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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Global firearms manufacturer operating a site in northeast Richland County announces it has been awarded a $6.9 million contract to supply machine gun barrels to the US Department of ...

A Canadian innovation is allowing the U.K. defence industry to bring more of its gun manufacturing in-house, lessening its reliance on foreign suppliers as it strives to fulfill new defence spending ...

Taiwan president makes indirect criticism of China's war parade Taiwan has accused China of distorting history with its WW2 events China claims democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory ...

I suspected it for years, and evidence strongly suggests that the need to break in a new rifle barrel is a myth. A rifle's accuracy depends solely on the quality of the barrel. If it's a high-quality ...

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Scientists in northwest China have doubled the service life of high-temperature, high-pressure artillery barrels by refining a chromium plating technique first used by the Chinese military before ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since 2022, the US has shipped hundreds of howitzers, like the M777, to Ukraine. Only one factory makes its barrels. Susan Lucci’s ...

UK Secretary of State for Defence John Healey (centre) opened a BAE Systems artillery factory in Sheffield on 12 June 2025. (BAE Systems Sheffield) Secretary of State for Defence John Healey opened a ...

The A-10 is a single-seat aircraft designed to perform close air support for troops on the ground. Although it is affectionately known by many as the A-10 Warthog, its official name, as of its debut ...