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SHOT Show 2007: DefRev Quick Hits 1

Written on 21 Jan, 2007 at 13:44 in In The News | viewed 6,145 views times | Comments

by David Crane david at defensereview.com All photos contained in this article were taken by DefenseReview.com, are the exclusive property of DefenseReview.com, and are not to be reprinted or disseminated in any fashion without the express written permission of DefenseReview.com. O.k., we’re back... (Continue reading)

Can the U.S. Navy Defend Itself Against Chinese and Russian Military Tech?

Written on 20 Nov, 2006 at 15:52 in In The News | viewed 918 views times | Comments

by David Crane david at defensereview.com November 20, 2006 By now, everyone and their mother knows that last month, in the Pacific, a Chinese submarine stalked a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group and surfaced within torpedo and missile firing range before being detected.... (Continue reading)

DefRev Quick Hits: Combat Optics, Tactical Rifles, and other Goodies…

Written on 20 Nov, 2006 at 15:36 in In The News | viewed 366 views times | Comments

by David Crane david@defensereview.com 1) Trijicon, Inc. is currently making a combo optic comprised of a TA31 ACOG with a DOCTERsight monted on the top/rear, called the Trijicon TA31DOC. The TA31DOC ACOG is a BAC (Bindon Aiming Concept) 4×32 dual-illumination (fiber... (Continue reading)

Col. Jeff Cooper Dies at 86: We’ll miss you, Col. Cooper.

Written on 20 Oct, 2006 at 13:38 in In The News | viewed 75 views times | Comments

by David Crane david@defensereview.com The great Jeff Cooper, a.k.a. "father of modern pistolcraft" has died. According to Ed Head, Operations Manager at Gunsite Academy, Inc., Col. Cooper passed away peacefully at his home on the afternoon of September 25 (2006). Col. Jeff... (Continue reading)

Negotiator Tactical Robot Wows Evaluators at Robotics Event

Written on 20 Oct, 2006 at 13:31 in In The News | viewed 73 views times | Comments

The following is a Robotic FX, Inc. press release: Robotic FX, Inc. Announces Success of the Negotiator Robot at Recent Robotic Evaluation Excercise. Worth, IL – (September 18, 2006) Robotic FX, Inc. has announced that during a recent robot evaluation exercise held... (Continue reading)

Are Anti-Tank Guided Missiles the New Primary Threat in Urban Warfare/MOUT?

Written on 19 Aug, 2006 at 19:57 in In The News | viewed 293 views times | Comments

by David Crane david@defensereview.com Greg Grant has written an interesting article for DefenseNews.com about Hizbollah’s (Hezbollah’s) "innovative" (Grant’s term) use of man-portable anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) systems. Mr. Grant cites several examples of Hezbollah’s "innovative" urban warfare/guerrilla warfare tactics with ATGMs.... (Continue reading)

Missile Defense Element Successfully Flight Tested

Written on 19 Jul, 2006 at 14:47 in In The News | viewed 75 views times | Comments

by Steven Donald Smith American Forces Press Service July 13, 2006 The Missile Defense Agency successfully completed a developmental flight test of a major element of its ballistic missile defense system today at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., agency officials said.... (Continue reading)

Tactical Automated Security System (TASS) Gets Deployed to Iraq

Written on 17 Apr, 2006 at 16:53 in In The News | viewed 496 views times | Comments

by Monica Morales Electronic Systems Center Public Affairs HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. April 05, 2006 13:46 One year after answering the Marine Corps’ call to meet an urgent need, the Force Protection Systems Squadron here is preparing to do it... (Continue reading)

DefRev Quick Hits 4 from SHOT Show 2006: More Tactical Goodies

Written on 17 Mar, 2006 at 19:52 in In The News | viewed 1,703 views times | Comments

by David Crane david at defensereview.com - Vltor Weapon Systems is now manufacturing Russian-type 7.62mmx54R (7.62×54mm) PKM General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG) for U.S. military forces. It’s our understanding that the Vltor PKMs will be used for familiarization training, and possibly OPFOR... (Continue reading)

DefRev Quick Hits 3 from SHOT Show 2006: And the Hits Keep Comin’

Written on 17 Feb, 2006 at 15:08 in In The News | viewed 302 views times | Comments

by David Crane david@defensereview.com Below are more DefRev "Quick Hits from SHOT Show 2006. DefenseReview will be reporting more in-depth on these technologies, later. –While we were in the outdoor tent, we ran into Frank and Chris Desomma at the Patriot... (Continue reading)