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get your guns and ammo now while our 2nd ammendment rights are still intact!!!!!
I also needed somewhere else to hang out other than the mensroom.
this board is great!!!!!!! I had a chance to see Gov. Palin when she came to Leesburg Fl.. She was very impressive to say the least.What I really like about her is she's a real person and has had to face the everyday struggles the rest of us face. The left keep saying If McCain get elected it will be 4 more years of Bush which in my opion couldn't be farther from the truth.
thanks ksquared I'll make sure I run everything buy admin before cutting and pasting.
GREAT BOARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the press has always been about doom and gloom.They never show any of the good thing that have been accomplished in Iraq.
I'll mark it. I need some other place to hang out other than the mensroom
you're absolutely right!!!!It's like this every election except this election it seems to be elevated.The press is trying to dig up every negative thing they can find about Palin but seem to hide and dismiss any negative things about Obama.
hey bro had to do some DD to find out where everyone was hiding.
Looks like some good conversation here.
Army to Test Air Burst Weapon for Joes
September 26, 2008
Military.com|by Christian Lowe
For once it seems the Army is actually turning fiction into science.
After nearly a decade in the shadows -- with billions spent on earlier versions long since abandoned -- the Army is moving quickly to field a revolutionary new weapon to Joes a lot sooner than anyone had ever imagined.
It's a weapon that can take out a bad guy behind a wall, beyond a hill or below a trench, and do it more accurately and with less collateral damage than anything on the battlefield today, officials say. It's called the XM25 Individual Air Burst Weapon, and by next month the service will have three prototypes of the precision-guided 25mm rifle ready for testing.
A 'leap ahead' in lethality
"We've done a lot of testing with this, and what we're seeing is the estimated increase in effectiveness is six times what we'd be getting with a 5.56mm carbine or a grenade launcher," said Rich Audette, Army Deputy Project Manager for Soldier weapons.
"What we're talking about is a true 'leap ahead' in lethality, here. This is a huge step," Audette added during a phone interview with Military.com from his office at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey.
Born of the much-maligned and highly-controversial Objective Individual Combat Weapon -- a 1990s program that sought a "leap ahead" battle rifle that combined a counter-defilade weapon with a carbine -- the XM25 only recently gained new momentum after the Army formalized a requirement and released a contract in June for a series of test weapons.
Infantry weapons to date have permitted fighters to shoot at or through an obstacle concealing enemy threats, but the Army for years has been trying to come up with a weapon to engage targets behind barriers without resorting to mortars, rockets or grenades -- all of which risk collateral damage. After fits and starts using a 20mm rifle housed in a bulky, overweight, complicated shell, technology finally caught up to shave the XM25 from 21 pounds to a little more than 12 pounds.
If the XM25 does what its developers hope, it will be able to fire an air-bursting round at a target from 16 meters away out to 600 meters with a highly accurate, 360-degree explosive radius.
"This should have the same impact as the incorporation of the machine gun" into infantry units, said Andy Cline, product director for the XM25.
The XM25 is about as long as a collapsed M4, weighs about as much as an M16 with an M203 grenade launcher attached and has about as much kick as a 12-gauge shotgun, said Barb Muldowney, Army deputy program manager for infantry combat weapons.
The semi-auto XM25 comes with a four-round magazine, though testers are looking at whether to increase the capacity to as much as 10 rounds.
A 'smart' weapon
Brains are what really makes this Buck Rogers gun work -- it has them. The weapon combines a thermal optic, day sight, laser range finder, compass and IR illuminator with a fire-control system that wirelessly transmits the exact range of the target into the 25mm round's fuse before firing.
A Soldier can aim the XM25 at a wall concealing a sniper, for example, but "dial in" or adjust the distance by an additional meter above the target. When fired, the Alliant Teksystems-built round will explode above the enemy's position, essentially going around the obstruction, Muldowney said.
"It's so accurate, that when I laze to that target I'm going to be able to explode that round close enough that I'm going to get it," Audette added.
The service hopes to field several other types of 25mm rounds for the XM25, including ones for breaching doors, piercing vehicle armor and non-lethal air-bursting and blunt-impact rounds.
Testers at Picatinny plan to put the XM25 through its paces over the next several months, certifying it as safe for a Soldier to operate and tinkering with the weapon's effectiveness and durability.
The weapon costs about $25,000 each, but experts were quick to point out that a fully-loaded M4 for optics and pointers costs pretty close to $30,000. Each ATK-made 25mm round costs about $25.
Testing next year
As Heckler and Koch, makers of the weapon itself, and L3 Communications -- which makes the fire control system -- crank out more weapons, the Army plans to push an initial batch of test weapons out to the field beginning in March 2009. That could include the first use of such a weapon in combat, Cline said.
If all goes according to plan, the first fully-equipped infantry units could have their first XM25s in hand by 2014, far sooner than the Army's small arms community had predicted even last year.
The program "came very close to ending," Audette explained. "But the Army took a look at all the work that was done -- and the testing that projected the kind of lethality increase that we could get -- and they said 'we've got to do this.' "
thats right I agree 100%
hey skeballlarry thanks just found this board this morning figured I'd throw my 2cents in
thats the problem most people don't know who the real Obama is.I've never been a big McCain supporter but at least he'll do right by our troops.It's a scary thought Obama being president!!!!!!!!!
thanks I come from a military family and did my time in the army.I also have a son in the army. I definitly respect everything our military does for us!!!!!!!!
redskins for week 6 Thanks
Charlie
ok 18-3 is a real good so so. He's 6-1 3 ND last ten starts
I think the weakest team is Boston because of injury. Lowell's hurt and J.D.Drew claims to be healthy. Becket has been off this season,Wakefield has been getting hit hard, and DiceK has been so so.Lester is their only hope I think.
looks like a good game scoreless halfway thru the 4th
I don't think Carson Palmer will play this week because of his injury. The Boys should win easily IMO
like the way you think
GO CUBS!!!!!!!!!!
I picked the Tiger go to the WS this year
He's calmed down alittle this year for sure.He reminds me of Earl Weaver when he gets fired up.
Didn't know this board existed. Added it to my favorites.
Tampa,Angels,Phillies,Cubs
Angels,Cubs
Cubs in 6
the 100 yr. curse will be broken
I'll take Dallas for week 5 Thanks.
Charlie
stl is beating buf 14 to 6
almost changed my pick to Denver thank goodness I stayed with Jacksonville
I'll take Jacksonville for week 4 Thanks
Charlie
we need Comedia to remove the gag and tell us what they're doing and where they're headed.
I'd love to see you break even. I'd be a happy camper if it would ever make it back to $2
I need it to hit .085 to break even after 1.5 years
WOW!!! a little life
that was a body blow .11 on 235 shares
I hope you're right too!!!!!!!! I usually don't follow a pump but received an email about this stock. The email basically said this stock should see .75-.80 in the near future. I did some DD liked what I saw and decided to get in. .30-.40 would make me happy.
2 more wins to a division championship.yyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeesssssssssss
HEY CHICAGO WHAT DA YA SAY CUBS ARE GONA WIN TODAY
I don't think the Patriots need any motivation to beat the fish. Should be a cake walk.
hello everyone new to this stock looks like MM wanting this to come down .111 x .16
I heard this guy on Fox News yesterday they expect fuel prices at the pump to be less then $3 a gal. by the end of the first qt. next year.
stop you're making me jealous..........it's hot hot hot down here!!!...can't wait to retire[6 years from now] and move somewhere in the mountains.
absolutely!!!!!!!!!!! how ya doing bro
I'll help you with that six pack John
I'll take the Buffalo Bills for week 3........Thanks