"The US Army is working on ‘a new way of shooting’" Topic

…to boost soldier lethality, accuracy.

"Army researchers are targeting ways to make small arms more accurate by removing the shooter from the loop.

The gear they're working on ranges from platforms that allow a sniper to insert his rifle for better stabilization while shooting from a helicopter, to nearly fully-automated robotic firing systems that can stand alone on the battlefield while the soldier fires via remote control behind cover…"

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Amicalement
Armand

Fascinating how technology makes it so much easier to kill your opponent. You would think as people have become so much more "civilized" the world would be a much safer place. I think we were better off in the days when the roman gladius was the height of military technology.

Ave!

surely this will end warfare forever!

Agree!

Amicalement
Armand

In this instance then you could truly say that it isn't people that kill but guns that kill.

Sounds like a Smart steadicam mount (think Vasquez' and Drake's weapons in "Aliens") with borrowings from modern digital camera technology.

Sci-fi becomes Sci-fact more & more …