By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com February 11, 2020 Condor Elite has designed and developed a really slick little ultra-lightweight, minimalist lo-pro/lo-vis (low-profile/low-visibility) “concealable” tactical armor plate carrier/vest called the Spectre (or Spectre) PC Plate Carrier, and they’re offering it at a price point that’s pretty unbelievable, at $55.95 USD, as of this writing. Pretty crazy. DefenseReview (DR) …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com February 5, 2020 Last updated on 2/06/20. Last year, DefenseReview (DR) reported on the prototype Condor Elite Pursuit Pack lo-pro/lo-vis (low profile/low-visibility) armored concealed carry (CCW)/tactical weapons/drone/med (medical) kit pack (backpack), which we got to see at SHOT Show 2019. Well, the Pursuit Pack is now ready for production, and it’s looking …

By Mike Sparks January 14, 2020 Title Image Credit: Eon Productions It’s the best movie trailer, ever. It opens with Daniel Craig’s James Bond and his newly married wife Dr. Madeline Swan running for their very lives in mountainous Italy. Will this be her “swan” song? How did they get to this point? WHO is after them? Didn’t they retire …

By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com Photo Credit: Title Image: Lockheed Martin via Defense News January 6, 2020 Last updated on 1/09/20. Well, this year (2020) certainly started off with a very big bang (or several bangs, perhaps), when a US General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper/Predator B weaponized drone/UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) sent what may have been multiple Lockheed …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com Photo(s) Credit: Russian Ministry of Defence December 30, 2019 Well, this one’s gonna’ be a tough one to deal with, assuming it works as advertised, of course. DefenseReview’s been writing about Russian and Chinese hypersonic missile tech for quite some time now (see “Related Articles” below), but Russia’s latest one, the Avangard …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com December 12, 2019 As if cool combat clothing isn’t enough, Kryptek also has a nicely-designed tactical armor plate carrier/vest (ant-rifle body armor) designed and developed by the same individual, one Kevin Holland. Mr. Holland was nice enough to also take DefenseReview (DR) through this item at SHOT Show 2019. The Kryptek Plate …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com December 8, 2019 Last updated on 12/09/19. Kryptek has some very interesting combat clothing designed and developed by retired US Military SOF (Special Operations Forces) assaulter/operator Kevin Holland. Mr. Holland was kind enough to show DefenseReview (DR) three items at SHOT Show 2019, the Kryptek Combat Operator Pant V4, Tactical LS Rugby …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com November 21, 2019 The Kalashnikov USA KP-9 semi-auto-only 9mm AK pistol, and KR-9 9mm carbine/SBR (Short Barreled Rifle) weren’t the only interesting firearms Evan Rosenthal showed DefenseReview (DR) at the company’s booth at SHOT Show 2019. Oh, no. He also showed us the Kalashnikov USA KS-12T Tactical Shotgun, which, of course, is …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com November 14, 2019 The CAA MCK Glock Micro Conversion Kit (next-gen Micro Roni Stabilizer) for Glock pistols wasn’t the only interesting product DefenseReview (DR) saw at the CAA/Kalashnikov USA booth at SHOT Show 2019. We also got to take a look at the Kalashnikov USA KP-9 semi-auto-only 9mm AK pistol, and KR-9 …

By David Crane david (at) defensereview (dot) com November 6, 2019 Last updated on 11/07/19. DefenseReview (DR) ran into Mikey Hartman of Hartman Ltd.. and CAA (Command Arms Accessories) at the Kalashnikov USA/CAA booth at SHOT Show 2019, and he was nice enough to take us through the latest and greatest, product-improved version of the CAA MCK Glock Micro Conversion …