract. How Textron Is Approaching the Competition Textron is joined by SIG Sauer and General Dynamics in NGSW program participation, and one of the three bids should be selected sometime this year. The...

The U.S. Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program is ambitious: replace both the iconic M4 carbine and the M249 Squad Automatic Rifle, both of which are in wide service in the United States armed forces. The NGSW program dictates that contenders are to submit two rifle designs, one to replace the M4, the other to replace the M249. And though the projectile the platforms are to fire has been predetermined, many other facets of the program are up to the firearms manufacturers themselves. In the running are Textron, General Dynamics — and SIG Sauer. Meet their two rifle designs....

Ted Cruz may be pulling a fast one. According to The Last Refuge and Mo Brooks, each state must be challenged individually. So far Senator Hawley has only challenged Pennsylvania. The other ten US senators have not challenged any individual states. This needs to happe