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My mother in law is in town so my wife and I used the time to run out to the firing range so she could get in some practice with her new Springfield XD9 (It's really a beautiful gun BTW). I loaded magazines for her while she shot at three different Shoot-N-See targets positioned at various points around one of our "pits". When we were finished, this is what was left of "Target No 1". With my commute I work pretty long hours and she's home alone a lot with our seven year old daughter. So if you are a...

For more than a decade, Iran has lavished a considerable share of its defense budget on its naval forces (which consist of both regular and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps units), believing that the Persian Gulf will be its front line in the event of a confrontation with the United States. Following a naval war-fighting doctrine that suits its revolutionary ethos, Iran has developed innovative, asymmetric naval warfare tactics that exploit its favorable geographic situation, build on its strengths, and target the vulnerabilities of its enemies. Revolutionary Naval Warfare During the Iran-Iraq War, the armed forces of Iran—particularly the Revolutionary Guards...

An Israeli warplane fired a missile on Thursday at the pro-Hamas Islamic University in Gaza City, setting off a huge explosion, witnesses said. An Israeli army spokesman said the planes had targeted an open area in Gaza City. Witnesses said the missile crashed into a soccer field. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The attack came as Israeli troops were poised to widen a incursion in the coastal Gaza Strip to recover a kidnapped soldier.

Senior Bush administration officials said publicly for the first time yesterday that the United States is set to shoot down any North Korean missile launch that threatens the United States. National Security Adviser Stephen J. Hadley, briefing reporters during President Bush's brief visit here, said the United States has a missile defense system with "limited operational capability" that could be used to try to shoot down an incoming North Korean missile, but he added that U.S. officials were vigorously pursuing a diplomatic push to head off a test launch by Pyongyang. "The purpose, of course, of that missile defense system...

The Russian air force is buying 24 new Su-34 fighter bombers. This is the latest variant of the Su-27. The Su-34 is somewhat like the American F-15E, a high performance fighter modified to act as a very effective bomber. Aside from it's similarity to the F-15E, the Su-34 has one very distinguishing characteristic. The cockpit for the two man crew not only allows for tandem (side-by-side) seating, but is spacious enough for the pilots to stand up and, standing behind their seats, stretch a bit. There is also a toilet and cooking facilities back there as well. The cockpit itself...

Qamaruddin Karaiz, south-west Pakistan: The senior Taliban commander in Afghanistan's lawless Helmand province has vowed to unleash a brigade of 600 suicide bombers against the British Army when it arrives in the area this summer. In a rare interview given at a hideout on the Pakistani border, Mullah Razayar Noorzai said the chance to take on British troops was a "great honour". Taliban commanders had already recruited hundreds of willing martyrs for suicide operations, he claimed, aiming to repeat the notorious defeats inflicted on British troops in Afghanistan during Victorian times. A price of $2,000 (£1,150) has also been put...

Joe Schroeder is a man who isn't afraid to pull the trigger on an inventive idea. Living on a portion of his family's farm in Juneau, the self-employed 44-year-old used to spend time pondering ways to fire his shotgun at targets across the open spaces. But, an environmentally conscious shooting hobbyist, Schroeder could not bring himself to fire a single shot. "I couldn't shoot trap because of the crops. The shot was bad for an animal's digestion," said Schroeder, who also didn't want exploding clay targets, which contain significant levels of petroleum pitch, to sprinkle his mother's vegetable garden. His...

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Should war in the Gulf commence, the Pentagon proposes to take radical new steps in media relations - 'unauthorised' journalists will be shot at. Speaking on The Sunday Show on Ireland's RTE1 last sunday veteran war reporter Kate Adie said she had been warned by a senior Pentagon official that uplinks, i.e. TV broadcasts or satellite phones, that are detected by US aircraft are likely to be fired on. Bush pere's Iraq war featured tight control of the media, but the current administration intends to go rather further. According to Adie (who, overseas readers should be aware, is effectively a...

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Don't Miss ATF Night This Thursday, April 18, in Culver City, California! Join us at our annual "Whew! Taxes are Done and We're Gonna' Go Shootin'!" Celebration ATF Night in Culver City, California!!!! Don't miss this opportunity to rub elbows and raise a glass with some of the finest, friendliest gun-totin' Patriots in Southern California. We'll be having one heck of a party, and we'd really like you to be there with us! We'll be joined by the Liberty Belles who will be inviting all in attendance to their "Belles, Bullets, and BBQ" this weekend. Thursday, April 18, 2002 Free...

"ATF Night" continues to draw the BIGGEST Names in the movement to restore ALL of the Bill of Rights! This Thursday, March 21, in Culver City, California at "ATF Night" we will have as our Featured Speaker: Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson The subject of Rev. Peterson's talk at ATF Night will be:"How unconstitutional "gun-safety" laws, registration schemes, and laws banning the sale of inexpensive firearms have a destructive impact upon the inner cities, and leads to MORE crime, injuries, and deaths." Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson is the most articulate, outspoken critic of the civil-rights establishment in America today. Often referred...