Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. The search-and-rescue team at Grand Canyon National Park completed a hair-raising rescue mission on March 20, using a helicopter and a fixed line to extract a hiker who’d broken his back at Mooney Falls. Video footage captured by an onlooker and shared to social media shows a rescuer and the injured hiker dangling on the line beneath the helicopter as they’re flown up and away from the falls to safety. The hiker is expected to make a full recovery, according to…
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If hypocrisy were an Olympic sport, it’s likely that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson would at least get on the medal stand, if not win the gold outright. In a recent news item, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), which is the firearm industry trade association, chronicled how Johnson is spending taxpayer dollars to the tune of some $30 million a year for a personal armed security detail that includes as many as 150 Chicago Police Department officers while at the same time presiding over some of the most egregious gun laws in the nation for his subjects, er, I mean, citizens.…
U.S. President Donald Trump is interested in calling on Arab countries to pay for the cost of the Iran war, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday, adding talks with Tehran to end the conflict are progressing well.Leavitt, asked at a news briefing whether Arab countries would step up to help pay for the war, said she would not get ahead of the Republican president but that it was an idea that Trump had.“I think it’s something the President would be quite interested in calling them to do,” Leavitt said.“It’s an idea that I know that he has…
United States ruler Donald Trump is considering using military force to conduct a “raid” on Iran in order to “extract” its enriched uranium. Political analysts say that this move will do little more than extend the war the U.S. started back in February. While no decision has been made yet by the U.S., Trump seems to remain “generally open” to the option of a raid. He is also said to be weighing the risks to U.S. troops, a report by The Wall Street Journal stated on Sunday. At least 13 US service members have been killed and about 200 wounded…
The governor of Utah has signed into law a measure to help protect firearm- and firearm-accessory-related businesses in the Beehive State. House Bill 214, called the Firearms Liability Amendments, prevents foreign nationals and political subdivisions from launching junk lawsuits and creating civil liabilities for firearms manufacturers, gun sellers and trade organizations, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed the measure on March 26. Nephi Cole, NSSF director of government relations – state affairs, helped push the measure through the legislative process and was on hand for the signing ceremony. “Utah is leading the nation in…
Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Our ancestors used to have to wait for fire. Lava flows and lightning strikes were the two most common fire starters or ancient peoples to cook their food and stay warm. Today, outdoorsmen can simply spark a lighter, strike match, or use ferrocerium rods to kindle a campfire in a hurry. But there are other accelerants and methods you might not know of when you don’t have conventional fire-starting tools handy. Some of them are odd, and maybe even a little…
The Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division last month revealed the service’s new “Drone Killer Cartridge,” or DKC, a small-arms ammunition specifically designed to destroy small quadcopter drones. In the announcement, Brian Hoffman, chief engineer of NSWC Crane’s Man-Portable Weapons, explained that the ammo works much like a shotshell in that it disperses a cluster of projectiles, but it’s designed to be fired from a service rifle or machine gun instead of a shotgun. “The intent with our ammunition was to simply give operators a better chance of killing drones with cost-effective products that can be used in existing weapons,”…
People in high office and their friends are at the receiving end of anger and frustration due to their misbehavior of late. The release of the Epstein files have only fueled this. The internet is ablaze with anger against the “elites.” Is this an opportunity, as some claim, to advance ideas of individual liberty? To convince people of the evils of coercive state action? With such idiots at the top, surely we can fuel mistrust for the system. I disagree. In Spain, we have had plenty of “political corruption.” From profiteering off the public purchase of face masks to creating jobs to…
Ukraine’s war has forced the country to become a trailblazer in drone interception. The conflict in the Middle East could be its make-or-break moment to take the technology global.In an effort to export Ukrainian systems and know-how, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criss-crossed the Gulf region this weekend to hash out deals with countries that have been targeted by waves of Iranian drone attacks this month.“Ukraine is sharing expertise that is not available in the Middle East,” Zelenskyy told Reuters in an interview last week. “Expertise is not a drone, but a skill, a strategy, a system where a drone is…
MANILA, Philippines — The Japanese destroyer JS Chokai is now capable of launching U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles, making it the first Japanese warship that can strike targets beyond 1,000 kilometers.This development marks a key shift in the country’s defense strategy. Japan committed to acquiring 400 Tomahawks last year to equip its eight Aegis destroyers as part of a larger standoff capability, which includes fielding upgraded Type 12 missiles in the southwest and deploying hyper velocity gliding projectile systems across the country.The existing missile defense network may not be fully capable of responding to threats, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi told reporters…