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The Independent
2 days ago
- General
- The Independent
FBI discovers cache of guns, armor and Nazi paraphernalia while raiding home in Washington state
Law enforcement discovered a cache of weaponry and armor, including a machine gun and grenade launchers, along with Nazi paraphernalia during a raid of a home in Washington state, authorities said Tuesday. Derek Sanders, the elected sheriff of Thurston County, said in a Facebook post that the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division asked his office for assistance Monday as an FBI special weapons and tactics team executed a search warrant in Lacey, near the state capitol of Olympia, 'as a result of a violent robbery and theft of military weaponry/armor.' The U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle said in a statement to The Associated Press on Tuesday night that the search warrant related to an Army CID and FBI investigation into an assault Sunday at Joint Base Lewis-McCord, just north of Olympia. Sanders' statement said two people were arrested and booked into Thurston County Jail for investigation of firearms-related offenses. 'The suspects identified in this case were actively involved in Nazi White Nationalist efforts,' he wrote. Sanders did not immediately return messages seeking comment Tuesday night. The U.S. Attorney's Office statement said Army investigators had identified suspects in the assault at the military base and the FBI executed the search warrant late Monday night into early Tuesday. Reached for comment, the FBI said its Seattle office was 'assisting our partners Thurston County Sheriff's Office and Army Criminal Investigation Division' and referred questions to them. Additional information was expected to be included in a federal criminal complaint to be unsealed Wednesday. The two people arrested were expected to make initial appearances at U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Wednesday afternoon. In his post, Sanders said agents had seized 35 firearms at the home, including short barrel rifles and an MG42 machine gun — a type typically supported with a bipod and which was used by German troops during World War II. Other seized gear included grenade launchers, explosives, body armor, ammunition and ballistic helmets, and multiple rifles were staged at windows throughout the residence, the sheriff said. He posted photos from the home showing an array of weapons, ammunition and body armor surrounded by Nazi paraphernalia, including a red Nazi flag emblazoned with a black swastika.
Associated Press
2 days ago
- General
- Associated Press
FBI discovers cache of guns, armor and Nazi paraphernalia while raiding home in Washington state
SEATTLE (AP) — Law enforcement discovered a cache of weaponry and armor, including a machine gun and grenade launchers, along with Nazi paraphernalia during a raid of a home in Washington state, authorities said Tuesday. Derek Sanders, the elected sheriff of Thurston County, said in a Facebook post that the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division asked his office for assistance Monday as an FBI special weapons and tactics team executed a search warrant in Lacey, near the state capitol of Olympia, 'as a result of a violent robbery and theft of military weaponry/armor.' The U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle said in a statement to The Associated Press on Tuesday night that the search warrant related to an Army CID and FBI investigation into an assault Sunday at Joint Base Lewis-McCord, just north of Olympia. Sanders' statement said two people were arrested and booked into Thurston County Jail for investigation of firearms-related offenses. 'The suspects identified in this case were actively involved in Nazi White Nationalist efforts,' he wrote. Sanders did not immediately return messages seeking comment Tuesday night. The U.S. Attorney's Office statement said Army investigators had identified suspects in the assault at the military base and the FBI executed the search warrant late Monday night into early Tuesday. Reached for comment, the FBI said its Seattle office was 'assisting our partners Thurston County Sheriff's Office and Army Criminal Investigation Division' and referred questions to them. Additional information was expected to be included in a federal criminal complaint to be unsealed Wednesday. The two people arrested were expected to make initial appearances at U.S. District Court in Tacoma on Wednesday afternoon. In his post, Sanders said agents had seized 35 firearms at the home, including short barrel rifles and an MG42 machine gun — a type typically supported with a bipod and which was used by German troops during World War II. Other seized gear included grenade launchers, explosives, body armor, ammunition and ballistic helmets, and multiple rifles were staged at windows throughout the residence, the sheriff said. He posted photos from the home showing an array of weapons, ammunition and body armor surrounded by Nazi paraphernalia, including a red Nazi flag emblazoned with a black swastika.
Bloomberg
29-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Russia Accuses Serbia of Backstabbing With Arms Sales to Ukraine
Russia accused Serbia of selling weaponry to Ukraine through third countries, potentially straining a relationship with a traditional ally that relies on Moscow for its energy supplies. Serbia has furnished Kyiv with hundreds of thousands of shells for rocket launchers, howitzers and a million rounds of small-arms ammunition, according to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service. The sales went through the Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria and more recently through unspecified African countries.
CNA
25-05-2025
- CNA
New automated police systems to shorten time taken to issue arms and gear
Police officers in Singapore can now access their weapons far quicker than before, after a new Automated Armoury System cut down the time taken to issue arms from up to two hours to just a couple of minutes. The system builds upon existing automation efforts by the police force for the quick retrieval of police equipment. Nikhil Khattar with more.
South China Morning Post
25-05-2025
- Science
- South China Morning Post
PLA scientists reveal tech breakthrough behind world's fastest coilgun
Chinese electromagnetic coil gun capable of firing at 3,000 rounds per minute – a rate that obliterates traditional firearms and greatly surpasses US commercial models by orders of magnitude – has been captured on video. The footage, released by state-owned arms manufacturer China South Industries Group (CSGC) on April 18, has raised eyebrows among military experts as the firing capacity greatly outstrips current weaponry and could redefine future combat. While the CSGC remained tight-lipped about the technology involved, a peer-reviewed paper published on Monday by a team of military scientists offered a hint: the world's first capacitor-free electromagnetic coil gun, powered directly by lithium batteries The breakthrough, detailed in China's Journal of Gun Launch & Control, centres on eliminating the Achilles' heel of electromagnetic weapons – capacitors. Recent footage of the Chinese electromagnetic coil gun, which can fire 3,000 rounds per minute, shows it can shatter car windows and demolish door panels in seconds. Photo: douyin Capacitors are devices that store electrical energy and until now coil guns have relied on that energy for rapid discharge, a process that creates lag times for recharging. This limitation had capped the firing rate of early Chinese prototypes and the US-made GR-1 'Anvil' to 100 rounds per minute.
