The ballistic knife is a piece of prototype stuff. The only reason everyone knows about is is because of Black Ops. It was a prototype weapon with the russians. The cold war was an era of prototype weapons and they were very ridiculous. They are illegal anywhere in the US, not in production and are stupid and full of fantasy. (I don't know how i could say it differently) They land butt-end first resulting in no effect to the enemy. So all of you friends talking about "YEAHHDOOOD BALLISTIC KNIFE OWNS DOOD!!" can shut the forget up.