World’s First Long-Range Rifle Capable of Eliminating Targets 2.4 Miles Away

Published: Tue, 01/09/18

 
Russian company, Lobaev Arms has created a long-range rifle capable of eliminating targets at distances of up to four kilometers. The rifle, built like a Ferrari or Porsche, was made piece by piece, with a focus on the firearm’s power and precision...Read more here.
 
Bill Belichick (coach), Tom Brady (quarterback) and Robert Kraft (owner) differ on Brady’s trainer, body coach, business partner Alex Guerrero...Read more here.
 
Untraceable rifles called “ghost guns” are appearing as a black market must have according to The Wall Street Journal‘s Zusha Elinson. Guns with no serial numbers and no chain of ownership are turning up more and more...Read more here.
With each incoming administration, the deck chairs change, but usually the ship sails on course. New administrations have been unlikely to completely overturn their predecessors’ policies–until now...Read more here.
 
One of my takeaways from the book Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance, is Musk’s ability to stay focused on his long-term goal of putting humans on Mars...Read more here.
 
White House cybersecurity coordinator Rob Joyce, who formerly worked at the NSA, has said the agency had no knowledge of the Spectre or Meltdown vulnerabilities in Intel processors that came to light last week...Read more here.
I like the Finnish self-reliance described in this Outside article “Red Dawn in Lapland”:...Read more here.
 
To help pass the time on our road treks, especially during the 2,000-mile drive between Key West and Newport, Dick and I have been listening to the 42-disc set of William Manchester and Paul Reid’s The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965...Read more here.
 
My friend Jon Basil Utley, who I have known since we met years ago at functions hosted by the Cato Institute, took time recently on The American Conservative website to address some disturbing events in the world of foreign policy...Read more here.
 
 
 
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