SOCOM Taps the Sig Sauer MCX Rattler as Its Personal Defense Weapon of Choice

Small but Mighty US Special Operations Command (SOCOM), on May 19th, issued a notice of intent to buy an undisclosed quantity of  Sig Sauer’s MCX short-barreled rifles as personal defense weapons (PDW) under a five-year sole source contract. As a result, special Operations Forces (SOF) will finally be receiving a much-requested ultra compact PDW to […]

A Failure To Act on Their Training, the Police Response to The Uvalde Massacre

In this article, I’d really like to consider things such as the police response and discuss whether the police truly do have the legal responsibility to enter an environment such as this. I’d also like to honor those who were lost and opine on things we as a society can do to help ensure violent incidents like this don’t occur with such frequency in our schools.

How Putin’s ‘Nuclear Football’ Really Works

In this collaboration between Newsweek and SOFREP we attempt to quell some of the speculation out there that Putin has a single button that he can push to unilaterally launch a nuclear strike against the West. It’s really not that simple

Nyet Again! Another Russian Navy Ship Hit by Ukrainian Cruise Missile.

Ukraine is claiming that a Russian Navy frigate has been struck by a Neptune cruiser missile of the type that hit the cruiser Moskva last month off the Crimean coast. Unlike the aged Moskva, the Admiral Makarov is the latest design of Russian warship and has only been in service for a few years.