"U.S. Snipers Will Soon Have A Self-Guided Bullet" Topic
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| Tango01 | 12 Jul 2014 3:25 p.m. PST |
"The research arm dedicated to creating breakthrough technology for the Pentagon has shared video of a successful test of self-guided bullets. The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency conducted a test April 21 with Teledyne Scientific & Imaging. Video posted to YouTube earlier this month shows a round with a ballistic path far from its intended target. As the round makes its way along the errant trajectory it suddenly curves, corrects itself and hits the intended target. DARPA had a promising prototype for its Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordinance (EXACTO) .50-caliber bullets in 2012, but the new video confirms that the agency has perfected the technology…"
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Armand |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 12 Jul 2014 5:14 p.m. PST |
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| 53Punisher | 12 Jul 2014 8:31 p.m. PST |
Thanks Tango, interesting stuff! |
| Generalstoner49 | 13 Jul 2014 10:13 a.m. PST |
This is a real game changer if you ask me. |
 Yellow Admiral  | 13 Jul 2014 11:08 a.m. PST |
This might be the scariest arms development since nuclear weapons. - Ix |
| Tango01 | 13 Jul 2014 12:56 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. (smile)
Amicalement
Armand
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| Rubber Suit Theatre | 14 Jul 2014 12:39 p.m. PST |
Kinda stupid. You're throwing away an awful lot of money with every shot. A precision fire control (like on a tank, but miniaturized for a significantly smaller gun) could get a similar accuracy level but be far cheaper on a per use basis. Sort of like the knuckleheads trying to pop mines with a vehicle mounted laser instead of a precisely placed .50-cal API round. Clearly a project primarily designed as a wallet inflation system for defense contractors. |
 Legion 4  | 14 Jul 2014 3:54 p.m. PST |
Good … more dead terrorists … |
| Cacique Caribe | 14 Jul 2014 9:56 p.m. PST |
Soon the hippies will be saying that, if the bullet guides itself, why do you still need soldiers. Just wait. Someone will ask. Dan |
| Legion 4 | 15 Jul 2014 8:01 a.m. PST |
Damn Hippies … get a job !  |
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