Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics In the early hours of the geologic time clock, spanning millions of years, the earth was covered with a gaseous atmosphere and warm shallow seas constantly lashed by storms from above and battered by countless exploding volcanoes from below. More millions of years passed during which the hardening surface convulsed and buckled from time to time, raising some land masses out of the seas, dropping others below the surface. These seas were rich with nutrients containing the chemistry of life, out of which the first formless…

This article was originally published by Lance D Johnson at Natural News.  The United States, in lockstep with Israel, has ignited a direct military conflict with Iran, a move that has triggered an aggressive and catastrophic retaliation, which is currently justifying a sweeping expansion of war. The U.S. targeting Iranian leadership and sinking an Iranian frigate in international waters has elicited blood-curdling vows of revenge from Tehran’s highest clerical authorities. Key points: Senior Iranian Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli has explicitly called for the “shedding of Trump’s blood” in a televised address, signaling a shift to personal, existential threats. Iran has…

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Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Each spring, millions of snow geese leave the continental United States and migrate northward to the Canadian arctic. And for decades now hunters have been able to target snows in the spring under incredibly liberal regulations.  However, the snow goose population has dropped substantially in the last few years. In fact, many predict that the spring snow goose conservation season won’t last much longer. But for now, the season is still on and there’s still millions of snows to chase.  Having…

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We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › There are a ton of amazing deals on rods, reels, and rod and reel combos happening right now during Bass Pro’s Spring Fishing Classic event. From half-off a fly rod, to 25% off kids rods at, and 31% off a great baitcaster combo, there’s a deal for every fisherman.  Spinning Rod Deals Save 20% on Pflueger Trion Spinning Combo Save 20% on Penn Fierce IV Live Liner Spinning Combo Save 25% on ProFishiency Wild Child Spinning Combo Save 13% on St.…

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Air Force Global Strike Command conducted an operational test launch Tuesday of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with two test reentry vehicles.Designated GT 255, the launch was scheduled years in advance and was not in response to current world events, according to an official AFGSC release. The test, which occurred at 11:01 p.m. PST from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, is one of more than 300 conducted under a decades-long evaluation program aimed at confirming the weapon system’s reliability and performance.The missile’s two reentry vehicles, designed to increase the missile’s effectiveness against defended targets, traveled thousands of…

An American anti-drone system proven to work against Russian drones in Ukraine will soon be sent to the Middle East to bolster U.S. defenses against Iranian drones, two U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Friday.While the U.S. has used Patriot and THAAD missile systems to take down Iranian missiles successfully, there are limited effective anti-drone defenses now in the Middle East, according to a U.S. defense official, one of two officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military matters.RELATEDThe U.S. response to countering Iran’s Shahed drones has been “disappointing,” the other U.S. official said, particularly because…

Netflix released “War Machine” on Friday, a science fiction action film starring Alan Ritchson that raises an oddly believable military premise: What if the final phase of U.S. Army Ranger selection suddenly involved fighting a giant alien robot?Directed by Patrick Hughes, “War Machine” follows a group of Ranger candidates grinding through the final stretch of selection when their training scenario collides with something far stranger than sleep deprivation and land navigation. The soldiers discover what appears to be a crashed aircraft deep in the woods. It turns out to be an alien vessel that transforms into a towering mechanical hunter…

Trump administration officials conceded during a private briefing on Capitol Hill this week that Iran’s Shahed-136 drone is proving more disruptive on the battlefield than the Pentagon had anticipated, two people familiar with the matter told Military Times. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine led the group of senior military leaders who warned lawmakers that gaps in counter-drone technology could leave U.S. forces and assets increasingly vulnerable.“They were ill-prepared,” one person inside the briefing said, referring to U.S. defense plans in the Middle East. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has…

This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge under the title: “This Will Bring Down Global Economy”: Qatar’s Energy Minister Offers Dire Warning About Hormuz Chokepoint Chaos Brent crude futures are on track for their biggest weekly gain since the early days of Covid, with the move now exceeding the 20% weekly spike at the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, as the U.S.-Israeli air campaign against Iran, Operation Epic Fury, has tipped the Gulf into an energy crisis, freezing commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and pushing some regional oil and gas production offline. On Friday, Qatar’s…

The Pentagon’s counter-drone task force, Joint Interagency Task Force 401, is set to test a high-energy laser system against drones at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico over the weekend.“By working hand-in-hand with the [Federal Aviation Administration] and our interagency partners, we are ensuring that these cutting-edge capabilities are safe, effective, and ready to protect Americans from emerging drone threats,” U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Matt Ross, director of the JIATF-401, stated in a release. “Our measure of success is to quickly deliver state-of-the-art C-UAS capability to the warfighter, and this test furthers that mission.”The release did not state the…