South Korea has developed a new rifle that fires special bullets that explode over targets and scatter shrapnel, Yonhan News said Tuesday.
"The specially-designed bullets blow up over enemy soldiers and disperse deadly fragments," Yonhap quoted a defense source as saying. "The government has pushed for secret development of the weapon."
The state-run Agency for Defense Development (ADD) is testing the weapon that will be mass produced from next year, Yonhap said.
The easy-to-carry rifle is equipped with laser distance measurement as well as optical sight and night vision functions, the source said.
The U.S., Singapore, and Sweden are reportedly trying to develop such a shrapnel-bullet-firing rifle as well.
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