Requirements for Replacement of Currently Issued 5.56 M-855 and 7.62 M-80.

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Stan, I understand your point --- and feel that much of the existing ballistics test data -- interior, exterior, and terminal -- already supports our investigation. the admiral's test won't do much absent a relevance statement. The thing we're working in this thread does that.

It also does that in a way that allows trades in capability and costs, making it very powerful during the advocacy phase. The document we are working will establish relevance in the bean-counting world and, more importantly, let us would-be developers understand what is doable given the multitude of constraints.

Yeah, I'm sure you're right, Joe. It's just that I've been discussing and writing about this for more than a decade, and I have reached the point where I think it is past time for talking, and now it's time to start shooting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUslGSoEH8I

But hey, don't mind me. I'm just venting my frustration...