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While U.S. forces have conducted over 7,000 sorties over Iraq and Syria in 2015, only 25 percent had at least one "weapons release" upon Islamic State ground positions. (Associated Press)
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A statue of the Goddess of Democracy is displayed during a pro-democracy protest near the China Liaison Offices in Hong Kong Sunday, May 31, 2015. The protest marks the 26th anniversary of China's bloody crackdown on Tiananmen Square on June 4, ahead of a much larger annual candlelight vigil. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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FILE - In this May 19, 2015 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Key Patriot Act anti-terror provisions, including bulk collection of Americans’ phone records, expire at midnight unless senators come up with an 11th hour deal in an extraordinary Sunday afternoon session. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**
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A former attorney general of Delaware, Beau Biden was an Iraq war veteran and a likely candidate to run for governor of his home state. (Associated Press)
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National Edition News cover for May 31, 2015 - 'Taliban Five' travel ban set to expire; ex-Gitmo detainees exchanged for Bowe Berghdal: FILE - In this file image taken from video obtained from Voice Of Jihad Website, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. A one-year travel ban is expiring for five senior Taliban leaders held in U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay until they were released last year in exchange for Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for nearly five years after he walked away from his Army post in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video, File)
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The "Taliban Five" are set to have their one-year travel ban lifted on May 31, 2015. The Guantanamo detainees were exchanged for U.S. Army Sgt. Robert 'Bowe' Bergdahl. (Image: The Washington Times) ** FILE **
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The "Taliban Five" are set to have their one-year travel ban lifted on May 31, 2015. The Guantanamo detainees were exchanged for U.S. Army Sgt. Robert 'Bowe' Bergdahl. (Image: The Washington Times) ** FILE **
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The "Taliban 5" are set to have their travel ban lifted May 31. The ex-Taliban fighters were exchanged for U.S. Army Sgt. Robert 'Bowe' Bergdahl. (Image: CNN screenshot) ** FILE **
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Protesters gather outside the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix, Friday, May 29, 2015. About 500 protesters gathered outside the Phoenix mosque on Friday as police kept two groups sparring about Islam far apart from each other. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
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In this still image taken from video provided by Saudi TV, burnt-out cars are seen as investigators collect evidence, in the aftermath of a suicide bomb outside the the Imam Hussein mosque in the port city of Dammam, Saudi Arabia, Friday, May 29, 2015. (Saudi Television via AP)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Security Council in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 29, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday to make losses of Russian troops who are on "special operations" in peacetime, a state secret. (Alexei Nikolsky/RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
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President Obama pauses while speaking about U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff, killed by Islamic State militants, in Tallinn, Estonia, Sept. 3, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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A Baltimore Police officer speaks to a family member, where a young boy and a 31-year-old woman were shot and killed, Thursday, May 28, 2015, in Baltimore. In the month since Freddie Gray died and the city erupted in civil unrest, Baltimore has seen its murder rate skyrocket. There have been 36 murders in May alone. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman)
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In this photo released on May 4, 2015, by a militant website, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, Islamic State militants pass by a convoy in Tel Abyad town, northeast Syria. In contrast to the failures of the Iraqi army, in Syria Kurdish fighters are on the march against the Islamic State group, capturing towns and villages in an oil-rich swath of the country's northeast in recent days, under the cover of U.S.-led airstrikes. (Militant website via AP)
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An armored vehicle rides during an exercise this week at the Kuzminsky military training ground outside the village of Chkalovo near the Russian-Ukrainian border. (AP)
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BAE Systems is developing an Electromagnetic (EM) Railgun for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army. The weapon blasts a 23-pound hyper-velocity round that can be fired from a rail gun, Navy 5-inch guns or 155mm artillery weapons. The round is projected to travel at Mach 7. (BAE Systems) ** FILE **
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A new weapon for Canadian Armed Forces is in development by the Defence Research & Development Canada and Colt Canada. The gun fires lightweight telescoped ammunition, and includes secondary modules that add either a three-round 40 mm grenade launcher or a 12-gauge shotgun. It also features a data port to allow the attachment of smart accessories, such as electro-optical sights and position sensors that connect to command and control networks.
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TrackingPoint Inc., the Texas company that specializes in creating precision guided firearms, has unveiled its “Mile Maker” Linux-powered rifle, which can hit targets at roughly 1,800 yards away. TrackingPoint’s “Mile Maker” uses a custom-milled steel barrel and fires a TrackingPoint round named “338TP,” which is similar to a .338 Lapua Magnum.
