Recently, the deep pockets of the U.S. military and also because a rather sci-fi style of new weapons led to public concern, it is called “portable mortar” of the XM25. U.S. hopes with this powerful smart weapons sweep insurgents in Afghanistan.
Weapons scan
XM25 whole body around the high-tech
Popular fan favorite, “Men in Black”, the two main characters use the weapons against aliens called classic, with the XM25, the envy of American soldiers would not have a science fiction movie.
In short, XM25, and man is the one about the size of the artillery rifle. 25 mm diameter, it can launch grenades, attacked the enemy a distance of 700 meters, and its total weight, including only about 6 kilograms of ammunition. Not only light weight, fire Meng, XM25 Bianshen also equipped with advanced technology. Such as automated laser ranging, focusing system. Operation is also simple, just click the button, frame-owned computer can quickly calculate the target’s distance, and then the soldiers can be the same as using the air conditioner remote control buttons to adjust the firing range ,”+”"-”, the system will target distance, electronic fuse detonated ammunition automatically set the delay time.
After the two adjust, and then a button, the computer will be accurate grenades whistled out under the guidance of, went straight to the Vision of the enemy, even hidden things, and over mountains, along the parabolic jumps to the invisible enemy, Best moment in the explosion, caused the greatest destruction. Manipulation of the arms of soldiers, I feel just like playing a video game.
For the perennial fight U.S. troops in foreign countries, both sharp and pretty in the XM25, naturally popular, no wonder the U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division soldier declared, “This is the coolest I’ve ever used a weapon it! ”
Man firing an important part in strengthening the process
Of course, the U.S. military’s point of view, come up with this new weapons, not in order to cool what. XM25 advent of pluralism in fact the U.S. military firepower Pei Zhu, man-fire to strengthen an important part of the process, but also with the U.S. facing an international environment is closely related to local wars.
War, always go with the enemy close combat infantry; to win, they must have overwhelming firepower superiority, which is inseparable from the support of artillery fire. But not in place to support the case of fire, infantry fire protect themselves relying on their own, destroying the enemy, is also necessary. Therefore, while strengthening the coordination of support for fire and infantry, on the other hand increase the firepower of the infantry itself, which is to improve the firepower of the two parallel roads.
This case, the light artillery gradually incorporated into the infantry unit, is a trend. Usually more advanced military equipment, the stronger the force of its primary gun. Contemporary, the U.S. military an infantry squad, usually containing two grenade launchers and two 203 “Javelin” anti-tank missile launchers. The U.S. military firepower support, it is the powerful. From a remote fire support ships, bombers, artillery fire coverage, to the Apache helicopters fall from the sky extermination … … this killing chopper’s power, enough to make any head-on confrontation of the enemy shudder.
U.S. troops caught in the quagmire of the battlefield in Afghanistan
However, this luxurious package of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, “terror” has fallen into a quagmire of the battlefield:
First, the U.S. military faced opponents hidden in Afghanistan, they are usually hidden, so you grip goals; Once the opportunity to immediately emerge from everywhere on the individual and the single primary U.S. troops flood attacks . Once the U.S. military’s massive re-build, they will retreat rapidly collapsing.
Second, the Afghan terrain, mountainous little way. This is familiar terrain to provide the best armed guerrilla warfare, and so unfamiliar with the place of the U.S. military quite painful. Often, some U.S. military units that were not familiar with the terrain, got into the Afghan trap layout. Once the powerful can not arrive in time to support fire and was surrounded by a small group of U.S., looks likely to end up a tragic end. For example, on Oct. 3, 2009, Afghanistan’s Uruzgan province, a large number of militants to rely on four mountain shelters, to attack U.S. troops stationed. Should call came to reinforce the Apache helicopter, well over an hour to arrive. In this hour, the fire in the shadow of anti-US militants, a total of eight U.S. and two Afghan soldiers were killed.
Prospects
Each infantry squad equipped with at least one XM25
Why such a sophisticated U.S. military equipment in the armed attack was so embarrassed before? The original U.S. 203 grenade launchers, its maximum range is only 400 meters, the effective point of the scope of destruction is only 150 meters; the Javelin missile Although a range of long and fierce power, but the weight of more than 20 kilograms, move the inconvenience. And these two arms, are difficult to distance, but hiding in the rugged shelters in the rear, and the mountain ridge behind the enemy threat. Dominant in the number of anti-US armed siege from all sides when the mountain started naturally would at a disadvantage.
For the U.S., the current strategic situation is reaching around the globe, sending troops to various places to protect their hegemony; he has to face the enemy, a lot of that is the nature of the local guerrilla fighters. This means that his army should be dispersed to a variety of complex terrain, always ready to play skirmish, and each may have a sudden war, his strong support for fire, may not be the first to arrive. This case, further enhancing its primary infantry in the special circumstances of an integrated combat capability, has become a must.
Light weight, easy operation, quick response, while a more distant curved target shooting range and auto-ranging capabilities, shooting high precision XM25, in this case become the new darling of the U.S. military, it was not strange. According to reports, the U.S. military will start the program, about the deployment in 2012 of about 12 500 XM25, so that each infantry squad and special operations teams equipped with at least one. It appears that the U.S. military is prepared to own this smart rifle as a straw in Afghanistan.
Science fiction into reality
Space ships
Science fiction works: from Prince’s “war Mars,” was published, the “space ship” as a lot of science fiction themes in the actors, of course the most famous “Star Wars” in the Imperial J Starship.
Reality: Recently, the U.S. will become a reality this giant. According to the U.S. “Washington Post” revealed the United States Congress has agreed to allocate 100 million U.S. dollars to develop a “space ship.” The new armed spacecraft can fly in space, and within two hours in the global and space launch violent attack enemy targets. The new research project code-named “Falcon”, the core of the project is “reusable hypersonic cruise ship”, commonly known as “space ship.” It is a weapon system to 12,000 pounds carrying missiles could in two hours, 9,000 miles (14,400 kilometers) outside of the ground targets in lightning raids. Its action procedures, the first with small rockets to “space ships” launched into space, and then fly on their own targets above the target from space to attack, and then to return to Earth.
Laser weapons
Science fiction works: “laser gun”, “laser gun” is a popular weapon.
Reality: Although the laser has been developed as early as 1958, the success of the use of laser weapons still in the low end of period: usually laser-guided missiles on our side, or enemy personnel visual disturbances and blindness. The kind of direct enemy aircraft, warships fired, and then squeak in the explosion of high-energy laser cannon, it only exists in theory.
However, the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently announced that they have developed a high-energy can be used in fighter aircraft, light laser weapon capable of destroying missiles hundreds of kilometers away. Alleged, including the weapons, including cooling system weighs only 750 kg, can be installed in the space of 2 cubic meters, the size of a large refrigerator. Some experts said that the concept of tactical laser weapons, is still unrealistic. Now U.S. military also does not have a combat environment can prove to be an effective high-energy laser systems.
Antimatter weapons
Science fiction works: antimatter, that is “anti-particle” form of the material. According to modern physics theory, the anti-particle event are particles (elementary particles that make up our world) will annihilate and release energy together, it is anti-matter and materials will also die. This provides a terrible weapon of manufacturing thinking, and reflected a number of science fiction. Dan Brown’s thriller suspense novel “Angels and Demons” (the “Da Vinci Code,” the companion volume), the terrorists are plans to use anti-material weapon to destroy the Vatican.
Reality: According to U.S. media reports, the U.S. military is spending huge sums to secretly develop anti-material weapon. U.S. scientists have dreamed of creating a kind of anti-material and energy driven by the electronic pulse weapons. Such weapons can destroy the enemy in an instant the huge power grid and communications networks. Florida “revolutionary weapon” group leader Edward said: “anti-matter explosion energy equivalent to billions of times more common explosives, therefore, anti-material and energy should be a revolutionary energy.” Edward said, even as little as invisible a little anti-matter, its explosive power is quite scary. As the anti-matter bomb would not produce any radioactive substance, so called “clean” super bomb.
Afghanistan, sci-fi weapons, U.S. military
