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The Story Behind Lehigh Defense Controlled Chaos
In 2011, Lehigh Defense was approached by a park management agency and asked to design a more environmentally-friendly high-terminal-performance bullet to assist in their animal culling efforts. While previous lead bullets had acceptable terminal performance, the agency wanted to evolve to a more ecologically sound solution. The mission was challenging, but clear: Lehigh Defense was…
Read MoreGrenade vs Bullet
An Israeli soldier is alive today thanks to the “miracle†grenade which saved his life in Gaza. Israel’s Channel 2 News reported that a bullet fired by a Palestinian militant shooting an AK-47 missed the soldier’s body, instead slamming into a hand grenade in one of his pockets. Read the rest of the article: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/07/28/miracle-in-gaza-incredible-story-involving-a-bullet-and-a-grenade-that-saved-a-soldiers-life/
Read MoreSOF Prefers 9mm over .45 Caliber
Pistol-caliber choices are personal and everybody has an opinion. But opinion isn’t fact, and there is some misinformation out there that needs to be addressed. Many readers are under the impression that U.S. special operations forces have returned to using .45 caliber pistols since the adoption of the M9 9mm in 1985. This has some…
Read MoreThe Agency That Brought You The Internet Has Created A Self-Guided Bullet
he U.S. government says it has developed the first ever self-guided bullets that can lock onto a target more than a mile away and maneuver midflight in order to hit its mark. The .50 caliber target tracking bullets, dubbed Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO), are designed for military snipers, who must deal with changes in…
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