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Anti-aircraft Gun
The anti-aircraft gun emerged during the first World War. It was mainly used to attack planes, helicopters, and air transport vehicles. It is an important component of modern warfare weapon systems, and still plays a role in low-elevation target resistance, despite ground-to-air missiles becoming the main form of anti-aircraft weaponry. In the 21st century, there are more and more categories and types of anti-aircraft guns, and various new anti-aircraft guns continue to debut.
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North Korea Executes Five Officials With Anti-Aircraft Guns

According to AP, North Korea executed five senior security officials with anti-aircraft guns because they made false reports that "enraged" leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea's spy agency said Monday. The spy agency told lawmakers that five North Korean officials in the department of recently purged state security chief Kim Won Hong were executed by anti-aircraft guns because of the false reports to Kim, South Korean lawmaker Lee Cheol Woo said. It's not clear what false reports they allegedly made, and the NIS didn't say how it got its information as South Korean spies have a spotty record when reporting about high-level events in its authoritarian neighbor to the north.

8,000 Troops From Russian Eastern Military District Stage Air Defense Drills

The spokesman specified that the equipment includes such air defense systems as the S-300 surface-to-air missile system, the Osa short-range surface-to-air missile system, the Strela-10 low-altitude surface-to-air missile system, the Tor-M2U air defense missile system, the Pantsir-S combined short to medium range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery and Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.

The travails of Syria’s unarmed police

At first, General Shallaf bemoaned the West’s refusal to send weapons. He remembers how his officers once failed to stop a robbery at a factory because the thieves came armed with anti-aircraft guns. But he has since come round to the idea of a largely unarmed police force. “Everybody has a gun, so if we carried weapons we’d be seen as just another armed faction,” he says.

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1 Ruthless dictator Kim Jong-un has executed five of his own security officials with an anti-aircraft gun for feeding him false information.

2 North Korea has executed five senior officials -- by anti-aircraft gun -- for angering leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea says.

3 South Korean daily Joong Ang Ilbo reported that two high-ranking officials were also executed by anti-aircraft gun at a military academy in Pyongyang in August last year.