I don't think this is a hoax.

BBC

Quote:"We all have a duty of care to ensure that from cradle to grave products are being used appropriately and do not do lasting harm."

How about that, weapons that do no harm... you know, except for the whole killing people thing.

Sometimes the world can be a silly place.

Well, if you're going to do business in Europe...


Seriously, this does make sense. The US pays alot of money cleaning up munitions sites. Check out the costs for the BRAC, and it doesn't stop there.

Weapons are supposed to hurt your enemies, not yourself.

DrTorch Wrote:Weapons are supposed to hurt your enemies, not yourself.

Well I certainly do see the usefulness of such a project, but I just thought there is a tinge of irony in some of the quotes.

Bourgeois_Rage Wrote:

DrTorch Wrote:Weapons are supposed to hurt your enemies, not yourself.

Well I certainly do see the usefulness of such a project, but I just thought there is a tinge of irony in some of the quotes.

Absolutely. Didn't mean to disagree.

We've been using "green" .223 for years. This is the ammunition in the M-249 SAW and the M-16A2.