Munitions - Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community

UAE Seizes North Korean Weapons Shipment to Iran

Hamed — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:04:17 +0000

The United Arab Emirates has seized a ship carrying North Korean-manufactured munitions, detonators, explosives and rocket-propelled grenades bound for Iran in violation of United Nations sanctions, diplomats said. The UAE two weeks ago notified...

General Dynamics developing XM307, a gun with programmable rounds

Jaiyant Cavale — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:13:42 +0000

General Dynamics is developing the XM307, a lethal gun that may be required at the war front. Meant to replace traditional weapons, the XM307 may go ahead and replace many medium machine guns as well, which is a good thing for the navy,...

Environment-Friendly Weapons?

Ravi — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 05:09:35 +0000

Need we to say it’s ridiculous, that Europe’s largest defence company is working on “environmentally friendly” munitions, including lead-free bullets. Bullet has just one use, and having killed one life they would hassle...