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US Special Ops Fields Caliber-Swapping MK24 Rifle For 7.62 Combat And 6.5 Range
US Special Ops Fields Caliber-Swapping MK24 Rifle For 7.62 Combat And 6.5 Range
Authored by Aamir Khollam via Interesting Engineering,
A new rifle heading to U.S. special operations forces can switch between 7.62mm NATO and 6.5mm Creedmoor ammunition in roughly a minute, giving operators a way to adapt to changing mission requirements without carrying separate weapon systems.
MK24 modular rifle (LMT Defense on Facebook)
The weapon, known as the MK24 Medium Range Gas Gun Assault (MRGG-A), will begin reaching units before the end of the fiscal year. U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) selected...
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US Government Warns: Hackers Attacking Vulnerable Water Systems With AI Help
US Government Warns: Hackers Attacking Vulnerable Water Systems With AI Help
Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times,
Several U.S. government agencies have said that cyber actors are attempting to hack into devices made by industrial systems company Siemens that are used to monitor water and other critical infrastructure systems.
In an advisory published on Wednesday, the FBI, National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and other U.S. agencies informed “owners and operators of industrial control systems” that there is an “active cyber threat to Siemens S7 Series...
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May 26, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Reuters Peddles Fake News After Defense Contractor Misuses Civilian Starlink Terminals
Reuters Peddles Fake News After Defense Contractor Misuses Civilian Starlink Terminals
Reuters dropped another misleading article today - this time attempting to manufacture drama between the Pentagon and SpaceX over Starlink usage during the Iran conflict.
The story framed routine commercial contract discussions and terms-of-service enforcement as major "tensions" and growing Pentagon reliance giving Elon Musk undue leverage.
Reuters' version of events was that SpaceX used wartime urgency to raise the price of Starlink connections on U.S. drones from roughly $5,000 to $25,000 per terminal, forcing the Pentagon to pay up while...
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May 12, 2026 / Tyler Durden
"Chicom Among Us": Maryland GOP Lawmakers Sound Alarm Over Chinese-Born Delegate's AI Disclosure Bill
"Chicom Among Us": Maryland GOP Lawmakers Sound Alarm Over Chinese-Born Delegate's AI Disclosure Bill
Rooting out Chinese communist spies appears to be moving higher on the agenda at the U.S. Justice Department, with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche now at the helm.
On Monday, the DoJ indicted Arcadia, California, Mayor Eileen Wang for working with the Chinese government. The larger concern is that Chinese communists have penetrated deeply into many levels of the U.S. government, as well as corporate America.
Spies are like cockroaches: if there's one, there are likely many more.
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