The rifle is able to withstand dangerous weather, terrain and excessive soldier use, according to American military chiefs who cited “near-peer threats like Russia” as a reason for a weaponry update. Get Milley said the 6.8mm rifles from the “Next Generation Squad Weapon programme” will replace the current decades-old M16 and M4 weapons. The weapons sweep comes at a time of intense tensions between the US and Russia, sparking fears a World War 3 could come a realty. Col Geoffrey Norman said: “For the past 10 or 15 years, we’ve been really focused on the requirement of lethal effects against unprotected targets.
“Now we’re looking at near-peer threats like Russia and others. We need to have lethal effects against protected targets and we need to have requirements for long-range lethality in places like Afghanistan, where you’re fighting from mountaintop to mountaintop over extended ranges.”
He added that soldiers will have weapons that shoot “a small bullet at the pressure equivalent to what a tank would fire”.
Today it emerged that Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons have mysteriously landed in South America.
Two TU-160 supersonic bombers, known as “White Swans” by Russian pilots, landed in Venezuela on the northern coast of South America.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said he sent the jets as a show of support for the country’s government after he held talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
But previously, Russia has used Venezuela in a show of strength under the nose of the US.
At the recent G20 summit of world leaders, Mr Trump’s administration called off a meeting with Mr Putin over Russia’s standoff with Ukraine.
Russia had seized three Ukrainian ships and up to 20 sailors, sending the eastern European nation into crisis.
Though Mr Trump’s Secretary of State later confirmed the pair had a brief “sideline” meeting.
Russia is one of a handful of countries Mr Trump has sour relations with.
He is currently embroiled in a trade war with China, the EU and has imposed sanctions on Iran.