The Beer Barrel

A Russian man is hoping to overhaul the technology within Taser-type weapons -- transforming them from single-shot, short-range devices that stun for a few seconds, into more effective long-range, rapid-fire weapons -- by modifying the wires and the type of shock they generate.

Traditionally, remote electroshock weapons work by firing a pair of...

May 20, 2010

By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH and AMY SCHOENFELD

In Yonkers, more than 100 retired police officers and firefighters are collecting pensions greater than their pay when they were working. One of the youngest, Hugo Tassone, retired at 44 with a base pay of...

Long-range Afghan firefights prompt US Army rethink of reliance on workhorse M-4 rifle

SLOBODAN LEKIC
AP News

May 21, 2010 04:41 EDT

The U.S. military's workhorse rifle — used in battle for the last 40 years — is proving less effective in Afghanistan against the Taliban's more primitive but longer range weapons.

As a result, the U.S....

By Ivan Watson and Yesim Comert, CNNMay 20, 2010 -- Updated 1728 GMT (0128 HKT)

Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Turkish warplanes launched a series of cross-border air raids against suspected Kurdish separatist fighters in northern Iraq on Thursday, Turkey's semi-official Anatolian News Agency reported.

A Turkish military source told CNN Turk,...

Hey folks, finally a new Jett and Mike Jahn Episode!

http://www.jettandjahn.com/2010/05/long-awaited-may-show/

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