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The Chinese military allegedly offered an Australian weapons inventor more than $134 million ($US100 million) to go to Beijing and work on one of the deadliest guns in the world, the Nine Network reports. But Australian and US military forces are said to be determined to ensure the gun, known as Metal Storm and developed in Brisbane, does not end up in enemy hands. Despite growing trade relations between China and the West, the US still regards the Asian power as an enemy. Listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, the company Metal Storm Ltd makes a new type of gun...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT - News), in a media briefing at the Association of the U.S. Army's Winter symposium, revealed an extensive company-funded risk reduction program for the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) II. Lockheed Martin is competing to design, develop and produce APKWS II. "Our proposal offers the most affordable and credible price with the lowest-risk and most reliable high-performance solution," said Rick Edwards, vice president -- Tactical Missiles, for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "We have invested substantially in a pre-contract test program since the summer of 2005. This...