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2020

Новости за 09.01.2020

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176 Dead in Ukrainian passenger jet crashing Iran after Jet caught fire: Ukrainian Air Force Investigates in Tehran

Ukraine MOD Release: Minister of Defense of Ukraine will work within the operational staff, created in connection with the crash of the Ukrainian aircraft Boeing 737 in Iran On January 8, an Air Force transport aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces IL-76 has flown out from the Boryspil International Airport to the crash site of the Ukrainian International Airlines flight which …

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The Sniper

1902228-D-DB155-010 A US Army Sniper School graduate walks past spotters after completing a stalk course where snipers try to evade detection from the course instructors at Fort Benning Fort Benning, Ga. Feb. 28, 2019. DoD photo by EJ Hersom It was 2006, and Army Staff Sgt. Brett Johnson of the 1st Ranger Battalion peered through …

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U.S. Forces Began Main Battle For Philippines 75 Years Ago

The battleships USS Pennsylvania and Colorado lead three heavy cruisers into Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, for the preassault bombardment of Japanese shore positions sometime in early January 1945. U.S. Forces Began Main Battle For Philippines 75 Years Ago JAN. 8, 2020 | BY DAVID VERGUN  , DOD NEWS Seventy-five years ago, U.S. forces began the invasion of Luzon, the …

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Joint Chiefs Chairman: Defensive Measures Prevented Casualties in Iranian Attack

Joint Chiefs Chairman: Defensive Measures Prevented Casualties in Iranian Attack JAN. 8, 2020 | BY C. TODD LOPEZ , DOD NEWS Although Iranian missiles damaged equipment and infrastructure at U.S. and ally-occupied military installations in Iraq yesterday, training and defensive readiness paid off in no lives being lost, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said. “There’s …

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Denver police use ‘Red Flag’ law immediately after it takes effect

Denver police use ‘Red Flag’ law immediately after it takes effect By Dave Workman Police in Denver, Colorado reportedly used the Centennial State’s new “red flag” law the day after it took effect to disarm a man “who allegedly beat his wife and made suicidal statements to investigators,” according to The Crime Report. But the controversial …

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Year-old study shows false promise of ‘assault rifle’ ban

Year-old study shows false promise of ‘assault rifle’ ban By Dave Workman –  A year-old study of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the FBI Uniform Crime Reports by the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) revealed what Second Amendment activists have known for a long time: semiautomatic rifles “compose a fraction of all the rifles …