Saturday, July 12, 2014

U.S. Snipers Will Soon Have A Self-Guided Bullet



Sniper Heaven: Pentagon’s Self-Guided Bullets Leave Enemies Nowhere To Hide -- Washington Times

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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More News On Darpa's Self-Guided Bullet

Even the best sniper just got better: US defence agency successfully trials world's first self-guiding bullet -- The Independent
The agency that brought you the Internet has created a self-guided bullet -- Computerworld
Sniper off his game? No big deal. The bullets have it covered. -- Washington Business Journal

1 comment:

James said...

Remember, whatever guides the projectile to it's target can be used for something coming the other way.