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FutureWeapons Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2007 - 2007
Episode 1
Search and Destroy
Mon, Jan 15, 2007 60 mins
Weapons examined include the SMAW-NE shoulder-launched rocket; a semi-automatic sniper rifle; Vulcan and Aardvark antimine systems; and the Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle. Host: Richard Machowicz.
Episode 2
The Protectors
Mon, Jan 22, 2007 60 mins
Weapons include the Boot Banger, body armor called Dragon Skin; the SMAW-NE, a thermobaric grenade; and the UAV Little Bird helicopter.
Episode 3
No Escape
Mon, Jan 29, 2007 60 mins
Included: the Gatecrasher, a wall-breeching device; the Hunter, a 50-caliber cartridge; the XM25, an air-bursting round; and a long-distance artillery shell.
Episode 4
Mission Invisible
Mon, Feb 5, 2007 60 mins
Stealth technology includes the Visby class corvette, a fast-attack stealth ship; Krakatoa, an underwater shaped charge.
Episode 5
Front Line
Mon, Feb 12, 2007 60 mins
Frontline weaponry includes the XM307 machine grenade launcher; Stryker fighting vehicles; the V-22 Osprey.
Episode 6
First Strike
Mon, Feb 19, 2007 60 mins
Included: the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle; the "rocket in a box" NLOS-LS (non-line-of-sight launch system; Heckler & Koch's 416 assault rifle.
Episode 7
Predators
Mon, Feb 26, 2007 60 mins
Included: the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle; the small diameter bomb (SDB); the Laser JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition); the Dragon Fire II mortar; and powerful machine guns from FN Herstal.
Episode 8
Top Guns
Mon, Mar 5, 2007 60 mins
Included: the F/A-18 Super Hornet jet fighter; Barrett's M468 assault rifle; the M777 lightweight howitzer; and the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Episode 9
Smart Destroyers
Mon, Mar 12, 2007 60 mins
Included: the Russian VUL 9mm gun; the German Eurohawk UAV.
Episode 10
Close Quarter Combat
Mon, Mar 19, 2007 60 mins
Included: the Heckler & Koch HK MP7A1 submachine gun; AS90 self-propelled howitzer; the AMOS grenade launcher; Gyurza assault rifle.
Episode 11
Immediate Action
Mon, Mar 26, 2007 60 mins
Included: Common Remotely Operated Weapon System; an anti-personnel mine destroyer; the Boomerang mobile sniper-detection system.
Episode 12
Future Combat
Mon, Apr 2, 2007 60 mins
Included: a system that provides a nonlethal way of protecting troops; the Crusher, an unmanned ground-combat vehicle.
Episode 13
Massive Attack
Mon, Apr 9, 2007 60 mins
Included: the Massive Ordnance Penetrator, which can destroy hardened targets 100 feet underground; the Milkor 40mm multiple-grenade launcher; the USS Eisenhower.
