The Army is planning on sending its much-anticipated high-tech, highly secret XM-25 Individual Airburst Weapon System (IAWS) to the warzone in the next few months. The IAWS provides the soldier with a 300% to 500% increase in hit probability to defeat point, area, and defilade targets out to 500 meters. The XM-25 is a smart airburst grenade launcher capable of neutralizing targets behind walls or windows. The gunner aims the weapon's Target Acquisition/Fire Control (TA/FC) system (developed by L-3 Communications Brashear) at the wall or window behind where the enemy is hiding. The fire … [Read more...]
GM and the Forgotten Men
The progressive U.S. Government now owns 60% of GM thanks to a taxpayer funded $50 billion assault begun by George Bush and finished by Barack Obama. After less than 50 days in Chapter 11, GM is 89.5% owned by a combination of the U.S. Government, the United Auto Workers union (17.5%) and Canada (12%). GM holds onto its #1 market share position beating Ford, Toyota, Honda, Chrysler and Nissan, no thanks to a long list of groups that carried the risk and have lost everything. GM was bankrupted by its unmanageable and unrealistic healthcare, pension and union costs. The costs should have been … [Read more...]
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