Successful Firing of Area Denial Weapon System

"DefenceTalk.com" ^ | July 13, 2005 | Metal Storm

[DTAD]

Brisbane, Australia: Metal Storm has released information regarding a successful firing of the Area Denial Weapon System (ADWS) Capability Demonstrator which was undertaken at the Port Wakefield Proof and Experimental Range near Adelaide, Australia.

The ADWS consortium project is sponsored by the Australian Department of Defence, and led by the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), and includes Metal Storm as a major consortium member. Tenix Defence Industries was a significant contractor to the project.

Australia is signatory to the 1997 Ottawa Treaty that bans the use of Anti-Personnel Land Mines (APL). Through the banning of APLs, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) needed to identify a more appropriate weapon system to deny access by a dismounted enemy to large areas of ground. The ADWS Project was established to investigate and demonstrate weapon system concepts that may provide an alternative to APLs.

The ADWS aims to demonstrate area denial technology that can overcome the indiscriminate nature of land mines by addressing the requirement for a human-in-the-loop to initiate the weapon system. The ADWS concept provides an option that is Ottawa Treaty Compliant.

[Gefreiter]

I read the article but am still a little confused.

What actually IS this thing...?

[stockpirate]

It is a weapons system that can fire over a MILLION rounds a minute of "any" sized ordnance, 22 cal. to 16".

It uses a technology that stacks rounds in the barrel and the firing is computer controlled.

[mbynack]

A brilliant solution in search of a problem.