Jeff gets a powerful no-prize for bringing us news of the latest in sniper weaponry, the Barrett XM-109 sniper rifle:

The centerpiece of the XM-109 system is the 25mm HEDP ammunition it fires. A scaled down derivative of the low velocity 30mm HEDP M789 ammunition fired by the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, the MX-109's 25mm ammunition has been judged to be 2.5 times more effective at destroying targets than a .50 caliber armor-piercing round. It is expected that this ammunition can penetrate nearly 40mm (an inch and a half) of armor plating at 500 meters, or blast open doors from around the corner.

Basically, they're pitching this as a way to take out Haji and his merry henchmen in their Toyota Land Cruiser without taking the entire block down with them. It also could allow us to avoid using a $150,000 TOW missle to take out an $8,000 Hundai. Sounds like a win-win to me!

Well, as long as you're on the right end of the barrel at least. I wonder if they make a civillian version? God I love this country!