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Chemical Weapons Have Begun to Leave Syria
After a number of setbacks concerning security and weather in Syria, the mission to rid the country of deadly chemical weapons is back on track. The United Nations reports that the first shipment of chemical weapons has left Syria, on its way to the American naval vessel, the MV Cape Ray, where the weapons will be destroyed.
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Why did the AK-47 become so popular?
The gun is nothing special. Its controls are unsophisticated; it is not even particularly accurate. But this simplicity is a reason for its success.
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India successfully testfires nuclear-capable Agni IV missile
India Monday successfully testfired its long-range, nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni IV missile from a military base off the coast of the eastern state of Odisha, sources said.
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TSA Blog Year in Review: 2013
Every day, Transportation Security Officers interact with nearly two million travelers across the United States with a single goal in mind – ensuring the safety of the traveling public. TSA had a busy year in 2013, screening 638,705,790 passengers in 2013 (over 1,700,000 per day), which is 1,123,668 more passengers than last year. Sadly, this year marked the first incident where a TSA officer, Gerardo I. Hernandez, was killed in the line of duty at Los Angeles International Airport.
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Russian teen charged with possessing weapon of mass destruction, Pennsylvania authorities say
A teenage Russian national was arrested late Friday on charges of possessing a weapon of mass destruction, police in Altoona, Pa. said. Blair County Prison confirmed to Fox News that Vladislav Miftakhov, 19, is in custody. Altoon Mayor Matthew Pacifico said Miftakjov is a student at Penn State University Altoona.
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Watch how the RIP bullet makes your vital organs explode in slow motion
Rated RR tested the Radically Invasive Projectile (yes, RIP) ammo against ballistic gel, filming it in super-slow motion to show you what a bullet like this would do as it penetrates the flesh of a human body. It's pretty terrifying stuff.
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Lockheed Martin fires most powerful portable LASER weapon ever created
The firm says the weapon could eventually be mounted on jets, tanks and fighter planes - and will more than triple in strength before being used in combat.
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Syria misses deadline to hand over chemical weapons
Syria on Wednesday missed a deadline to hand over all of its declared toxic materials to the world's chemical-weapons watchdog, putting a program to destroy the war-torn country’s stockpile several weeks behind schedule and jeopardizing its final June 30 deadline.
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Hacked X-Rays Could Slip Guns Past Airport Security
Could a threat-simulation feature found in airport x-ray machines around the country be subverted to mask weapons or other contraband hidden in a traveler’s carry-on? The answer is yes, according to two security researchers with a history of discovering flaws in critical systems, who purchased their own x-ray control machine online and spent months analyzing its inner workings.
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US Navy ready to deploy laser for 1st time
Some of the Navy's futuristic weapons sound like something out of "Star Wars," with lasers designed to shoot down aerial drones and electric guns that fire projectiles at hypersonic speeds. That future is now. The Navy plans to deploy its first laser on a ship later this year, and it intends to test an electromagnetic rail gun prototype aboard a vessel within two years.
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F-35: Looking at most expensive weapons system ever
60 Minutes gets an inside look at what makes the $400 billion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter the most expensive weapons system in history
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The Astonishing Growth of American Gun Culture, In Three Graphs
Americans like guns. A look at public data shows how much: Gun production is up, gun background checks are up — and even gun-related baby names are on the rise.
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What it takes to fly spy plane U2 to the edge of space
The Lockheed U2 once kept tabs on the might of the Soviet nuclear arsenal. Richard Hollingham talks to one of the skilled few who flies it.
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North Korea fires short-range missiles into eastern sea
North Korea fired four suspected short-range missiles into its eastern waters Thursday, a South Korean defence official said, in an apparent effort to protest ongoing U.S.-South Korean military exercises that Pyongyang calls a rehearsal for invasion.
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North Korea Tests Rocket Launcher With Range Beyond Seoul, South Says
North Korea on Tuesday tested a new multiple-rocket launcher with a range long enough to strike major American and South Korean military bases south of Seoul, South Korean military officials said.
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The U.S. Navy is reportedly deploying a laser weapon system on one of its ships.
Short light bursts turn columns of air into energy conduits.
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Netanyahu, showing seized rockets, says Iran fooling the world
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, displaying on Monday what Israel said were seized, Iranian-supplied missiles bound for militants in Gaza, urged the West not to be fooled by
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Ukraine may have to go nuclear, says Kiev lawmaker
Ukraine may have to arm itself with nuclear weapons if the United States and other world powers refuse to enforce a security pact that obligates them to reverse the Moscow-backed takeover of Crimea, a member of the Ukraine parliament told USA TODAY.
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Photos: The Brutal DIY Weapons of the Ukrainian Revolution
The protesters who filled Maidan Square to battle the Ukrainian army and topple President Yanukovych often fought with little more than sticks, bats, sledgehammers and other nasty homemade weapons.
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Two killed in WW1 weapon explosion
A shell or grenade buried in western Belgium since World War One, has exploded, killing two people.
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