Dial-a-Bullet Tech Could Make Chain Guns Even Scarier -- The Danger Room
In sci-fi books like Old Man’s War, troops lay waste to their alien foes by effortlessly switching between incendiary rounds and grenades and smart bullets that steer themselves to the target. All of which sounds like a pretty hot idea to researchers at the U.S. Army — even if the plans to conquer other planets are temporarily on hold.
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My Comment: I still think the development of the "smart bullet" will be the big game-changer on the battlefield. To be able to direct a bullet at great distances to your target will have a huge impact on the battlefield .... making it next to impossible for any target to properly take cover when needed. Putting such a bullet onto a chain gun .... well .... that will only make such a "bullet'" even more effective.
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