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US Special Operations Command has laid out requirements for a new Extreme Long Range Sniper Rifle that could replace its Barrett M82/M107 and Mk 15 .50 caliber rifles.
Special Operations

Barrett .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle Replacement Sought By SOCOM

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 6, 2024

A Su-34 Fullback fighter-bomber apparently destroyed last night by a Ukrainian special forces team, as it sat on its airbase.
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Su-34 Fullback Torched During Raid Deep In Russia

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 4, 2024

IDF hostage Rescue
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Hostage Rescue Experts On The Daunting Challenges Israel Faces

By Howard Altman

Updated on Oct 16, 2023

There are more claims that Ukrainian special operators are attacking Wagner forces in Sudan.
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Ukraine Situation Report: Are Kyiv’s Special Operators Fighting Wagner In Africa?

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 7, 2023

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate says it raided Crimea Thursday.
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Ukraine Special Operations Forces Raid Crimea

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 24, 2023

A recent US guerrilla warfare exercise shows signs of influences from the conflict in Ukraine.
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Guerrilla Warfare Exercise In West Virginia Looks Heavily Influenced By Ukraine War

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 29, 2023

Green Beret conducts high-altitude freefall jump with an SADM
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Special Forces Parachuted With Nukes Strapped To Them During The Cold War

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jun 9, 2023

SOF WEEK Tampa Ukraine arms
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Ukrainian Arms Dealer’s Experience Shopping At Special Ops Trade Show In The U.S.

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 15, 2023

MH-47 Night Stalker Sudan
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Special Operations Forces Evacuate U.S. Embassy Personnel From Sudan

By Howard Altman

Updated on Apr 23, 2023

Botched FBI, Army Special Ops Training Raid Captures Unsuspecting Hotel Guest
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Botched FBI, Army Special Ops Training Raid Captures Unsuspecting Hotel Guest

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 6, 2023

Taiwan experts tell us what the next Trump presidency could mean for U.S. relations with the Island nation.
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U.S. And Taiwan Set To Exchange Hundreds Of Troops For Training

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Feb 25, 2023

Syria Automatic Mortar Fire
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Futuristic Mortar Turret Seen In Action At U.S. Special Ops Base In Syria

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 21, 2023

Israel Aerospace Industries Point Blank loitering munition bought by U.S. Defense Department
Special Operations

Israeli X-Wing-Looking Loitering Munition To Be Tested By U.S. Special Ops

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Jan 20, 2023

Tiny ‘Rattler’ Rifles For U.S. Special Operators May Be Adapted To Fire Soviet Ammo (Updated)
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Tiny ‘Rattler’ Rifles For U.S. Special Operators May Be Adapted To Fire Soviet Ammo (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 1, 2022

Afghan commandos graduate
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Ex-Afghan Commandos Fighting For Russia In Ukraine: Last Afghan Army Boss (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 26, 2022

US Special Operators Carry Out Helicopter Raid On ISIS Leader In Syria (Updated)
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US Special Operators Carry Out Helicopter Raid On ISIS Leader In Syria (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 6, 2022

Secret American Special Operations Mission Rescued A Hostage In Africa This Week (Updated)
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Secret American Special Operations Mission Rescued A Hostage In Africa This Week (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 31, 2022

‘I Never Had To Look Up’ Before: Top U.S. Special Ops General On Drone Threat
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‘I Never Had To Look Up’ Before: Top U.S. Special Ops General On Drone Threat

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 25, 2022

Shaman talks raids inside russia
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Meet The Shadowy Ukrainian Unit That Sabotages Targets Inside Russia

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 1, 2022

Sig Rattler SOCOM
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Sig’s Rattler Will Be U.S. Special Operators’ New Tiny Rifle

By Dan Parsons

Posted on May 23, 2022

Ex-Green Berets Say Horse Soldier Lessons Ring True In Ukraine
Green Berets

Ex-Green Berets Say Horse Soldier Lessons Ring True In Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 17, 2022

POLARIS MRZR TRACKED ALPHA
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New Tracked MRZR Buggy Can Keep Special Operators Comfy On Arctic Missions

By Dan Parsons

Posted on May 16, 2022

Ukraine’s Indigenous “Malyuk” Bullpup Rifle Is The Weapon Of Choice For Its Special Operators
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Ukraine’s Indigenous “Malyuk” Bullpup Rifle Is The Weapon Of Choice For Its Special Operators

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 11, 2022

Unmanned Resupply Gliders Will Take Part In Largest Special Operations Exercise (Updated)
Special Operations

Unmanned Resupply Gliders Will Take Part In Largest Special Operations Exercise (Updated)

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Feb 14, 2022

Special Forces Will Simulate An Insurgency On U.S. Soil In Upcoming Unconventional Warfare Exercise
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Special Forces Will Simulate An Insurgency On U.S. Soil In Upcoming Unconventional Warfare Exercise

By Brett Tingley

Posted on Jan 12, 2022

Army Green Berets Brought Out Their Newest Sniper Rifle For A Celebrity Shoot-Off
Green Berets

Army Green Berets Brought Out Their Newest Sniper Rifle For A Celebrity Shoot-Off

By Brett Tingley and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 5, 2022

Green Berets Hone Their Destruction Of Enemy Air Defenses Skills For A Peer Conflict
Green Berets

Green Berets Hone Their Destruction Of Enemy Air Defenses Skills For A Peer Conflict

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 22, 2021

Special Ops Train To Defend Strategic Aleutian Islands Radar Outpost During All-Out War
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Special Ops Train To Defend Strategic Aleutian Islands Radar Outpost During All-Out War

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Oct 19, 2021

Russian-Made Mi-17 Helicopter Flown By Secretive U.S. Unit Lands In Farmer’s Field
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Russian-Made Mi-17 Helicopter Flown By Secretive U.S. Unit Lands In Farmer’s Field

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 18, 2021

Special Operations Command Wants Tiny Cruise Missiles With Hundreds Of Miles Range
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Special Operations Command Wants Tiny Cruise Missiles With Hundreds Of Miles Range

By Michael Peck

Updated on Sep 7, 2021

Secret Gate Used By Special Operators To Sneak Evacuees Into Kabul’s Airport
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Secret Gate Used By Special Operators To Sneak Evacuees Into Kabul’s Airport

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 1, 2021

America’s 20-Year War In Afghanistan Ends After Last Troops Depart Kabul (Updated)
Special Operations

America’s 20-Year War In Afghanistan Ends After Last Troops Depart Kabul (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 31, 2021

Operation Pineapple Express Saw Special Ops Vets Lead The Rescue Of Hundreds Of Afghans
Green Berets

Operation Pineapple Express Saw Special Ops Vets Lead The Rescue Of Hundreds Of Afghans

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 27, 2021

Night Stalker Little Bird Helicopters Flew German Commandos On Kabul Mission: Report
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Night Stalker Little Bird Helicopters Flew German Commandos On Kabul Mission: Report

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 26, 2021

Germany Sending Special Ops Helicopters To Kabul To Rescue Evacuees Outside The Airport (Updated)
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Germany Sending Special Ops Helicopters To Kabul To Rescue Evacuees Outside The Airport (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 20, 2021

Check Out This Backpack-Mounted Signals Intelligence System Worn By A Marine Special Operator
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Check Out This Backpack-Mounted Signals Intelligence System Worn By A Marine Special Operator

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 28, 2021

The Army Is Training Specialized Companies Of Green Berets To Crack “Hard Targets”
Green Berets

The Army Is Training Specialized Companies Of Green Berets To Crack “Hard Targets”

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 11, 2021

Crash In Iraq Helps Unmask Secretive Ultra-Quiet Special Operations Drone Program
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Crash In Iraq Helps Unmask Secretive Ultra-Quiet Special Operations Drone Program

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 4, 2021

American Special Operators Set To Get New Advanced Computerized Sights For Their Rifles
Special Operations

American Special Operators Set To Get New Advanced Computerized Sights For Their Rifles

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Mar 25, 2021

Taiwan Issues Rare Confirmation That U.S. Special Operators Are Training On The Island (Updated)
Special Operations

Taiwan Issues Rare Confirmation That U.S. Special Operators Are Training On The Island (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Nov 11, 2020

The Pentagon To Beef Up Its Posture In Poland, Add 1,000 Troops
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The Pentagon To Beef Up Its Posture In Poland, Add 1,000 Troops

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 3, 2020

Unusual High-Altitude Spy Plane Appears at Special Operations Exercise
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Unusual High-Altitude Spy Plane Appears at Special Operations Exercise

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 5, 2020

This Shadowy Afghan Unit Fights Alongside America’s Most Elite Forces
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This Shadowy Afghan Unit Fights Alongside America’s Most Elite Forces

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

How a Secretive Special Operations Task Force Is Taking the Fight to ISIS
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How a Secretive Special Operations Task Force Is Taking the Fight to ISIS

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

The Pentagon Envisions a Horrible and Dystopian Metropolis of the Future
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The Pentagon Envisions a Horrible and Dystopian Metropolis of the Future

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

Here’s What Those Mysterious Helicopters That Woke Up The Oregon Coast Were Doing
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Here’s What Those Mysterious Helicopters That Woke Up The Oregon Coast Were Doing

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 2, 2020

Army Releases Ultra Rare Video Showing Green Berets Training In Taiwan
Green Berets

Army Releases Ultra Rare Video Showing Green Berets Training In Taiwan

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 29, 2020

Special Operators In Syria Are First American Unit To Use Computerized Sights On Their Rifles
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Special Operators In Syria Are First American Unit To Use Computerized Sights On Their Rifles

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 2, 2020

Foreign Special Operations Gunships Train On The Navy’s Huge Sea Base In The Persian Gulf
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Foreign Special Operations Gunships Train On The Navy’s Huge Sea Base In The Persian Gulf

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 19, 2020

Russian Commandos Jump From 33,000 Feet Over The Arctic In Unprecedented Exercise
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Russian Commandos Jump From 33,000 Feet Over The Arctic In Unprecedented Exercise

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 27, 2020

Take A Rare Look Inside An Army Ranger Armory Somewhere In Afghanistan
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Take A Rare Look Inside An Army Ranger Armory Somewhere In Afghanistan

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 19, 2020

America’s Elite Special Operators Want A Huge Mock Enemy Bunker Complex To Train In
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America’s Elite Special Operators Want A Huge Mock Enemy Bunker Complex To Train In

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 14, 2020

Makers Of The Famous Minigun Give Us Our First Look At A .338 Magnum Gatling Gun
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Makers Of The Famous Minigun Give Us Our First Look At A .338 Magnum Gatling Gun

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 17, 2020

Special Operators Are Eying This Machine Gun To Solve A Number Of Problems
Special Operations

Special Operators Are Eying This Machine Gun To Solve A Number Of Problems

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 15, 2020

Confusion Swirls Over Leaked Notice Of American Withdrawal Of Forces From Iraq (Updated)
Special Operations

Confusion Swirls Over Leaked Notice Of American Withdrawal Of Forces From Iraq (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 7, 2020

1 U.S. Serviceperson, 2 Contractors Dead, 6 Planes Struck, Including Rare Spy Plane, In Kenya Attack (Updated)
Special Operations

1 U.S. Serviceperson, 2 Contractors Dead, 6 Planes Struck, Including Rare Spy Plane, In Kenya Attack (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 7, 2020

Famous Military Dog Conan Who Chased ISIS Leader Al Baghdadi Gets Medal At The White House
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Famous Military Dog Conan Who Chased ISIS Leader Al Baghdadi Gets Medal At The White House

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 25, 2019

U.S. Troops Reportedly Caught Up In Turkish Artillery Attack In Syria (Updated)
Special Operations

U.S. Troops Reportedly Caught Up In Turkish Artillery Attack In Syria (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 12, 2019

U.S. Special Ops Soldier Talks To Reporter In Syrian Oil Fields As Mission Remains In Flux
Special Operations

U.S. Special Ops Soldier Talks To Reporter In Syrian Oil Fields As Mission Remains In Flux

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 4, 2019

Guided Rounds Will Turn The Beloved Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifle Into A Precision Weapon
Special Operations

Guided Rounds Will Turn The Beloved Carl Gustaf Recoilless Rifle Into A Precision Weapon

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 1, 2019

Our Analysis Of New Info And Video From The Raid That Killed ISIS Head Al Baghdadi
Special Operations

Our Analysis Of New Info And Video From The Raid That Killed ISIS Head Al Baghdadi

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 31, 2019

Look Inside The Secret Service’s Command SUVs That Are Being Converted For Special Ops Use
Special Operations

Look Inside The Secret Service’s Command SUVs That Are Being Converted For Special Ops Use

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 27, 2019

This Futuristic ‘Lego-Like’ Vehicle Could Be Anything From Scout To Light Artillery
Special Operations

This Futuristic ‘Lego-Like’ Vehicle Could Be Anything From Scout To Light Artillery

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 25, 2019

A Guide To The Pentagon’s Shadowy Network Of Bases In Africa
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A Guide To The Pentagon’s Shadowy Network Of Bases In Africa

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 16, 2019