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Monday, December 6, 2010

Nowhere To Run, Nowhere To Hide: XM-25 Laser-Guided Grenade Launcher Now In Use - Geekologie

Nowhere To Run, <em>Nowhere To Hide</em>: XM-25 Laser-Guided Grenade Launcher Now In Use - Geekologie: "The gun's stats are formidable: it fires 25mm air-bursting shells up to 2,300 feet (700 meters), well past the range of most rifles used by today's soldiers, and programs them to explode at a precise distance, allowing troops to neutralize insurgents hiding behind walls, rocks or trenches or inside buildings.

'You get behind something when someone is shooting at you, and that sort of cover has protected people for thousands of years,' Lehner said.

'Now we're taking that away from the enemy forever.'"

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