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Your Church Has a Safety Team — But Have They Actually Prepared? – USA Carry
On a quiet Sunday morning, the sanctuary is full. Children shuffle into pews. A greeter smiles at the door. The worship team begins to play. Now imagine this: a raised voice in the lobby. A door that should have remained closed swings open. A volunteer freezes for half a second too long. In critical moments, hesitation is not caused by…
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US absent as western powers meet on wartime protections for civilians
Three years ago, the Defense Department led an ambitious international effort to better protect civilians during combat, a movement built on the bloody lessons of Afghanistan and Iraq.The Pentagon created a network with European partners, driving the creation of shared standards. Civilian harm experts described the moment as a “unique opportunity” for…
The Pentagon is using polygraphs to hunt leakers, but the tests are more theater than fact
In August, government investigators subjected roughly 50 military officers and civilian employees on the Joint Staff to polygraph tests as part of an inquiry into press leaks about the Iran war and depleted U.S. munitions, according to The New York Times. The newspaper described the scope of the investigation as unprecedented in…
The US Air Force Built Only 21 B-2 Spirits and They Cost About $2,000,000,000 Each. It Wants at Least 100 B-21 Raiders at Roughly $750,000,000 Apiece.
Summary and Key Points: The US Air Force built 21 B-2 Spirits, and each one cost about $2,000,000,000. That figure is the reason the B-21 Raider exists in the form it does. When the Pentagon set the Raider’s requirements, then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ordered the Air Force to treat…
F-117 Nighthawks Flew 2 Percent of Desert Storm’s Sorties and Hit 40 Percent of the Targets — More Than 1,500 of Them in 43 Nights, Without a Single Loss. 8 Years Later a 1961 Soviet Missile Shot 1 Down.
Summary and Key Points: In Operation Desert Storm, the F-117 Nighthawk flew 2 percent of the combat sorties and struck 40 percent of the targets — more than 1,500 of them across 43 nights, without losing a single aircraft. Eight years later, on the night of 27 March 1999, three…
Japan’s Electromagnetic Railgun Has Fired More Than 100 Shots Without Replacing Its Rails. The US Navy Spent About $500,000,000 on Its Own Railgun and Shut the Program Down in 2021.
Summary and Key Points: The US Navy spent about $500,000,000 on an electromagnetic railgun and effectively shut the program down in 2021. One of the reasons was that the weapon destroyed itself: every shot sent enormous current through two conductive rails, and the rails eroded fast enough that the barrel…
General Dynamics Is Delivering All 250 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams Tanks to Poland in About 24 Months. Warsaw Ordered Them for $4,750,000,000 Along With 17 Bridge Layers and 26 Recovery Vehicles.
Summary and Key Points: Poland ordered 250 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tanks in April 2022, weeks after Russian forces crossed into Ukraine, and General Dynamics Land Systems is delivering them all in roughly 24 months. The $4,750,000,000 package covered more than the tanks: 17 M1074 Joint Assault Bridges, 26 M88A2 Hercules…