Treat Me Like Your Mother by Jonathan Glazer
The XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System, about the size of a regular rifle, has now been deployed to US units on the battlefields of Afghanistan, where the Army expects it to be a "game-changer" in its counterinsurgency operations.
It fires 25mm air-bursting shells up to (700 metres), well past the range of most rifles used by today's soldiers, and programs them to explode at a precise distance, allowing troops to neutralise insurgents hiding behind walls, rocks or trenches or inside buildings.
The revolutionary advance involves an array of sights, sensors and lasers that reads the distance to the target, assesses elements such as air pressure, temperature, and ballistics and then sends that data to the microchip embedded in the XM25 shell before it is launched.
The Pentagon plans to purchase at least 12,500 of the guns - at a price tag of $US25,000 to $US30,000 each - beginning next year, enough for one in each Infantry squad and Special Forces team....Gary Oldman could soon be selling the US Military his own weapons in the near future!
Last week, SEGA held an event in Tokyo to showcase the recently announced sci-fi shooter, Vanquish, to a smattering of international game journalists. The highspeed gunfights made this title really stick out. Not only that, but the game was created by Director Shinji Mikami, who is credited for being the creator of the seminal Resident Evil series!! Vanquish looks like Iron Man crossed with Lost Planet 2....The trailers are incredible...the game will be released later this year.
I mean, honestly...all this drama for an American Apparel sale?? The price of being fashionable, eh?