“[…] The image superimposed on Ricci's field of view by his visor display showed a pair of guards in hooded parkas, goggles, and wool scarves taking relaxed strides along their patrol of the building's north side. Their shoulder-slung FN P90 assault weapons fired the same ammunition as his FN Five-seveN pistol: small rounds, big punch. […]”

— Tom Clancy

With Jerome Preisler and Martin H. Greenberg; Bio-Strike (2000), p. 405
2000s

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