XM25 Rifle – No Where to Hide

Nine years into the war in Afghanistan, a handful of U.S. soldiers have a new weapon in hand, a lethal combination of technology and explosives that the Army has called a “game changer.”

Five of the high-tech, semi-automatic weapons arrived in the war-torn country this month and soon will be tested in combat.

“This weapon makes our forces more lethal, it makes them more effective and it keeps them safer,” said Lt. Col. Christopher Lehner, the project manager for individual weapons at Program Executive Office Soldier, which developed the XM-25. “This is the first time that we’ve put smart technology in the weapons system for the individual soldier.”

Here’s how it works, lets say the enemy pops up from a rock 300 meters away. He fires a quick burst from his AK 47 and ducks behind the rock for cover. The soldier with the XM 25 uses the scope to obtain the range automatically and this is then fed into a micro chip inside the projectile. Then its a matter of firing the weapon in the right direction and letting the bullet do the rest. The bullet flies to the area of the rock and then explodes right behind it taking out anyone hiding there. There will be no place to hide on the battlefield anymore.

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3 Responses to XM25 Rifle – No Where to Hide

  1. Tina says:

    This is why we need to keep our budget for defense spending smart and adequate to the needs of this time. This is an amazing weapon.

    Highlights the need for keeping secrets too!!!

  2. Pie Guevara says:

    While I question the efficacy and repeatability of this weapon in a battlefield situation, if it does work then this is exactly the sort of innovation we need and defense budgets should pay for.

    The whole point of war is to kill the enemy and break enough things so that they are incapable of war. Democracy will survive in a hostile world as long as it can effectively defend itself.

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