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At least 23 Afghan security forces were killed in a Taliban attack on a joint US-Afghan base in southwestern Afghanistan, officials said Friday, as fighting continues amid a pause in peace talks between the insurgents and American negotiators. “The operation is over — 23 security forces killed, 15 injured and …

Took 8 shots to put one on Target on a cold west Texas morning with a custom built Robert Vestal .408 Cheytac rifle! is it a record you be the judge! The target was 53 inches wide, but at 3 miles away, it was hardly even visible. Poor had to account …

Rostec Corporation CEO Sergei Chemezov has confirmed that Russia was forced to destroy all delivered to China S-400 missile after a vessel transporting these got caught in a storm. Speaking at a press conference at the IDEX military exhibition, the head of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, said that Russia had long …

Russia claims to have successfully tested Burevestnik NUCLEAR-POWERED cruise missile that can fly forever, has an unlimited range and is impossible to shoot down “A major stage of trials of the cruise missile of the Burevestnik complex, the tests of the nuclear power unit, were successfully completed at one of …

Russia’s Status-6 “Poseidon” torpedo has excited the fears — or the overactive imaginations — of Russia’s enemies. How do you stop a nuclear-powered torpedo designed to bury enemy cities under a tsunami? Russia’s Status-6 “Poseidon” torpedo has excited the fears — or the overactive imaginations — of Russia’s enemies. Calling …

The Army is working on a supergun with a 1,000-mile range that could potentially hit targets in the South China Sea from a gun pit on land, Army Secretary Mark Esper told reporters “You can imagine a scenario where the Navy feels that it cannot get into the South China …

Taliban claimed responsibility for the coordinated assault, carried out using a car bomb that detonated at the gate of the base [Reuters] More than 100 security forces members have been killed in a Taliban assault on a military base in eastern Afghanistan, authorities said. Attackers rammed a captured military Humvee …

Three Russian servicemen were killed and two others were injured when a BTR-80 armored personnel carrier overturned in a gorge in Abkhazia, a Russian-backed breakaway region of Georgia. The injured servicemen have been evacuated by Mi-8 helicopter to the nearest military hospital. Their condition is currently unknown. “On January 18, …

An explosion struck near a patrol of the U.S.-led coalition in the northern Syrian town of Manbij, killing and wounding more than a dozen people, a Syrian war monitoring group and a local town council said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 16 people were killed including nine …

Here are Top 10 Sniper Rifles in the World. Sniper rifles are useful not just against human targets but are used to destroy communications equipment, vulnerable supply targets and even disable armored vehicles. The Barrett M82’s big .50 caliber round is particularly useful in this regard, as it only drops below supersonic …