Coming To Afghanistan: Radio-Controlled Smart Bullets Can Hit Targets Out Of The Reach Of Conventional Rifles

The XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System has a range of roughly 2,300 feet - and is to be deployed in Afghanistan this month

No Hiding Place From New U.S. Army Rifles That Use Radio-Controlled Smart Bullets -- Daily Mail

* Weapon hailed as a game-changer that can fire up and over barriers and down into trenches
* Soldiers will start using them in Afghanistan later this month

The U.S. army is to begin using a futuristic rifle that fires radio-controlled 'smart' bullets in Afghanistan for the first time, it has emerged.

The XM25 rifle uses bullets that be programmed to explode when they have traveled a set distance, allowing enemies to be targeted no matter where they are hiding.

The rifle also has a range of 2,300 feet making it possible to hit target which are well out of the reach of conventional rifles.

The XM25 is being developed specially for the U.S. army and will be deployed with troops from later this month, it was revealed today.

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More News On The XM25

U.S. Army Unveils 'Revolutionary' XM25 Rifle in Afghanistan -- FOX News
New rifles shoot through walls -- New York Post
Wonderwall Gun Is A Taliban Buster -- The Sun
American Soldiers in Afghanistan Now Using The XM-25 Rifle… -- Weasel Zippers

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