LIVERMORE, California (AP) -- Officials at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have added a new weapon to their armory: a high-powered machine gun that can fire more than 50 rounds per second.

The weapon, unveiled Thursday, is a six-barrel Gatling gun called the Dillon Aero M134D. An undisclosed number of the guns will be mounted on vehicles and elsewhere at the lab.

"What we want to do is equip our protective force with the capability that will leave no doubt about the outcome," said Linton Brooks, head of the National Nuclear Security Administration.

Lab critics questioned the wisdom of putting such powerful guns at the lab, which is across the street from suburban homes. They say the real problem is that the lab site, which is relatively small at 1 square mile, is not a good place for nuclear materials.

"If you don't have the firepower, that's one kind of security weakness, but if you do have the firepower, you potentially endanger nearby workers and community members because it's such a compact site," said Marylia Kelley, executive director of Tri-Valley CARES, a Livermore-based activist group.

Lab spokeswoman Susan Houghton said the guns add "one more layer of protection."

The 8,000-employee lab is 50 miles east of San Francisco:

Pansy ass sh*t.

http://www.defensereview.com/modules.ph ... le&sid=526

"It will arrive in the form of a tactically-configured pre-production anti-personnel weapon firing .308 caliber projectiles (accurately) at 2,500-3000 fps, at a variable/programmable cyclic rate of 5,000-120,000 rpm (rounds-per-minute). The weapon's designer/inventor has informed DefRev that future versions of the weapon will be capable of achieving projectile velocities in the 5,000-8,000 fps range with no difficulty."

And it's nearly silent ~70db.

This is the Ammo...thats crazy.

Tiger would fuck that ammo up.

I'm getting one for my birthday and heading to Westwood, then it's on to College Station from there.

Westwood as in Austin TX? Bring it on!

Westwood as in UCLA, calm down dude.

SWEET!!!

It looks like the leafblower from hell.

I'm glad to see our tax dollars are being put to good use.

Those countries don't need to spend very much on military spending because they know the United States will probably stick their nose into any sort of military action they get into, so countries like UK, France and Italy will have the benefit of the US military spending too.

Plus we have to fend off those invading Iraqis, you know.

Where'd you come across this? I looked the system up and it says that it uses standard 7.62mm NATO rounds.

Those other countries simply buy what we create. It's the exact same thing with perscription drugs.