This story, and it's nice of them to actually use the word "alleged" here since smells so much like B.S. Certainly the PRC military would be interested in gleaning any military technology it can from Australia, but Metal Storm is for all intents and purposes absolutely useless. It's nothing more than a gimmick and has no battlefield applicapibility that other weapons cannot replicate more efficiently and cheaply. It isn't even that complicated, just use a bunch of barrels and have an electronic firing mechanism that activates them all at the same time.
I keep giving away my inventions. The problem is not only do they work but they are so simple anyone could have thought about it.
My real problem is I forget how gullible some people can be. I just have to come up with a system like this metalstorn which is all flash and fury signifying nothing. I could make millions and the system doesn't even have to work. Silly people.