Sniper

A Tennessee man allegedly plotting violence at the southern border with militia groups to “stir up the hornet’s nest” with an arsenal of explosives, AR-15s and a sniper rifle was arrested Monday after selling an undercover agent an unregistered AK-47 suppressor for $100, according to a federal criminal complaint. Paul Faye Sr. said he planned to serve as a sniper in a confrontation with federal Border Patrol agents, and to coordinate with militias from Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, an FBI agent…

Each playable member in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is its own distinct character. Beyond the obvious visual differences, there’s a good amount of mechanical differences that make playing as Harley a unique experience compared to King Shark, for example. If you’re playing alone or with friends, you probably will want to focus on just one member of the team to learn and go through the story with first. Since these “heroes” aren’t all that common, especially in the world of video games, it isn’t immediately…

Publisher Devolver Digital has announced a new game by developer René Rother, a stylish sniping adventure called Children of the Sun. Headed to PC later this year, Children of the Sun puts you in the boots of The Girl, a sniper looking to eliminate The Cult and its enigmatic leader. The twist here? The Girl only has a single bullet per level, but she's also armed with a few abilities to make that projectile more deadly than an entire warehouse of ammo. One shot is all you need, as the bullet can…

Japan is now the fifth nation to perform a soft landing on the Moon, joining the United States, the Soviet Union, China, and India. The unmanned SLIM, nicknamed the "Moon Sniper" for its precision technology, successfully touched down within 55 meters of its targeted landing spot…

Japan’s space agency, JAXA, achieved a historic soft landing with SLIM on Friday morning, but the lander ran into instant trouble by not being able to collect solar energy and generate electricity. Hopeful for some westerly sunshine, JAXA is cautiously optimistic that SLIM could spring back to life in a couple of weeks.First Full-Color Images From Webb Space TelescopeShortly after its landing on Friday, January 19, JAXA reported issues with SLIM’s solar cells, which were not generating sufficient electricity. On Monday,…

Japan’s SLIM is on the Moon and sending data to Earth, in what is a monumental achievement for Japan—it’s now the fifth country to accomplish the feat. The successful soft landing notwithstanding, the situation looks grim; officials with Japanese space agency JAXA say the lander’s solar cell is not generating sufficient amounts of electricity, raising uncertainties about the mission’s future.Remake this Sci-Fi Film with Peter Capaldi!Japan’s SLIM touched down on the Moon’s surface Friday at 10:20 a.m. ET (12:20 a.m.…

We have some of the most exciting space missions of 2024 already coming to fruition despite it only being January. While the Peregrine lander mission might not have gone as well as hoped, Japan’s Moon sniper is on course to land on the lunar surface as early as Friday, January 19. And, if you want to see history happen with your own eyes, you can watch it right here.Japan’s historic SLIM probe entered lunar orbit late last month, preparing for a very iconic moon landing. While humanity has landed on the moon a…

Riot Games Valorant Episode 8 Act 1 begins next week, and today, Riot Games revealed that it will introduce a brand new weapon to the game. A double-barreled sniper rifle called the Outlaw, it is the first new weapon to come to Valorant since Riot Games released it in 2020. As the third sniper rifle in Valorant, Outlaw stands out from the others because it’s a two-shot weapon that doesn’t break zoom when fired and has different reload times depending on how many shots are left. It’ll cost 2,400 credits in the…

Japan's SLIM space probe entered the Moon's orbit on Monday in a major step towards the country's first successful lunar landing, expected next month. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) is nicknamed the "Moon Sniper" because it is designed to land within 100 metres (328 feet) of a specific target on the lunar surface.If successful, the touchdown would make Japan only the fifth country to have successfully landed a probe on the Moon, after the United States, Russia, China and India. On Monday, SLIM…

To the layman, every gun in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 probably seems the same. They all shoot bullets, right? In reality, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Even when you take player skill out of the equation, each gun has vastly different stats and applications that make some, even within their own category, just plain better choices for everyone. Each gun is broken down into various stats, including recoil, ADS speed, damage, and much more, which makes it hard to easily compare them. When you factor in…