Daily Archives: Mar 14, 2026

Carry a .25 if it feels good to you, but never load it. Late Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper's tongue-in-cheek counsel still resonates in discussions on defensive caliber. At the high-stakes game of self-protection, choosing the wrong caliber can be the difference between halting an attack and exposing yourself to...

Russian control of Europe's largest nuclear plant has rendered Zaporizhzhia among the world's most technically exposed plants. The six VVER-1000 pressurized water reactors, each producing around 950 megawatts of electricity, were equipped with robust containment and back-up safety systems. But during war, those systems are as good as the...

Who would have thought a $5 million piece of Russian military equipment could be swatted out of the air by a coffee table-sized drone? And that is exactly what happened close to Russia's border this month, in a confrontation that highlights how the war in Ukraine has become a...