All news on the topic: Weapons
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Major update in Sheffield standoff as armed man engages in tense showdown
Chaos broke out in Castlegate, Sheffield, where residents were evacuated from their homes due to South Yorkshire Police’s concerns a man in a property had weapons.
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Sheffield police evacuate residents due to armed man
South Yorkshire Police said people in the apartment block in Castlegate, Sheffield, were evacuated while officers conduct an investigation about a man possessing weapons.
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Putin has depleted nearly all Soviet military stockpiles, leading to a reduction in the intensity of the war in Ukraine
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has led to the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II. It has also resulted in the largest depletion of military equipment in 80 years.
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Russian state TV displays military using U.S.-made sniper rifles and ammunition, despite the 2014 embargo
Russian state broadcaster Channel One (Pervy Kanal) has aired footage of Russian military snipers using American-made Desert Tech rifles and Hornady ammunition, despite a Western arms embargo that has been in place since 2014.
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US concludes that Iran is developing plans for a faster, more rudimentary atomic weapon
The intelligence assessment warned that Iranian weapons engineers and scientists were essentially looking for a shortcut that would enable them to turn their growing stockpile of nuclear fuel...
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China becomes Russia’s key supplier of critical war minerals
With Western sanctions cutting off supplies, China has become Russia’s sole source of critical minerals used in weapons production—including nuclear arms—deepening concerns over Beijing’s support for Moscow’s war effort.
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Two powerful SAS rifles and 500 bullets have gone missing over the past year
Two Special Forces rifles, 500 bullets and hundreds of laptops, computers and USBs went missing from the Ministry of Defence last year, Metro can reveal.
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Crypto queen and Andrew Tate fan found with home ’stacked full of ammo’
Constantly sharing cryptocurrency tips to her massive online fanbase, Layah Heilpern is known for her love of Andrew Tate and more recently, her right to bear arms.
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Despite a triple homicide, deadly crossbows that shoot bolts at 410 feet per second remain easily accessible
Crossbow weapons that can wreak havoc in a only few short seconds by firing deadly aluminium bolts are available online, an investigation by the Daily Star can reveal.
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Japanese yakuza leader admits to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar
US authorities charged Takeshi Ebisawa with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar for expected use by Iran in nuclear weapons.
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Mysterious explosions reported near Putin’s Arctic weapons testing site
Mystery explosions have rocked the Russian Arctic, a few miles from a naval base of Vladimir Putin’s northern fleet.
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Children in Poland taught to use guns amid fears of a Russian invasion
An EU nation has made it mandatory for schoolchildren to take part in firearms training.
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EU and U.S.-made sniper rifles and ammunition are reaching Russia despite sanctions, intensifying the war in Ukraine
Russian snipers continue to receive thousands of Western-made rifles and millions of rounds of ammunition, despite years of extensive international sanctions.
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UK uses DragonFire laser to shoot down aerial drone in a groundbreaking test
An industry team has for the first time destroyed an aerial target using a high-power shot with its DragonFire laser, the British Defence Ministry announced Friday.
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ICBM: Ukraine claims Russia launched nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time in the war
Ukraine has claimed that Russia attacked the city of Dnipro with an intercontinental ballistic missile – the kind that can be fitted with nuclear warheads – for the first time overnight
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Fears of World War Three grow as Germany becomes the latest European country to warn civilians
Tensions are escalating in Europe with Germany now warning its civilians that they must ready themselves for possible World War Three and instructed them on what they need to do
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British weapons manufacturer secures £25bn in orders as military spending surges
British defence giant BAE Systems has a total orders bill worth more than £25bn for this financial year alone.
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Drugs and weapons have been seized in a sweep of the jail where Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is being held
Brooklyn detention center holding 1,200 has been under scrutiny since two fatal stabbings this summer
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Kinahan gang boss who orchestrated arms cache plot from prison receives a six-year jail sentence
Thomas Kavanagh, 57, enlisted two associates to help with the scheme while he was in prison. He wanted the National Crime Agency to find a weapons stash in an effort to influence his sentencing in a multimillion-pound drug case.
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UK urges China to address concerns over weapons supply to Russia
On trip to Beijing, Britain’s foreign secretary says practice “risks damaging China’s relationships with Europe.” But the two sides agree to disagree on human rights.
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Spain arrests four individuals accused of shipping potential chemical weapons precursors to Russia, violating sanctions
Spanish authorities on Tuesday said they had arrested four people suspected of orchestrating a sanctions-busting commercial network after intercepting more than 14 tons of chemical products bound for Russia.
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Man shot by armed police after ’altercation’ between two people in Surrey
A man was shot by police in Surrey in the early hours of this morning.
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An anti-nuclear response: How Europe can counter Putin’s apocalyptic threats even if Donald Trump takes back the White House
Russian propagandists are once again threatening Europeans with the “death of civilization,” and for the first time, Vladimir Putin is backing up his traditional nuclear saber rattling with actual exercises of non-strategic nuclear forces.
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A French general wants to slash red tape to move troops faster across Europe
A French general criticized the bureaucratic red tape involved in moving equipment and weapons to allied troops in Europe.
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South Korean firm YG-1 supplies metal-cutting equipment to Russia’s defense industry, including two nuclear weapons production plants
The South Korean company YG-1 has been confirmed as a supplier of metal-cutting equipment to Russia, which is actively being utilized by Russian defense manufacturers.
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