FLORENCE, Texas – (January 16, 2026) – Staccato 2011®, the creator of the 2011® pistol platform, today announced a long-term partnership with Jack Carr, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, former Navy SEAL, and host of the Danger Close Podcast. The partnership represents a natural collaboration rooted in shared values of duty, purpose, performance,…
FLORENCE, Texas – (January 19, 2026) – Staccato 2011®, the creator of the 2011® pistol platform, announced at SHOT Show the launch of a new addition to its high-performance Staccato HD lineup, and flagship model: Staccato HD C4X. This all-new compact carry model furthers Staccato’s mission to deliver duty-proven, precision-built pistols trusted by professionals and…
Costa Mesa, Calif. (Jan. 19, 2026) – 5.11®, the global innovator of purpose-built apparel, footwear, and gear, is excited to unveil its new product releases for 2026 at SHOT Show in Las Vegas. The year’s offering delivers updates across men’s and women’s apparel, next-generation innovations with A/T™ in V.XI™ footwear, expanded professional solutions, and an…
The Portland Spy Ring stands as one of the most consequential espionage cases of the Cold War, a reminder that the great ideological struggle between East and West was fought not only in Berlin, Washington, and Moscow, but also in the quiet corners of ordinary life. It’s a story of people who appeared unremarkable: clerks,…
By the time Sorrell Booke waddled onto American television screens in a white suit and ten‑gallon hat, barking orders as the gleefully corrupt Boss Hogg, he had already lived a life far stranger, and far more dangerous, than anything in Hazzard County. His fans knew the actor. Almost no one knew the spy. For decades,…
By the time Sorrell Booke waddled onto American television screens in a white suit and ten‑gallon hat, barking orders as the gleefully corrupt Boss Hogg, he had already lived a life far stranger, and far more dangerous, than anything in Hazzard County. His fans knew the actor. Almost no one knew the spy. For decades,…
Hidden deep within the vast Kazakh steppe, Semipalatinsk‑21, later known as Kurchatov, was once one of the most secretive locations in the Soviet Union. For decades, it appeared on no maps, guarded by military checkpoints and protected by layers of classified protocols. Between 1949 and 1989, the surrounding nuclear test site, known simply as the…
Long before Hollywood cast Tom Hanks to play him in Bridge of Spies, James Britt Donovan lived a life that seemed almost designed for the screen. He first entered the global spotlight in 1962, when he negotiated the dramatic exchange of Soviet spy Rudolf Abel for downed American U‑2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, a tense…
General Carl von Clausewitz’s On War remains one of the most influential works in strategic studies, not only for its insights into military conflict but also for its broader theoretical contributions to understanding human action under conditions of uncertainty, complexity, and competing interests. Although Clausewitz wrote primarily for statesmen and military leaders of the early…
James Bond emerged at a moment when Britain was redefining itself after the devastation of World War Two. Ian Fleming, drawing heavily on his own experiences in Naval Intelligence, created a character who embodied both the harsh realities of wartime espionage and the escapist fantasies of a nation grappling with diminished global power. Bond became…