Category: weapons

McCloskeys Facing a Catch-22 in Regaining Their Law Licenses Due to Probation Issues

Attorneys Mark and Patricia McCloskey—arrested and charged after they pointed weapons toward Black Lives Matter demonstrators near their home in St. Louis in June 2020—are struggling to fulfill their probation requirements. They have to work 200 hours of service probation and wanted to do so by representing Project Veritas, a conservative activist group. But the…


The Asian Arms Market: Good News for the US (And Bad News for Russia and China)

Commentary Some of the world’s largest arms buyers are in Asia. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) confirms that Asia (including the Indian subcontinent and Oceania) has remained the world’s single largest arms market for the past several decades. According to the report, Asia accounted for a plurality (43 percent) of all international arms…


NATO Chief Warns Russia Not to Cross ‘Very Important Line’

BRUSSELS—Russian President Vladimir Putin would be crossing a “very important line” if he were to order the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday, as both the military alliance and Russia are due to hold nuclear exercises in the next few days. NATO is holding its exercise, dubbed “Steadfast Noon,”…


Russia and US Clash Over Western Weapons for Ukraine

UNITED NATIONS—Russia dismissed claims that modern Western weapons supplied to Ukraine can lead it to victory as “empty fantasies,” insisting Thursday that the Russian army is destroying Ukraine’s old and new weapons and will “finish” the war as President Vladimir Putin vowed. The United States accused Russia of having “the gall to blame other countries…


The Marines in Korea | The Korean War Remembered Episode 6|Documentary

An official U.S. Marines film highlights the advances in weapons, technology, and tactics on the battlefield developed by the Marines since World War II, including rare footage of the intense combat and hardships endured by the Corps in Korea. – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films Follow EpochTV on…


Biden Admin Sends $1 Billion to Ukraine in Largest yet Arms Package Drawn From US Stockpiles

Nearly six months into the Russia–Ukraine war, the Biden administration on Monday announced a $1 billion security assistance package for Ukraine, coming on the same day it announced some $4.5 billion in aid to keep Ukraine’s government running. Acting Pentagon press secretary Todd Breasseale announced that the latest $1 billion in aid “to meet Ukraine’s critical…


Biden Administration to Spend Additional $4.5 Billion to Keep Ukrainian Government Functioning

The United States will send out another $4.5 billion to help keep the Ukrainian government afloat, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) said Monday. The government of Ukraine, which is running on a deficit almost six months into its full-scale military conflict with Russia, is expected to receive the first payment of $3 billion…


Kodak Black’s Pills in Drug Arrest Were Prescribed, His Attorney Says

By Peter Sblendorio From New York Daily News Hip-hop star Kodak Black got a bad rap in his latest arrest, his attorney asserts. The “Tunnel Vision” artist was taken into custody last Friday after Florida authorities found 31 oxycodone pills and $74,960 in cash in the rapper’s car in Fort Lauderdale, according to TMZ, but…


Teens Charged After United Methodist Church Leader Is Killed

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A 15-year-old boy was charged Tuesday with murder in the fatal shooting of a pastor and leader of the during a carjacking in Memphis, Tennessee. The Rev. Autura Eason-Williams was shot Monday afternoon outside of her home, the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference of the United Methodist Church said. She was found in her driveway with…


Lockheed Delivers First Model of New Rocket Launcher to US Army

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. said on Tuesday it had handed over the first model of its newest mobile rocket launcher to the U.S. Army. The United States and its allies have recently supplied weapons worth billions of dollars to Ukraine to help it repel an invasion by Russia, which Moscow claims is a “special…