STRIPES (Lydia Gordon) - Army pushes for yet another newer, lighter service rifle | Stars and Stripes
The XM8 is not intended to replace the service’s primary rifle, the M7, but instead is being developed as a companion weapon.
STRIPES (Jennifer H. Svan) - Army approves issue of first new hand grenade since Vietnam War era | Stars and Stripes
The Army has cleared the M111 hand grenade for service. It will replace the Mk3A2 series, marking the first new grenade for the Army since 1968.
ABCNEWS - North Korea test-launches 2 ballistic missiles toward sea, Japan and South Korea say
The missiles were fired from the Pyongyang area at about 4 p.m., Japan said.