{"id":1805,"date":"2003-12-02T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2003-12-02T18:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=1805"},"modified":"2003-12-02T14:19:00","modified_gmt":"2003-12-02T18:19:00","slug":"more-beta-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2003\/12\/02\/14\/19\/more-beta-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"More Beta Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"

US mercenaries (sorry, “security consultants with private companies”) in Iraq testing new incredibly lethal bullets.<\/p>\n

In a brief but intense firefight, Thomas hit one of the attackers with a single shot from his M4 carbine at a distance he estimates was 100 to 110 yards. He hit the man in the buttocks, a wound that typically is not fatal. But this round appeared to kill the assailant instantly. ?It entered his butt and completely destroyed everything in the lower left section of his stomach … everything was torn apart<\/b>,? Thomas said … The bullet is so controversial that if Thomas, a former SEAL, had been on active duty, he would have been court-martialed for using it. … The frangible APLP ammo will bore through steel and other hard targets but will not pass through a human torso, an eight-inch-thick block of artist?s clay or even several layers of drywall. Instead of passing through a body, it shatters, creating ?untreatable wounds.?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/a>Earlier here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

US mercenaries (sorry, “security consultants with private companies”) in Iraq testing new incredibly lethal bullets. In a brief but intense firefight, Thomas hit one of the attackers with a single shot from his M4...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t