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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUS successfully tests self-steering bullets that can follow moving targets
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The United States Department of Defense has carried out what it says is its most successful test yet of a bullet that can steer itself towards moving targets.
Experienced testers have used the technology to hit targets that were actively evading the shot, and even novices that were using the system for the first time were able to hit moving targets.
The project, which is known as Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance weapon, or Exacto, is being made for the American governments military research agency, Darpa.
Technology in the bullet allows it to compensate for weather and wind, as well as the movement of people it is being fired at, and curve itself in the air as it heads towards its target. That should allow snipers to become much more accurate even those that are not experienced at using the system, as was found in the tests in February.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/us-unveils-selfsteering-bullets-that-can-follow-moving-targets-10209985.htmlExperienced testers have used the technology to hit targets that were actively evading the shot, and even novices that were using the system for the first time were able to hit moving targets.
The project, which is known as Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance weapon, or Exacto, is being made for the American governments military research agency, Darpa.
Technology in the bullet allows it to compensate for weather and wind, as well as the movement of people it is being fired at, and curve itself in the air as it heads towards its target. That should allow snipers to become much more accurate even those that are not experienced at using the system, as was found in the tests in February.
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US successfully tests self-steering bullets that can follow moving targets (Original Post)
dixiegrrrrl
Apr 2015
OP
Ohhhh - can't wait for this one to be surplussed out to local cops with limited training.
CincyDem
Apr 2015
#1
CincyDem
(6,353 posts)1. Ohhhh - can't wait for this one to be surplussed out to local cops with limited training.
yeah - that'll be a good idea.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)2. Lockheed Martin and Teledyne Scientific....sigh. I have no words. n/t
wingzeroday
(189 posts)3. reminds me
Of this scene in The Fifth Element.
VScott
(774 posts)18. The always-efficient flamethrower...
my favorite.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)4. If the military gets them,
they will trickle down to the kkkops in no time at all.
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)5. Well, so much for what little chance
we had running away.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)9. What happens when someone fires into a crowd????
Guess the next invention with have to be a personal Iron Dome system.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)6. See, guns don't kill people
It's the bullets. Bad Bad Bullets.
spanone
(135,827 posts)7. the technology of killing shows no end.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)8. That bullet really would have someone's name on it.
Probably someone who doesn't carry a gun. Now, who does that sound like?
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)10. The gunners will love those, easier to shoot people running away
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)11. and then someone will have to come out with the anti-bullet bullet.
And another arms race will begin.
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)13. It'll be like the anti-ballistic missile missile,
expensive, and totally ineffective.
because that's what us "gunners" love, shooting at people running away.
Your posts about gun owners get more ridiculous every day.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)15. Why else would you need to practice shooting people at 25 yards or more, that's not self-defense?
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)16. You really don't have a clue do you?
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)24. As to your love of gunz, No.
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)25. Yep, you just confirmed my earlier post.
Thanks.
VScott
(774 posts)17. Like a moth to a flame
And as usual, it's not without the panic attack
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rug
(82,333 posts)14. Teeny drones.
Coming to your neighborhood soon!
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)19. Now if only we could put that technology in a sandwich
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)22. I like the cut of your jib! n/t
Orrex
(63,203 posts)20. RUNAWAY!
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)21. Imagine this in the hands of trigger-happy cops
Scary, very scary.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)23. How many thousand dollars per round?